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Give Hope. Give A Hand.
Rotarians and partners Carol Fellows and Tim Bewley from Oregon have brought the first LN-4 prosthetic hand to Rwanda. It was my good friend Nitin Dabolkhar, a Rotarian from Mombasa, whose friend Sabiti Niyoyita (the first LN-4 recipient in Rwanda) inspired the Americans to bring the LN-4 projct to Rwanda.
Sabiti is one of Nitin's clients here in Kigali, and when Nitin this past May met Carol and Tim at a Rotary meeting and learned of their project, he knew he had to help Sabiti. Four months later, land mine survivor, steel plant owner, and father of six receives his prosthetic hand.
Here you see Martin, a local Rotarian, examining the LN-4 hand that has already transformed Sabiti's life. He can now do his own accounting at work. He can now sign his own checks. And he can now, for the first time since his landmine accident in 1992, lift a mug to his lips.
"2,000 people are involved in land mine accidents every month--one person every 26 minutes. 95% are civilians."
Kigali, Rwanda. Afrika.
August 26, 2006
The LN-4 Prosthetic Hand Transforms Lives: A Cooperative Project of Rotary Districts 5110 and 5160
To learn more about this life-affirming project visit:
The project's background excerpted from project's pamphlet:
"After industrial designer Ernie Meadows and his wife Marj lost their 18 year old daughter Ellen to an automobile accident, they set out to create a legacy in her memory...a self-less, no-money-to-gain act to benefit [individuals] around the world.
When Ernie learned of thousands of people who had lost hands and limbs due to land mines, he knew he had found his project.
In 2005 Ernie gave permission for the hand to become a Rotary project, with the provision that no one would profit from its production or distribution, and no recipient would ever be charged for its use. It costs just $50 to produce."
"The LN-4 is the only functional below elbow prosthetic hand in the world to be given to those in need in developing nations at no charge."
Note: The shibboleth "Give Hope. Give A Hand." is not my own idea. I think the Rotarians came up with that one.
Give Hope. Give A Hand.
Rotarians and partners Carol Fellows and Tim Bewley from Oregon have brought the first LN-4 prosthetic hand to Rwanda. It was my good friend Nitin Dabolkhar, a Rotarian from Mombasa, whose friend Sabiti Niyoyita (the first LN-4 recipient in Rwanda) inspired the Americans to bring the LN-4 projct to Rwanda.
Sabiti is one of Nitin's clients here in Kigali, and when Nitin this past May met Carol and Tim at a Rotary meeting and learned of their project, he knew he had to help Sabiti. Four months later, land mine survivor, steel plant owner, and father of six receives his prosthetic hand.
Here you see Martin, a local Rotarian, examining the LN-4 hand that has already transformed Sabiti's life. He can now do his own accounting at work. He can now sign his own checks. And he can now, for the first time since his landmine accident in 1992, lift a mug to his lips.
"2,000 people are involved in land mine accidents every month--one person every 26 minutes. 95% are civilians."
Kigali, Rwanda. Afrika.
August 26, 2006
The LN-4 Prosthetic Hand Transforms Lives: A Cooperative Project of Rotary Districts 5110 and 5160
To learn more about this life-affirming project visit:
The project's background excerpted from project's pamphlet:
"After industrial designer Ernie Meadows and his wife Marj lost their 18 year old daughter Ellen to an automobile accident, they set out to create a legacy in her memory...a self-less, no-money-to-gain act to benefit [individuals] around the world.
When Ernie learned of thousands of people who had lost hands and limbs due to land mines, he knew he had found his project.
In 2005 Ernie gave permission for the hand to become a Rotary project, with the provision that no one would profit from its production or distribution, and no recipient would ever be charged for its use. It costs just $50 to produce."
"The LN-4 is the only functional below elbow prosthetic hand in the world to be given to those in need in developing nations at no charge."
Note: The shibboleth "Give Hope. Give A Hand." is not my own idea. I think the Rotarians came up with that one.