Doctors for You

Organisation type: 
NGO
Support type: 
SO non-financial
Doctors For You (DFY) is a pan India humanitarian organization with international presence and is working in various disaster hit zones since last 7 years.DFY focuses on providing medical care to the vulnerable communities during crisis and non-crisis situation, emergency medical aid to people affected by natural disaster, conflicts and epidemics. We are also committed to reducing disaster risk to human society by delivering trainings and capacity development in emergency preparedness and response.The work of DFY is guided by 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. Doctors for You was founded in India in 2007, by doctors, medical students and like-minded people with a vision of “Health for all.” Currently, DFY is working on various projects in four states of India involving health professional, Disaster Management Practitioners, Social Workers and Administrative Staff. Our organization received several recognitions from various international communities for our contribution in the field of medical humanitarian response. We received the SAARC Award for 'Outstanding contribution to humanitarian works in the aftermath of the disasters’ for our Bihar Flood Response work in 2008. And more recently, we also received the prestigious British Medical Journal Group Award in 2011 for the 'best Medical team in crisis zone'.