BMVSS The Makers of the world’s famous Jaipur Foot

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JAIPUR. D R Mehta, the founder and the chief patron of the world’s largest organization for the handicapped Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samit, the makers of the world famous Jaipur Foot will be honoured by the American organization HOW International who would confer the “ life time humanitarian award” on Mehta at a special ceremony at Santa Barbara,California in United States on Sunday May 22.

This event takes place at The New Victoria Theater in Santa Barbara and during the presentation of the award the organizers HOW will also be releasing a breath-taking documentary produced by SBHS MAD Academy students called – “ Florencia

The documentary which was filmed in Jaipur when a 16-year-old Mozambique girl Florencia was brought there by the HOW team headed by its director John Mullen for fitment of an artificial leg.

“ Florencia lost her leg in a landmine blast in her village in Mozambique and she had to be amputated. But HOW spotted her and brought to the Jaipur Centre at Jaipur and she was provided with an artificial limb and she started walking thus regaining her mobility and dignity” said Douglas Bowman, the co-director of HOW International.

T he students of MAD Academy made a documentary on Florencia prior to the fitment of the Jaipur Foot and afterwards and also followed her to her village in Mozambique where she was given a rousing .welcome by the villagers surprised to see her walking on the Jaipur Foot.

“ We have signed an MoU with” Jaipur Foot and we would work together to provide fitment to over 10,000 handicapped people of Mozambique, who lost their limbs because of landmine blasts and for other reasons. The Jaipur Foot and HOW International which is an NGO that works for the rehabilitation of th handicapped and enable them walk once again will hold camp at Mozambique where the Jaipur Foot would be provided free of cost to the handicapped

We deeply appreciate the contribution of D R Mehta who raised the BMVSS that produces the Jaipur Foot and has served over 1.5 million persons not only in India, but in 27 other countries. This lifetime humanitarian award is a recognition of his untiring effort and concern for the handicapped of the world” said John Mullen,director of HOW International .