The Malki Foundation Blog: What two guys working from a shed can do

Monday, April 9, 2018

What two guys working from a shed can do

Jennifer Shaw Racz, the Malki Foundation's development specialist here in Jerusalem, writes:

I just spent all morning watching videos and reading about Team UnLimbited, an AMAZING organization, formed by Stephen Robert Davies and Drew Murray, which makes customized arms and hands for children from a nano printer FOR FREE. Children can request all different colors and designs (even Harry Potter!) The materials themselves cost less than 30 GBP.

It all started when Steven was looking for a better prosthetic for himself and came together to Drew to design one. They produce the limbs in a backyard shed and send them out. Their design has been used to help kids around the world.

Watch the kids' faces when they get the arm and use it for the first time.

We salute you Team UnLimbited and invite you to Israel... Maybe we can find some possible collaboration opportunities.

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ESTABLISHED IN 2001, Keren Malki (the Hebrew name of The Malki Foundation) was created to serve as a memorial to the life of Malka Chana Roth, killed at the age of 15 in the bombing attack on Jerusalem’s Sbarro restaurant in August 2001, and who adored her own special-needs sister. Malki dedicated herself to caring for people with disabilities. ▪ THE MISSION of The Malki Foundation is to empower the families of special-needs children in Israel to choose home care. We do this in three ways: by long-term lending of essential home-care equipment; by granting funds to greatly subsidize the cost of para-medical therapeutic care; and, via the innovative Zlata Hersch Memorial Therapists on Wheels Program, by bringing therapists into the homes of special-needs children living in Israel’s southern and northern periphery communities. (Click for a video illustrating aspects of Keren Malki's three programs.) ▪ BEHIND The Malki Foundation’S WORK is the conviction that parents are usually the best advocates and caregivers for a disabled child. Their efforts deserve maximum encouragement and support. The Malki Foundation does this via concrete programs that, for more than a decade, have contributed positively to the lives of thousands of special-needs children and their families.

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