Our Story
Doctors For You (DFY) started as a platelet donation and awareness drive to manage the outbreak of Dengue, Leptospirosis and Malaria in Mumbai in 2007. Over the past 12 years, DFY has established itself as an organization with technical capacity to respond to different types of humanitarian crisis. The organization has been working in the field of general healthcare services, public health , emergency response and rehabilitation projects, training and capacity building programme and research studies . This team of committed individuals has reached out to communities affected by extreme poverty, disasters, neglect and years of injustice. Climate change has made the things much more challenging and we at Doctors for You are committed to realise overall development of communities whatever it may take.
Currently DFY is working across 14 states in India. Organization has recently started a National Level warehouse exclusively for Disaster relief and Response across India situated at Patna, Bihar. The organization has vast experience of working in disasters and the major focus is to address the medical and public health and Nutritional needs of the affected population which includes provision of medical services; working on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Maternal, Infant and Child Health, IYCF in Emergency WATSAN Services and Nutritional Health etc.
The functioning of Doctors For You is guided by a set of ethical values and guidelines. DFY functions on humanitarian principles of humanity, impartiality, and neutrality. It offers services and assistance to people based on need, irrespective of race, class, caste, religion and gender.