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Managing Organization:
Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti
Managing Organization URL:
Contact Name:
Mr. B.P. Jain
Contact Email:
bmvss@jaipurfoot.org
Contact Phone:
0091-11-23416350/23413351
Contact Address:
L-43, Cannaught Circus, New Delhi 110001
Activity URL:
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Activity Description:
Jaipur Foot is a cheap, convenient, durable prosthetic foot for amputees. It is primarily fabricated and fitted by BMVSS, which is a non religious, not for profit NGO. It has seven centers in India and provides prosthesis fittings to 16,000 people and services another 44,000 annually by providing calipers, aids and other appliances. Apart from this, BMVSS organizes mobile camps throughout India and also abroad. So far, these camps have been organized in 19 countries in Asia and Africa. Current method of expanding the reach of Jaipur foot in India and abroad is based on camps. Doctors, administrators and artisans travel from Jaipur to the camp's site on invitation, where a temporary facility is set up.
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