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Orthotics, Prosthetics & Rehabilitation Humanitarian Database

Search the O&P/Rehab Humanitarian Database below for detailed information about humanitarian organizations serving the worldwide O&P/Rehab community. Contact us to include your organization.
Organizations listed in this database are encouraged to sign on to the ISPO Code of Conduct.


Australia Africa North America Central America Middle East Europe Asia South America

Click the map to show only organizations from that region, or you can select all regions.

Africa

Adopt-A-Village Missions 

Mission:

To help impoverished people.

Countries Served:

Haiti, Vietnam, Cambodia, Uganda, Jamaica

Services Provided:

Prosthetic Fitting, Orthotic Fitting, Medical Equipment / Supplies, Prosthetic Fabrication, Orthotic Fabrication, Medical / Surgical Care, Rehabilitation / Training

Needs:

Financial Assistance, Volunteers, Materials, Components, and Equipment

    View the organization fact sheet for more detailed information.    

AFRICAN PROGRESS FOUNDATION 

Mission:

African progress foundation (APF) is helping many thousands of youths and adults gain knowledge and life skill that protect them from HIV/AIDS infections: We need you as our corporate partner to enhance the well being of the DESTITUTES, ORPHANS, REFUGEES and HIV/AIDS. Give someone a chance today.

Countries Served:

IVORY COAST, GHANA, LIBERIA, CHAD, SOUTH AFRICA, CAIRO , NIGERIA, TOGO ETc

Services Provided:

Orthotic Fitting, Medical Equipment / Supplies, Education, Funding, Rehabilitation / Training

Needs:

Financial Assistance

    View the organization fact sheet for more detailed information.    

AmeriCares 

Countries Served:

TANZANIA,EAST AFRICA, KOSOVO, ALBANIA, ARMENIA, BOSNIA, CROATIA, USA, RAWANDA, SOUTH AFRICA

Services Provided:

Medical Equipment / Supplies, Funding, Medical / Surgical Care, Rehabilitation / Training

Needs:

Financial Assistance

www.americares.org

    View the organization fact sheet for more detailed information.    

Amputee Club of South Africa 

Mission:

The Amputee Club, throughs its Patrons, Trustees, Associates and Agents, will provide essential support functions for the benefit of all amputees, their families and their communities.

Countries Served:

South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Lesotho, Swaziland

Services Provided:

Prosthetic Fitting, Education, Funding, Prosthetic Fabrication, Rehabilitation / Training

Needs:

Financial Assistance, Volunteers, Materials, Components, and Equipment

    View the organization fact sheet for more detailed information.    

Arnold Franke World Limb Bank Foundation 

Mission:

The World Limb Bank provides the global, Web-based infrastructure for sharing information between suppliers and users of donated prosthetic resources. It's MISSION is to help charities efficiently deploy and world clinics to obtain, prosthetic components that deliver the highest standard of prosthetic care to impoverished amputees worldwide. Its AMBITION is to empower amputees in developing nations thereby transforming societies; establishing a cultural consciousness of amputees as productive and independent citizens. Read More

Countries Served:

GLOBAL: Qualified Clinics from Developing Nations ***LOWER LIMB PROSTHETIC COMPONENTS ONLY***

Services Provided:

Prosthetic Fitting

Needs:

Financial Assistance, Materials, Components, and Equipment

www.limbbank.org

    View the organization fact sheet for more detailed information.    

Barr Foundation, The 

Mission:

To reach out to people who have experienced limb loss, who lack finacial resources and do not qualify for any other funding assistance, and to provide those individuals with assistance in obtaining appropriate and qualified prosthetic fitting and rehabilitation to live productive and active lives with dignity.

Countries Served:

United States, Sierra Leone, Bosnia, Phillipines, Guyana, Mexico, Nicaragua, Honduras, Cuba,Columbia,Ecuador,Gautemala

Services Provided:

Prosthetic Fitting, Education, Funding, Prosthetic Fabrication

Needs:

Financial Assistance, Volunteers, Materials, Components, and Equipment

This organization has endorsed the ISPO Code of Conduct for International Non-Governmental Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Mobility Assistance.

www.oandp.com/barr

    View the organization fact sheet for more detailed information.    

Bawku Orthopaedic/Physiotherapy Project 

Mission:

Provide accessible, affordable and quality Orthopaedic/physiotherapy services to the vulnerable population of Northern Ghana.

Countries Served:

Ghana

Services Provided:

Orthotic Fitting, Medical Equipment / Supplies, Orthotic Fabrication, Medical / Surgical Care, Rehabilitation / Training

Needs:

Financial Assistance, Volunteers

    View the organization fact sheet for more detailed information.    

Center for International Rehabilitation 

Mission:

The Center for International Rehabilitation (CIR) is a Chicago-based not-for-profit organization that develops research, education and advocacy programs to assist people with disabilities worldwide in achieving their full potential.

