Maya Vansia presents the cheque to Roger Neuberg with Deepak Karia looking on<\/p><\/div>\n

When Roger Neuberg,who leads District 1070’s Jaipur Limb efforts, spoke to Leicester Novus he received a cheque for \u00a32,974.78 from treasurer Maya Vansia with Deepak Karia looking on.<\/p>\n

The money will provide about 40 limbs for disabled people in Third World countries.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0rubber-based prosthetic limb was designed and developed in Jaipur, India, in 1968 by\u00a0Ram Chander Sharma. Its unique\u00a0design makes it inexpensive and quick and easy to manufacture\u00a0and fit.<\/p>\n

The money had been raised by children and parents at Spinney Hill Primary School when Rotary member Jasbir Mann was Interim Executive Headteacher.<\/p>\n

Mr Neuberg, a member of the Rotary Club of Oadby, also gave members an update on the 32 e-Ranger motorcycle ambulances delivered to Uganda. He said that by\u00a0the end of December, the fleet had carried out 11,707 emergency call-outs. Of those, 6,750 (49.1%) were for maternity emergencies.<\/p>\n

The bulk of the remainder were for children under five\u00a0years of age, with cerebral malaria being top of the list.In all likelihood, more than 5,000 of the call-outs will have been life-saving.<\/p>\n

The e-Ranger provided by the Novus Rotary Club is based at Namawanga Health Centre in Mbale District. There had been 544 emergency call-outs, of which 227 (42%) were for maternity emergencies and the remainder chiefly for under-fives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When Roger Neuberg,who leads District 1070’s Jaipur Limb efforts, spoke to Leicester Novus he received a cheque for \u00a32,974.78 from treasurer Maya Vansia with Deepak Karia looking on. The money will provide about 40 limbs for disabled people in Third World countries. The\u00a0rubber-based prosthetic limb was designed and developed in Jaipur, India, in 1968 by\u00a0Ram … <\/p>\n