Jaipur Foot: Prosthetics for the Poor

At age fourteen, Sudha Chandran, an aspiring dancer, lost her right foot and part of her leg in a car accident. Devastated and convinced she would never walk again, let alone dance, she spent several months on crutches. Then one day in 1984, she read about Jaipur Foot.

The Jaipur Foot is tailored specifically to the lifestyles of the poor and costs only about $30—affordable to all, and it is often given away free to many of the handicapped poor who have lost a limb.