An Indian charity has sent a team to northern Sri Lanka to provide one thousand amputees with artificial limbs.<br/><br/>Jaipur based Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti, BMVSS, said its team will arrive in Sri Lanka on Thursday.<br/><br/>Five members of the Indian team themselves are amputees. Workers from the charity, which makes the famous Jaipur foot, will spend a month in the town of Vavuniya.<br/><br/>The Jaipur foot is regarded as the most inexpensive and cost effective artificial limb in the world.<br/>
News On AIR | March 11, 2010 12:14 PM
BMVSS to provide 1000 amputees with artificial limbs in Sri Lanka