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When industrial engineer Ernie Meadows and wife Marj lost their daughter Ellen in a car accident, they created a legacy in her memory, the LN-4 Prosthetic Hand. The hand, a simple mechanical device, is being used to fit victims of land mines in Africa and Asia. Nearly 2000 people are involved in land mine accidents every month. 95% are civilians, most are children. Two movable mechanical digits interlock between three immobile digits. A ratchet mechanism causes the movable digits to grasp. The hand is simple and inexpensive. Many amputees have been able to return to work. They feed themselves, tie shoelaces and live full lives. Funds are needed by the Ellen Meadows Prosthetic Hand Foundation for production; the hands are delivered and fitted personally by medical members of three Rotary International Districts in Oregon and California.

For more information: www.LN-4.org. Donations are tax deductible.   Read more...