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Emerging Bristol charity ships 500 prosthetic legs to Tanzania

Tuesday 7 June, 2016

Legs4Africa, a newly arrived charity in the city, have
collected 500 discarded prosthetic legs from across the country and,
with the help from a team of volunteers, are shipping them out to
Tanzanian amputees.

Legs4Africa
collects and reconditions discarded prosthetic legs from the UK and
ships them out to African countries such as Tanzania to meet the needs
of the many people who have lost their legs due to diabetes and trauma.

"The
shipping of goods to Africa is expensive so smaller charities come
together to fill containers. We've teamed up with the Surry based,
Limbcare and, with the sponsorship of Punjani charitable trust, are
shipping out mobility equipment to Africa." Tom Williams, chairman of
Legs4Africa.

#charitytuesday

For further information

https://www.legs4africa.org/look-were-on-telly/



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