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Amputee, Isaac, with a prosthetic leg.

Overcoming amputee stigma | Isaac’s Story


Overcoming amputee stigma | Isaac’s Story

Twenty years ago, Isaac was walking to buy water when he was knocked down by a car. In an instant, an ordinary errand became the event that would define the
Prosthetist Oumie at Exceed Worldwide in Cambodia

Why do we train prosthetists in Cambodia?


Why do we train prosthetists in Cambodia?

Oumie rarely has the need to leave The Gambia, and now she is flying thousands of miles to Cambodia. She has been inducted into the Exceed Worldwide’s Department of Prosthetics
A teacher showing people how to make children's prosthetic feet

Teaching prosthetic technicians to build children’s feet


Teaching prosthetic technicians to build children’s feet

STAND recently funded training of The Gambia’s National Rehabilitation (NRC) Clinic team to make their own children’s prosthetic feet. Longini Mtalo, a Prosthetics and Orthotics educator formerly of the Tanzania
Nav'Solidaire drop a delivery of legs to STAND team in The Gambia.

New NGO partnership | STAND x Nav’Solidaire


New NGO partnership | STAND x Nav’Solidaire

STAND is proud to announce a new formal NGO partnership with our old friends, Nav’Solidaire. This collaboration marks a big step forward to ensure more amputees in sub-Saharan Africa have
Ansumana, a Gambian amputee that believes in professional prosthetic rehabilitation.

A football game that changed Ansumana’s life forever


A football game that changed Ansumana’s life forever

In the quiet town on the west coast of The Gambia, 26-year-old Ansumana reflects on a life shaped by a single moment on a football pitch and a mindset that
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Emmanuel’s rehabilitation journey


Emmanuel’s rehabilitation journey

Emmanuel was always a man on the move. At 35, he had built a life in Accra, Ghana, centred around his beautiful wife, his family, and a burgeoning business supplying