Mumbai, India - November 08, 2008
Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS) in association with Dow India has organized a five-day Jaipur Foot and caliper camp in Pune to provide free artificial limbs and calipers to the physically challenged. The camp runs from November 10 through November 14, 2008.
Details
Date : November 10 – 14, 2008
Time : 10 am – 2 pm
Venue : Firodia Hostel, Near BMCC College, 844 Sivaji Nagar,
Deccan Gymkhana, Pune 411 004
Contact: 022 2414 0143 / 9321576701
The advanced Jaipur foot is a microcellular Polyurethane (PU) product, which is a technological advancement from the traditional Jaipur Foot made out of vulcanized rubber.
In 2005, BMVSS approached Dow India and Pinnacle Industries (Indore) to develop this concept. Extensive research at Dow India research units led to the launch of the new Polyurethanes (PU) made foot in May 2006. Leading orthopedic experts have complemented the new foot commenting that the PU foot is preferable to rubber with additional benefits including being lightweight and more comfortable to patients.
Dow India is further working on improving the PU foot by coating a layer of cast Elastomer to increase longevity by about 100%.
About Dow India
Dow Chemical International Private Limited, headquartered in Mumbai, has more than 700 employees, an office, manufacturing site and three Centers of Excellence. Operations in India have experienced exciting growth with annual sales crossing Rs 1880 crores ($470 mm) mark in 2007. As a responsible corporate citizen, Dow India has helped build homes for the homeless through the ‘Habitat for Humanity’ Jimmy Carter Work Project, supplied free artificial limbs through the ‘Jaipur Foot’ initiative, and collaborated with the Byrraju and Anarde Foundations to supply clean drinking water to villages in India.
About Pinnacle Industries
Pinnacle is India’s largest commercial Vehicle Seating and interiors company. Pinnacle has been working with BMVSS and Dow India for the development of the PU foot which is being manufactured at its factory at Pithampur in Madhya Pradesh.
About Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS)
Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS) Jaipur, set up in 1975, is the world’s largest organization for the handicapped, benefiting more than one million handicapped in India and abroad, by providing artificial limbs, calipers and other aids and appliances since its inception. Since most of its patients are below the poverty line, this assistance has been provided totally free of charge. In the last financial year 2007-08 alone BMVSS, with support from various sensitive sources and organizations helped more than 66,000 handicapped. In the last several years BMVSS has held on-the-spot artificial limb camps in 22 countries across Asia, Africa & Latin America where there are many land mind victims. These countries include Afghanistan, Pakistan, Vietnam, Kenya, Sudan, Rwanda, Somalia, and Honduras. BMVSS is also committed to the upgrading of various aids and appliances with the help of various world-renowned scientific organizations and technology companies so that the handicapped are benefited even further.
About Dow
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