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01 — Patient stories

Mobility, returned.

Behind every device is a person getting back to school, work and family. These are the people we've walked beside — in their own words.

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Prosthetic limbs fitted

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Orthotic patients served

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Limbs via UN ACAP III (2015)

Their words

Four people, four journeys.

Khalida — Below-knee prosthesis · fitted as a child
I used to watch the other children run. Now I run with them — I almost forget my leg is new.
Khalida
Below-knee prosthesis · fitted as a child
Back in the schoolyard
Sultan Ali — Below-knee prosthesis · now a TOS technician
They fitted my leg and gave me back my balance. Then they taught me the craft — now I build limbs for others who were where I was.
Sultan Ali
Below-knee prosthesis · now a TOS technician
Patient, then technician
Habibullah — Below-knee prosthesis
I had little money and less hope. They fitted me anyway. I walked out of here on my own two feet — one of them theirs.
Habibullah
Below-knee prosthesis
Walking on his own again
Saifuddin — Above-knee prosthesis
I have worn other limbs; none matched this one. The fit, the finish — I stand straight, and no one can tell.
Saifuddin
Above-knee prosthesis
Standing tall

More voices

And many more we've stood beside.

Now I can go to school on my own. I don't feel left behind anymore.
Belal, 11
Bilateral above-knee · Kunduz
The new prosthetic changed my life — I walk to university on my own and live with dignity.
Mohammad Rafi, 23
Above-knee · Faryab
After my injury I thought I'd never stand in my own kitchen again. Now I do, every day.
Najma
Knee-ankle-foot orthosis · Kabul
They were patient when I had no patience left. My brace lets me walk to the market alone.
Fatima
Ankle-foot orthosis
I came on crutches and left on my own legs. I still can't quite believe it.
Zahid
Below-knee prosthesis
Twelve years I waited. The fitting took an afternoon and changed the rest of my life.
Najibullah
Above-knee prosthesis
My daughter's brace was made just for her, and they adjust it as she grows.
Farzana
Pediatric spinal brace
I can hold my son's hand again, and grip my tools at work. A hand is more than a hand.
Farid
Hand prosthesis
I write, I eat, I work — with a hand they built for me. I stopped feeling like a burden.
Muhammad Asif
Hand prosthesis
I was treated as a person, not a case. The support fits perfectly and the pain is gone.
Masuma
Lumbar support
From the first measurement to the last adjustment, they never rushed me. I walk to prayers again.
Safiullah
Below-knee prosthesis
The support gave me my independence back. I climb the stairs to my home without help.
Farhat
Knee support
I travelled a long way; it was worth every hour. I stand behind my shop counter all day now.
Muhammad Mansour
Above-knee prosthesis · Mazar
They fitted my leg and never asked for more than I could give. I'm back among my family.
Shakila
Below-knee prosthesis
I lost my leg, not my will. They gave my will somewhere to stand.
Said Ahmed
Below-knee prosthesis

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