Salute!

About 27 years ago, a young man was born in Ghana with a short femur and knee dislocation in his right leg. This was not a great start in life,...

Common street scene-kids like this find a familiar corner to call home for the night in most undeveloped cities worldwide. We motor into the refugee camp near Barranquilla, Colombia, laden...

On April 14, 2002, Alvaro Uribe Vélez, then president-elect of Colombia due to take office in one month, travels to Barranquilla. Blanca Linda Rodriguez Charris, age 16, is finishing her...

"I was very proud of what we provided. The fit and alignments would pass in any facility in the US. We worked long hours in makeshift, though adequate, conditions. Things...

Olya, age 15, is fitted for her prosthesis. Photos courtesy of Project Hope Suppose you are a child with a physical disability and you have no family. You live in...

Mark Currier's son, Tyler, 16, who has a severe seizure disorder, works at one of his pre-vocational jobs; packaging products for Creative Adaptations Inc. Since its beginning in 1995, Creative...

Pam Lupo, CO, casts a five-day-old baby with a hyperextended knee. The first two things you learn in Ghana are patience and to always carry your toilet paper with you....

"The wheels go round," and they went round to help a Cuban doctor receive a much-needed Seattle Systems Malibu Cervical Collar. In early November 2002, Seattle Systems received a phone...

Proyecto Monte Taigeto, a Spanish nongovernmental organization (NGO), provided prostheses for Nancy Yalitza Gómez, age 10, and Martha Lidia González, age 11, through its program Honduras 2002. The girls underwent...

Eddy Leopoldo Fuentes, CPO, protects the liners on Waldo's residual limb with clear plastic film before casting. Fuentes used fiberglass for casting, which he likes because its plasticity enables him...