Though Afghanistan is rarely in the headlines anymore, that doesn’t mean the country has stopped making news.
From Kabul comes the story of an Indian charity that gave out prosthetic feet and lower limbs to 75 amputees free of charge thanks to help from generous Indian donors and support from the national government.
Held between June 19th and 24th at a government hospital in central Kabul, the Jaipur Foot Camp was organized by the charity called Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS) in collaboration with the Indian consulate in Kabul.
This is the 155th time the charity has organized one of these prosthesis drives in a far away country, the organization’s founder and chief patron, D. R. Mehta, told GNN.
“Irrespective of where the amputee is from, if the amputees visit us at our Jaipur Foot Center, they would be provided with an artificial limb totally free of charge and without any discrimination on the ground of religion,” said Mr. Mehta.
Jaipur Foot centers have been established across the Global South, in countries like Mauritius, Congo, Philippines, and Tanzania.
They not only offer the prosthetic free of charge, but a raft of support measures like physical training and rehabilitation to get the patients used to walking with it, as well as emotional support for wounds that can’t be bandaged.
In Kabul, BMVSS also organized training for local hospital staff in the procedure for measuring, creating, and fitting a prosthetic, while the Indian volunteers provided the hospital with the machines and materials needed to create the simple, effective prosthetics.
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The initiative is part of a larger framework of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, which includes food, medicines, scholarships, and capacity-building programs, Times of India reports.
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