Countries Served:

The Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) and E-learning department serve El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Afghanistan, Tanzania, and India. The International Disability Rights Monitor (IDRM) has produced regional reports covering all countries within Asia and the Americas.

Services Provided:

Education, Rehabilitation / Training

Needs:

Financial Assistance, Volunteers, Materials, Components, and Equipment

www.cirnetwork.org

    View the organization fact sheet for more detailed information.    

Gabkulfoundation 

Mission:

Is to enable, educate and empower the physically challenged , primarily children. To improve the lives of children and young people by providing for social, sanitary and economic needs , and to offer them the promise of the future and provide them an alternative to life on the streets

Countries Served:

Congo RDC, Gabon and Angola

Services Provided:

Prosthetic Fitting, Orthotic Fitting, Medical Equipment / Supplies, Education, Prosthetic Fabrication, Orthotic Fabrication, Medical / Surgical Care, Rehabilitation / Training

Needs:

Financial Assistance

www.gabkulfoundation.org

    View the organization fact sheet for more detailed information.    

Great Lakes Rehabilitation Center 

Mission:

Implant and make operational the Great Lakes Rehabilitation center in Uganda and the great Lakes Region. Restore the diginty of people with movement disability in this subregion by: provision of affordable and adoptable mobilty devises(artificial limbs and braces) and thus anabling their reintergration into society, anabling their economic independance and anabling their contribution to national progress and economic development.

Countries Served:

Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Southern Sudan.

Services Provided:

Prosthetic Fitting, Orthotic Fitting, Prosthetic Fabrication, Orthotic Fabrication, Rehabilitation / Training

Needs:

Financial Assistance, Volunteers, Materials, Components, and Equipment

    View the organization fact sheet for more detailed information.    

HealthWrights 

Mission:

HealthWrights is a non-profit organization committed to advancing the health, basic rights, social equality, and self-determination of disadvantaged persons and groups. We believe that health for all people is only possible in a global society where the guiding principles are sharing, mutual assistance, and respect for cultural and individual differences.

Countries Served:

Healthwrights is based in Palo Alto, California but is involved with projects internationally.

Services Provided:

Prosthetic Fitting, Orthotic Fitting, Medical Equipment / Supplies, Education, Prosthetic Fabrication, Orthotic Fabrication, Rehabilitation / Training

Needs:

Financial Assistance, Volunteers, Materials, Components, and Equipment

http://www.healthwrights.org

    View the organization fact sheet for more detailed information.    

International Foundation for the Physically Disabled 

Mission:

It is the primary mission of The International Foundation for the Physically Disabled (IFPD) to provide necessary and appropriate prostheses, orthotics and durable medical devices for various individuals of limited financial means, as well as victims of war and the disabled in third world & developing countries.

Services Provided:

Prosthetic Fitting, Orthotic Fitting, Medical Equipment / Supplies, Education, Prosthetic Fabrication, Orthotic Fabrication, Rehabilitation / Training

Needs:

Financial Assistance, Volunteers, Materials, Components, and Equipment

This organization has endorsed the ISPO Code of Conduct for International Non-Governmental Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Mobility Assistance.

www.theifpd.org

    View the organization fact sheet for more detailed information.    

International Orthopedic Rehabiliation Organization for Isolated Disabled People 

Mission:

The Mission/objectives of the International Orthopedic Rehabilitation Organization for Isolated Disabled People (IORO) is to help people with physical disability improve their quality of life by providing or arranging the provision of needed devices that will make it possible to be ambulatory, thereby gaining a level of independence and dignity. IORO for Isolated Disabled People will seek to serve less fortunate disabled with compassion and restore hope and confidence, but with respect for their natural human dignity. Read More

Countries Served:

Liberia

Services Provided:

Prosthetic Fitting, Orthotic Fitting, Medical Equipment / Supplies, Education, Funding, Prosthetic Fabrication, Orthotic Fabrication, Rehabilitation / Training

Needs:

Financial Assistance, Volunteers, Materials, Components, and Equipment

www.ioro.org

    View the organization fact sheet for more detailed information.    

John Craig 

Countries Served:

Central America, South East Asia, India, Africa-Sierra Leone, Angola, Tanzania, Uganda, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Columbia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam

Needs:

Financial Assistance, Volunteers, Materials, Components, and Equipment

    View the organization fact sheet for more detailed information.    

Mercy Ships New Steps 

Mission:

To serve people with disabilities and their communities, holistically

Countries Served:

Sierra Leone, Africa

Services Provided:

Prosthetic Fitting, Orthotic Fitting, Medical Equipment / Supplies, Education, Funding, Prosthetic Fabrication, Orthotic Fabrication, Medical / Surgical Care, Rehabilitation / Training

Needs:

Financial Assistance, Volunteers, Materials, Components, and Equipment

www.mercyships.org

    View the organization fact sheet for more detailed information.    

