Prosthetic/Orthotic workshop

Since 1998 Healing Hands for Haiti has provided Prosthetic and Orthotic (P&O) services, initially performed by visiting prosthetists and orthotists, and now for many years by Haitians. To be truly successful and sustainable internationally credentialed prosthetics and orthotics education will enable quality provision and establishment of long term functioning centers.

As of today, six full time Haitian technicians produce nearly all the limbs and braces fabricated in our workshop in Port-au-Prince.  Visiting orthotists and prosthetists now serve as supporters, helping with on-going training and coordination, assisted greatly by partners like the International Committee of the Red Cross-Special Fund for the Disabled, Handicap International, Physicians for Peace, El Salvador's University of Don Bosco and International Society of Prosthetists and Orthotists.

If you’d like to assist Healing Hands for Haiti with our P & O project, we have three ongoing needs: teachers, supplies and financial support.

• as a qualified professional, spend several weeks or more at our clinic in Port-au-Prince, mentoring our technicians
• your company can donate supplies such as new materials and components
• make a financial contribution to help with clinic needs such as salaries, new equipment and maintenance

Appropriate Prosthetic and Orthotic Technologies in Low Income countries (2000-2010)

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