ที่มา/ความสำคัญโครงการ :

Helping people with leg disabilities to get back to their normal life is by using prosthesis. But the prosthesis access is still very limited, especially the cost is quite high. The prosthesis is also last for only 2-3 years, then it will start to deteriorated by operating conditions and will need reconditioning for longer use. So using prosthesis of disabled with low income is difficult or may even have to wait for some opportunity from the government agency.

Klong Yai District in Trat Province is another small area that there are people with disabled legs due to trap mines in the boundary between Thailand and Cambodia. Most of the population is poor. Prosthesis that are used, is longer than 10 years, lacked of repairing and reconditioning to their thighs. These cause injuries, side effect pain or even damp smelly.

“Help the Helpers” collaborated with “Thai with Disability Foundation” and “Khlong Yai Hospital” to surveyed data of the population that are disabled and suffered with their old prosthetic legs ,and gave opportunities for disabled people to register with the hospital to obtain new prosthetic legs. They also have initiated the "new step” project since 2013, and have delivered a total of 7 new prosthetic legs.

For this year, 2014 , the hospital has been collected data of 9 disabled in Klong Yai District, with the schedule to delivery prosthetic legs to them within May 31, 2014.

ประโยชน์ของโครงการ :

Not only “a new step" that will received, but this is “a new life" that will push them to keep moving forward.

กิจกรรมที่จะดำเนินโครงการ :

1. Exploring and collecting datas of the pauper with leg disabilities at Klong Yai Hospital in Trat Province.

2. Fund raising for the project.

3. Campaigning the project and arranging “Volunteer Street Fair” for fund raising.

4. Producing prosthetic legs and delivering within May 31, 2014.

สมาชิกภายในทีม :

Ms. Aksarapak Ong-eiam, a coordinator of “Help the Helpers”

Tel : 081-9814223

E-mail : Libre_aim@hotmail.com

Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/helpthehelpers

ภาคี :

Thai with disability foundation

http://www.tdf.or.th/

List	Price/Unit	No.	Total (Baht)
Prosthetic leg	9,500	9	85,500
Total			85,500

* www.Taejai.com has supported throughout the project in the total amount of 20,000 Baht.

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“ Prosthetic leg" a new step for a pauper with disability