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My name is Prashant. I never imagined that one encounter could change the entire direction of my life. But that’s exactly what happened the day I met a 7-year-old girl who had been born without arms. Her parents told me how she ate with her feet. How she stayed quiet in school because the other children teased her. She told me how she once tried to write by holding a pencil between her toes, only to be laughed at.
I started researching prosthetic arms. I called hospitals, labs, vendors. That’s when I found out — a single functional prosthetic arm could cost ₹12 lakhs. I was shocked. That wasn’t just unaffordable. It was unimaginable for families like hers.
It felt like people without limbs were being punished twice — once by fate, and again by the system that priced dignity out of their reach. I couldn’t look away. I couldn’t un-feel what I had felt. So I dropped out. And started over.
At the time, I was in my third year of engineering. My family had high hopes — a stable job, a good income, a "safe" life. But I knew that if I stayed, I’d be learning how to survive the rat race — not how to make a difference. I dropped out, enrolled in a course on robotics, and started working on a project that could change everything: a low-cost, functional, made-in-India prosthetic arm.
People doubted me. I had no funding, no team, just an idea and the refusal to let go of that girl’s face in my mind. But after years of trial and error, I finally built a working prototype.
The First Arm. The First Tear.
The first time we fitted an Inali Arm was for a mother who had lost both limbs in an accident. When she moved her new hand for the first time, she didn’t speak. She just cried. Then she said something I’ll never forget:
“Ab main apni beti ke baal khud bana sakti hoon.” (Now I can comb my daughter’s hair myself.)That broke me. At that moment, I wasn’t looking at a machine. I was looking at a mother reclaiming her role. A human being reclaiming her worth. 13,000 Lives and Counting. But So Many Still Waiting. Since 2016, we’ve distributed over 13,000 prosthetic limbs across 25 states — all free of cost.
But there are still over 500,000 people in India living without arms. Many of them lost their limbs in farming accidents, electric shocks, or road mishaps. Most of them are from underprivileged backgrounds. And almost all of them have no way to afford help. They were once farmers, carpenters, students, mothers — now they struggle to eat, to work, to live. And the world often looks away. But we won’t. This Year, We’re on a Mission. And We Need You. We are raising ₹1.5 crores to provide 1,000 prosthetic arms to those who’ve lost everything — and need just one chance to stand back up. Each arm costs ₹15,000 — including manufacturing, assembly, quality checks, and the cost of running free fitment camps in remote areas.
A small portion will support operational needs — because reaching a tribal village in rural Madhya Pradesh takes more than just good intentions. It takes teams, travel, food, and relentless effort.
But that’s not all. We’ve seen the need for deeper support. So we’re planning to build a rehabilitation centre in Pune — a space where amputees can come not just to get a limb, but to get training, care, and a fresh start. We’ll also set up a Research & Development lab to keep improving our prosthetics — because we believe the best tech shouldn't be for the privileged few.
You can help someone reclaim their life. Right now.
This isn’t just a donation. This is someone feeding themselves after years. This is a mother hugging her child. This is a father getting back to work. This is a young girl writing her own name for the first time.
This is hope, delivered through your hands.
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Let’s remind the world that even when life takes something away, we can still give something back.
