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DDP’s first collaboration with Mobility India (MI) was to promote the wider use of Jaipur Foot technology in India. Mobility India objective was to support grassroots community based partners mainly rural development organisations who were working with disabled people and providing rehabilitation services.
These partners spread in the south and north east of India needed technical support to provide a better rehabilitation service, help with client assessments, training and equipment. MI’s small team of professionally qualified prosthetists and orthortists had a time table of regular field visits to these partners and provided on site advice and training.
This network of partners seemed a good way of achieving our objective of introducing the Jaipur Foot technology to more organisations within India especially in the rural areas. We supported MI’s technical team to visit a selection of partners, to train local staff, give advice on running a more professional service, conduct assessments and to follow up clients. Through this first programme many rural rehabilitation centres were introduced to the Jaipur Foot technology; 2 small rural centres were built and technicians trained to use the Jaipur foot for lower limb prosthetics and a manual and video on Jaipur Foot fabrication was also produced.
A number Mobility India’s grassroots partners have since become direct partners of DDP. RAWWD, THFI, Kiran Centre and BIRD have been enlarging their work and we have been able to help with better equipped workshops, more staff and training.
Another outcome of this very first partnership is the Jaipur Foot Production Unit housed at MI’s Research, Rehabilitation and Training Centre. |
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