MEDICAL

PROSTHETICS OUTREACH 

Challenge: Amputees in remote areas of developing countries, who lack local medical services and cannot travel, need prosthetic limbs due to war, accidents, and disease.

Strategy: POF trains and equips local technicians to travel to patients to cast and fit prosthetic limbs. Learn about our programs in Vietnam, Sierra Leone, and Liberia.

CLUBFOOT TREATMENT

Challenge: Babies in developing countries born with clubfoot, a crippling limb deformity, face a lifetime of severely impaired walking, economic hardship, and social ostracism.

Strategy: POF trains local healthcare professionals to identify and treat clubfoot using a series of inexpensive casts and locally-made braces. Learn about our program in Vietnam.

SURGERY

Challenge: Children and adults with severe limb deformities in developing countries cannot walk due to a lack of trained local orthopedic surgeons.

Strategy: POF trains local surgeons in orthopedic surgery. Learn about our programs in Vietnam and Sierra Leone.

PROSTHETIC COMPONENTS

Challenge: Prosthetic limbs wear out, amputees’ bodies change and grow, and amputees in different countries live and work in different environments.

Strategy: POF trains local technicians to design, manufacture, and maintain prosthetic components suited to local needs, using locally available materials. Learn about our programs in Vietnam, Sierra Leone, Bangladesh, and Liberia.

ECONOMIC

MICRO-CREDIT

Challenge: Amputees in developing countries lack sufficient income to sustain themselves and their families.

Strategy: POF provides small loans, averaging $60, to enable amputees to start or expand their own small business.

BUSINESS TRAINING

Challenge: Many amputees in developing countries lack sufficient knowledge to effectively run a small business.

Strategy: POF trains microloan recipients in business basics.