area served india website http www.friendstosupport.org friends2support is a non profit organization providing access to contact blood donors online at http www.friends2support.org . 1 a person in need can visit the website to search for a suitable donor based on the blood group city town . 1 friends2support is now a leading blood donation agency in india with more than 90 000 people voluntarily registered as blood donors . 2 contents 1 founding 2 achievements 3 notes 4 references founding edit five friends sheikh shareef naveen reddy koteswara rao sanampudi phani kethamakka and murali krishna hailing from narsaraopet guntur district andhra pradesh inaugurated friends2support on november 14 2005 in hyderabad . 1 3 the founders are all software engineers 1 employed in various countries . 4 friends2support was founded as an effort to tackle the problem of blood unavailability at the hospital . 5 since its conception the organization has organized various events to promote awareness of the cause and promote blood donation . also the 10 km walk organized in guntur on november 25 2006 received an overwhelming response with more than 600 participants . 6 and the bike rallies in hyderabad near press club somajiguda and the one near kbr park jubilee hills with people like allu aravind cinema producer jay prakash narayana mla and lok satta party chief nani telugu film actor etc. drew more attention and publicity among people . there were many other events conducted in hyderabad vijayawada vizag chennai ... . to name a few places . elocution and painting competitions conducted in support with the organization in acharya nagarjuna university and chalapathi institute of pharmaceutical sciences respectively have created awareness towards blood donation . 7 8 achievements edit manthan award 2007 was conferred during an international conference on e content and sustainability event organised by the digital empowerment foundation in association with the department of information technology and american india foundation in new delhi on september 21 and 22 . 9 world summit youth award wsya recognized friends2support as top 5 runner up for the contribution towards using internet and mobiles to get action on united nations millennium development goals under the category fight hunger poverty & disease . 10 nasscom foundation social innovation honours shortlisted friends2support for the innovative contribution to society non profit . 11 listed in the limca book of records for maintaining the largest database of voluntary blood donors . 12 notes edit a b c d the hindu jan 21 2006 the hindu jun 15 2008 the hindu sept 25 2007 friends2support founders the hindu may 27 2007 the hindu november 26 2006 the hindu december 3 2008 the hindu november 7 2008 the hindu september 25 2007 youth award 2009 nasscom 2009 the hindu february 14 2012 references edit 200 students get blood group tested press release . the hindu . 2009 01 27 . retrieved 2009 07 01 . drm stresses need for 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