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Learn more about Afya’s work delivering vital medical supplies to those in need, the volunteers and staff who make it happen, and the impact our deliveries have on communities.
Happy Earth Day! We are proud to share Afya’s 2024 Impact Report with you on this important day of awareness about our planet’s health, which is closely tied to the well-being of humans everywhere. The past year’s significant milestones would not have been possible without your generosity and commitment.
Crucial medical supplies are being packed for Ukraine at the AFYA Foundation in Yonkers. On Friday, volunteers from the UJA-Federation got involved, too. News 12 photojournalist Scott Cohen provides a look at the effort.
Over the last 90 years, Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) companies have been committed to improving the communities in which members live, creating programs and supporting partnerships that impact health and well-being. They are dedicated to the 1 in 3 Americans they cover across the country, working together to help address challenges and urgent needs.
Federal funding cuts are destabilizing healthcare systems around the globe and in the U.S. As these challenges grow, Afya is stepping up to fill the gaps and ensure access to healthcare for vulnerable communities.
A recurring part of the “NYU in Dialogue” initiative, the service opportunity works with a New York City nonprofit to disperse discarded medical supplies to countries facing humanitarian crises.
What does Afya mean anyway? Why and how was Afya started? How does Afya keep perfectly usable medical supplies and equipment out of landfills? Where do these supplies go? What do we mean by the ‘virtuous cycle’ of Afya’s mission?
Seventeen years ago, as a divorced mother of three newly downsized from a leadership position at a Fortune 500 company where I was focused on eldercare health services, I traveled to Tanzania. I was hoping my visit would both clear my head and enable me to consider a new avenue of work. It didn’t take […]
This is it—the final opportunity to double your impact and save lives before the year ends. 
Right now, countless people are depending on the unused medical supplies that Afya is rescuing and delivering to communities in desperate need. With just a few days left, your support can still make an incredible difference.
Thousands of lives have been saved—because of you. Thanks to your support, the unused medical supplies we rescue from New York City hospitals and other healthcare providers are making an immediate, life-saving difference in under-resourced and disaster-hit communities.
Your support is healing people and helping the environment by rescuing unused medical supplies.
