Doctors Giving Back

Cause Area

  • Children & Youth
  • Health & Medicine
  • Hunger
  • International
  • Women

Location

7172 REGIONAL STDUBLIN, CA 94568 United States

Organization Information

Mission Statement

Doctors Giving Back is a medical relief/humanitarian aid organization that provides medical care, medicines, medical supplies, vaccines, clothes, shoes, and clean water programs for destitute people living in the poorest parts of Africa. Heslthcare i s almost non-existent in these areas and people suffer and die from preventable and treatable diseases such as Malaria, Typhoid, Cholera, Tuberculosis, Intestinal Parasites and AIDS. 85% of these diseases are caused by the dirty water they drink...the only available water to drink.

Description

Projects and programs include:

Provide sustainable water filtration systems in remote villages

Take medical teams to remote villages twice a year to provide medical care, vaccines and medications to people who may have never seen a doctor in their entire life.

Children's Feeding Program: feed orphaned and homeless children with a meal a day feeding program. Send kids to school who would have never had a chance to go to school

DGB Constructi teams assist in projects to remodel a remote hospital that serves one million people with only 3 doctored and no supplies. Provide hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of medical supplies to hospital and medical clinic in need of supplies.

Reviews

Would you recommend Doctors Giving Back?
3 reviews Write a review
by Anitha B. (2015-09-29 19:33:53.0)
No response back from this org despite trying several times
by Rosy C. (2015-08-31 14:50:46.0)
I've tried several times to volunteer with this organization but no one has ever contacted me back.
by Sai Chalapathi J. (2014-05-18 21:17:44.0)
I think it's a good way to help out the community and get to know people. It's a good experience of providing medical care for patients.

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