Jaipur Limb

Jaipur Foot Project benefits from gift to disabled
with financial help from Rotary International District 7510

"People who live inside the world’s many war zones, from Afghanistan to Rwanda, may never have heard of New York or Paris, but they are likely to know of a town in Northern India called 'Jaipur'.  Jaipur is famous in strife-torn areas as the birthplace of an extraordinary prosthesis, or artificial limb, known as the Jaipur foot, that has revolutionized life of millions of land-mine amputees.  The beauty of the Jaipur foot is its lightness and mobility, those who wear it can run, climb trees and pedal bicycles-and its low price.  While a prosthesis for a similar level of amputation can cost several thousand dollars in the U.S. , the Jaipur foot costs only $30 in India.  Sublimely low-tech, it is made of rubber (mostly), wood and aluminum and can be assembled with local material."

With financial assistance from Rotary International District 7510 in New Jersey USA, the Rotary Club of Patna Mid Town, India, R.I. District 3250, organized a “Jaipur Foot & Calipers Camp - Limbs for Limbless” benefiting many disabled persons. A real service to the physically handicapped.