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Friends2Support.org is the world's largest voluntary blood donors online platform and a non-profit organization providing access to contact blood donors online from its website and mobile applications.[1] Friends2Support (F2S) has over 400,000 people voluntarily registered as blood donors.[2][3]
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| Company type | Non-Profit Voluntary Organization |
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Area served | India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Malaysia, Yemen and Oman |
| Website | http://www.friends2support.org |
Five friends; Shaik Shareef, Naveen Reddy, Eswar S, Phani Kethamakka and Murali Krishna, from Narsaraopet, Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh inaugurated F2S on November 14, 2005, in Hyderabad.[1][4] with the service of only 100 voluntary blood donors. The founders are all software engineers[1] employed in various countries.[5] Friends2Support was founded as an effort to tackle the problem of blood unavailability at the hospital.[6]
The five members became the first donors, after which others joined. They had to manage their IT jobs while spreading the idea. They mailed whoever they knew about the website in their spare time, who in turn, spread it to other people. They held gatherings and approached people door-to-door.
F2S has conducted many events to promote their idea across the country including bike rallies, walks and signature campaigns.
Future plans include establishing a free toll-free number across the country in various languages concentrating on rural education and starting a book donation website.
F2S has launched mobile apps for all mobile platforms (Android, Windows and iPhone).
Serving the needy across India, friends2support.org has been making the free database of voluntary donors' contact information available 24X7 on all possible platforms leveraging the emerging technologies. They have launched the GPS (Global Positioning System) based 'search for donor' in all these countries on its mobile applications 'Apps' on iOS, Android and Windows phones. People wishing to register themselves as donors can do so from the Apps.
The website and mobile apps allow you to either register or call voluntary blood donors without third-party human interference and allow users to track their donation records.
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