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A gift from India: Jaipur Foot reaches Trinidad & Tobago
This camp, in which 800 disabled will be provided Jaipur Foot free, also attracted disabled from the neighboring islands.
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Staff Reporter - Sun, 05, Oct 2025
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The camp was pledged by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his July visit to Trinidad & Tobago / BMVSS
The world-famous Jaipur Foot, the prosthetic leg that has regained millions of people regain mobility, has now expanded its reach in the West beyond the United States to the Caribbean., specifically Trinidad and Tobago.
Trinidad and Tobago will host a permanent Jaipur Foot Artificial Limb Fitment Centre. The announcement was made by no less a person than the country’s prime minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar.
She called it “a gift of dignity and independence” for hundreds of citizens living with amputations. “Through a partnership with the Jaipur Foot Artificial Limb Fitment Camp, we will be establishing an artificial limb center in Trinidad and Tobago,” the Prime Minister declared.
The Prime Minister inaugurated the Jaipur Foot camp at the National Council of Indian Culture at Divali Nagar in Port of Spain. Indian High Commissioner to Trinidad & Tobago Dr Pradeep Singh Rajpurohit was present, along with Founder and Chief Patron of the Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti, D R Mehta and the Chairman of the Jaipur Foot, USA Inc Prem Bhandari.
This camp, in which 800 disabled will be provided Jaipur Foot free, also attracted disabled from the neighboring islands.
Glimpses from the event / BMVSSThe prime minister also revealed that the Jaipur Foot Organisation founder D R Mehta had already donated machinery to set up the facility. “They will set up the camp, and guess what? They have donated the machinery. I’m told it will cost about US$100,000 for this permanent camp to be established,” Persad-Bissessar said.
The permanent centre will ensure ongoing treatment, fittings, and training for amputees well beyond the 50-day programme currently underway in the country.
The camp was pledged by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his July visit there. Within three months, containers of prosthetic limbs arrived from India, and the camp officially opened.
High Commissioner Rajpurohit said efforts are on to establish a sustainable hub. “We also have a plan to train the people of Trinidad and Tobago, sending technicians to India for proper training and bringing trainers here as well, so that a permanent center can be established.”
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