African Voices Changemakers programme will this week feature Crystal Chigbu, a Nigerian prosthetics maker who recalls how she surmounted the trauma of caring for a child who was born with a congenital limb deformity to establish a foundation that gives succour to children whose limbs had been severed as a result of health challenges.
The 30-minute magazine programme which is sponsored by Globacom, also features Tendekayi Katsiga, a Zimbabwean electronics technician who fabricated a solar-powered hearing aid with battery chargers for children with hearing defects.
Chigbu, a 2002 graduate of Biochemistry from the University of Lagos, Nigeria, said, “Seeing other children and families go through the same process without a clear view on how to adapt to the challenges of living with limb loss gave vent to the creation of Irede Foundation which has, since inception, restored hope to children living with the loss of limbs by giving them prosthetics.”
