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Ukraine Prosthetic Assistance Project aims to address the immediate need in Ukraine, as well as brings long term results, providing the opportunity to both Ukrainian specialists and amputees to get better access to a variety of prosthetic components, devices, techniques and really understand the process of fitting and follow up. [19]
[2] [3] In 2014, the charity raised £6000 with a Crowdfunder campaign. [4] In April 2014, Legs4Africa sent a van carrying about 500 used prosthetic legs to The Gambia. [ 5 ] [ 3 ] They were donated to the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital in Banjul , where prostheses were particularly needed for victims of land mines and diabetes. [ 5 ]
Mercy Ships is an international charity based non-governmental organization [1] that operates the largest non-governmental hospital ships in the world, [2] providing surgical care and surgical education in Africa, community development projects, community health education, mental health programs, agriculture projects, and palliative care for terminally ill patients.
The accident that broke 10-year-old Princess Igbinosa's right leg could have crushed her dreams of becoming a model in a country where not many can afford prosthetics to cope with life and fight ...
President Nixon with Peter Helteme, 1971 Easter Seal Child and family. Easterseals (formerly known as Easter Seals; [1] founded in 1919 as the National Society for Crippled Children) [2] is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing disability services, with additional support areas serving veterans and military families, seniors, and caregivers.
The prosthesis came from the IREDE Foundation, a Nigerian group that provides children like her with free artificial limbs that normally cost $2,000 to $3,000. Crystal Chigbu, founder and CEO of ...
The sharks at her insurance company won’t give her a new arm. A Virginia mother-of-three who lost most of her left arm in a June 2024 shark attack recently learned her health insurer, Cigna ...
Blesma, The Limbless Veterans (formerly known as the British Limbless Ex-Servicemen's Association) is a British charity that helps all serving and ex-Service men and women who have lost limbs, or lost the use of limbs or eyes, to rebuild their lives by providing rehabilitation activities and welfare support.