ALTSO IN BELIZE
Project Hope Belize
Project Hope Belize is the only prosthetic and orthotic facility in all  of Belize to serve the 300,000 people in this Central American country. Concerned and compassionate prosthetic professionals first visited Belize on an initial medical mission in 1996, and made a personal commitment to offer professional care, standardized materials and on-going service to help the disabled population of Belize. The project has grown steadily and today has a dedicated and functional workshop staffed by a manager/technician who runs the clinic 3 days per week to provide continuity and follow up services for all patients. Since its inception, Project Hope Belize has provided mobility aids to over 140 people at little or no cost.
In 2008, Project Hope Belize seeks to expand its services to help more children. A Leg To Stand On is supporting this effort and is funding materials, supplies and components so that the needs of 80 prosthetic pediatric patients will be fully taken care of.
* Violence Against Children, UNICEF, 2005
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