National Authority for Prosthetics and Orthotics (Sudan) 

Countries Served:

Sudan

Services Provided:

Prosthetic Fitting, Orthotic Fitting, Education, Prosthetic Fabrication, Orthotic Fabrication, Rehabilitation / Training

Needs:

Financial Assistance, Volunteers, Materials, Components, and Equipment

    View the organization fact sheet for more detailed information.    

Prosthetics Outreach Foundation 

Mission:

To restore mobility and independence to disadvantaged amputees worldwide by providing the best available practical solutions for prosthetic care and rehabilitation.

Countries Served:

Vietnam, Bangladesh, Sierra Leone, Bolivia

Services Provided:

Prosthetic Fitting, Medical Equipment / Supplies, Education, Funding, Prosthetic Fabrication, Orthotic Fabrication, Medical / Surgical Care, Rehabilitation / Training

Needs:

Financial Assistance, Volunteers, Materials, Components, and Equipment

This organization has endorsed the ISPO Code of Conduct for International Non-Governmental Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Mobility Assistance.

www.pofsea.org

    View the organization fact sheet for more detailed information.    

Prosthetika 

Mission:

Our mission is to help improve the lives of physically disabled people who require artificial limbs and orthopedic braces.

Services Provided:

Prosthetic Fitting, Orthotic Fitting, Education, Rehabilitation / Training

Needs:

Financial Assistance, Materials, Components, and Equipment

This organization has endorsed the ISPO Code of Conduct for International Non-Governmental Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Mobility Assistance.

www.prosthetika.org

    View the organization fact sheet for more detailed information.    

Rural Friends Association 

Mission:

To promote the disable persons in our society. To trained tham by giving tham vocational trainnig so that they depend or leave on their own.

Countries Served:

GHANA

Services Provided:

Orthotic Fitting, Medical Equipment / Supplies, Rehabilitation / Training

Needs:

Financial Assistance, Volunteers

    View the organization fact sheet for more detailed information.    

Shriners Hospitals for Children - Los Angeles 

Mission:

Shriners Hospitals for Children - Los Angeles is dedicated to providing personalized, developmentally appropirate care for children with Orthopaedic and Burn Reconstruction needs free of charge regardless of race, sex, creed or naitonal origin. Our staff is committed to assisting patients within the context of their family and community; achieve self-reliance and personal growth while being actively engaged as "Healthcare Leaders", in providing education and research within our community. We honor diversity, encourage open discussion and respect the parent and child's right to participate in the planning of their care. Read More

Countries Served:

Primary region is Southern California, Southern Nevada, Arizona & New Mexico. In addition Northern Mexico and work with 17 countries around the world. Children are referred to us for treatment through various organizations from around the world with specific areas in Russia, Lithauania, Middle Eastern countries of Turkey, Egypt, Pakistan, Africa and Iran. From the Far East Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Phillipines, Korea and China.

Services Provided:

Prosthetic Fitting, Orthotic Fitting, Education, Prosthetic Fabrication, Orthotic Fabrication, Medical / Surgical Care, Rehabilitation / Training

Needs:

Financial Assistance, Volunteers, Materials, Components, and Equipment

www.shrinershq.org

    View the organization fact sheet for more detailed information.    

The African Physical Handicapped Initiative Development 

Mission:

Our mission is to be the voice of people with disabilities, helping them achieve full participation and equal status in the society through independent living.

Countries Served:

D. R. Congo / R. Congo

Services Provided:

Prosthetic Fitting, Orthotic Fitting, Education, Rehabilitation / Training

Needs:

Financial Assistance, Volunteers, Materials, Components, and Equipment

http://www.taphid.org/

    View the organization fact sheet for more detailed information.    

World Rehabilitation Fund 

Mission:

Founded in 1955, the World Rehabilitation Fund is the pioneer organization devoted to the development and implementation of rehabilitation programs for people with disabilities throughout the world. Our mission is to enable people with disabilities in developing and war torn countries to achieve community and social integration through medical, physical, and socio-economic rehabilitation programs. WRF believes that all people, regardless of disability, have the right to participate fully in their communities, to attain education and viable employment. Read More

Countries Served:

World wherever needed

Services Provided:

Prosthetic Fitting, Orthotic Fitting, Medical Equipment / Supplies, Education, Funding, Prosthetic Fabrication, Orthotic Fabrication, Medical / Surgical Care, Rehabilitation / Training

Needs:

Financial Assistance, Volunteers, Materials, Components, and Equipment

www.worldrehabfund.org

    View the organization fact sheet for more detailed information.    

World Vision Inc. 

Mission:

To call people to a life-changing commitment to serve the poor in the name of Christ.

Countries Served:

Worldwide

Services Provided:

Medical Equipment / Supplies, Education, Funding, Medical / Surgical Care, Rehabilitation / Training

Needs:

Financial Assistance, Volunteers, Materials, Components, and Equipment

www.worldvision.org

    View the organization fact sheet for more detailed information.    


 

 

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