St. Mary Catholic Secondary School Students Collaborate with E-Nable to Send Prosthetics to Afghanistan

E-Nable is a global humanitarian network that uses 3D printing to help individuals that are in need of assistive devices and prosthetics. This year, in co-ordination with e-Nable contacts, St. Mary Catholic Secondary School students have been able to put together a package that will be sent to Gilani Hospital in Quetta, Pakistan. From there it will hopefully make its way to Afghanistan where it will be distributed to individuals in need of prosthetic hands. The package we are sending includes three assembled Phoenix V2 hands, one Unlimbited hand, and three printed unassembled hands with accompanying building kits. The St. Mary Catholic Secondary School e-Nable team spent the year fundraising, printing, and assembling hands. 

The package has been sent through UPS. Since it cannot be shipped directly to Afghanistan, E-Nable co-ordinators in the USA are trying to establish a supply chain. St. Mary Catholic Secondary School (along with another e-Nable chapter in Washington), is the first to test out the supply chain to see if it works. The hope is that everything goes smoothly and the hands make it to where they are needed.