Worldwide Programs
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, and Sierra Leone.
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, and Bangladesh.
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.
