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Haitian Amputee Coalition

Haitian Amputee Coalition

On January 12, a devastating earthquake left tens of thousands of Haitians with injuries that required one or more limbs to be amputated.

Working with a group of coalition partners, the Harold and Kayrita Family Foundation are bringing help, hope and healing to Haitian amputees.

Hanger Prosthetics and Orthotics, Physicians for Peace, Otto Bock and the Shepherd Center have teamed up with the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Haiti to provide amputees with instructional brochures on proper wound care and, once they are sufficiently healed, with prosthetic limbs.

The goal: to provide every Haitian who needs one with a prosthetic limb.

To learn more about the Haitian Amputee Coalition, including ways you can help, visit their website.

Hope for Haiti

Hope for Haiti

Following the January, 2010 earthquake a young woman named Verna lost her leg.

Today, she’s not only walking, she recently joined in an impromptu soccer match.

Now, you can join the Haitian Amputee Coalition in our goal of putting a prosthetic limb on every Haitian who needs one.