Madhu is a 30-year-old double amputee from rural Andhra Pradesh. He 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐤 while working as an electrician. This incident changed the course of his life, right from 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝, 𝐭𝐨 becoming 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫. His parents are no more, and hence he had very little familial support from anyone except his brother. Life became turbulent for Madhu in the aftermath of his accident. He was driven to a place in life to learn to adapt to a new, stimulating and strange life. Menial jobs that might mean nothing special to you,was a mammoth of a task for him. However, Madhu refused to give up, and his resilience grew!

Amidst this time, CHF met Madhu in February 2021. We were deeply moved by his story and thus, began approaching companies that make prosthetic hands for Madhu. 𝐈𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡, but we found a company in September,2021, and our joy grew no bounds! Thus, Madhu received his prosthetic hands and this, helped him to retrieve a small part of his life back from before.

On 23rd October 2021, CHF conducted a 𝐉𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲-𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐊𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐤𝐮𝐫, 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐡𝐫𝐚 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐡. Madhu, 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 was also present at the event. We met Madhu after a month, and there he shared his story with the people. We could hardly hold back our tears to witness Madhu confidently 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬. The people were encouraged to hear from Madhu that 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟! Life has changed miraculously for Madhu, as he is now able to support himself independently by 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐛𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐬.

His brother thanked us for helping Madhu to receive his prosthetic hands and his eyes were filled with tears of joy. It was indeed a very emotional moment as he 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬! We were overwhelmed and overjoyed by this gesture. He has now requested us to 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐬𝐞𝐭-𝐮𝐩 𝐚 𝐤𝐢𝐨𝐬𝐤 (𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩) 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥!