Davpack Walks to Legs4Africa

Legs4Africa is an incredible charity that Davpack have had the pleasure of interviewing previously for our blog series ‘Davpack Talks To’. Inspired by the founder’s – Tom Williams’ – trip to The Gambia in 2013, where he met a family involving a father being an amputee and could not gain access to a prosthetic leg. Tom began to research the issue across Africa and discovered that a large amount of prosthetic legs within the United Kingdom were being taken to landfill whilst they still had plenty of use left in them. Tom began to collect these prosthetic legs and transport them to Africa for those in need. After nearly 10 years, the organisation has helped countless amputees and Legs4Africa are launching their biggest ever campaign, with a set goal of £100,000!

 

This huge fundraiser is crucial because the struggle to access prosthetic legs never stops across Africa. One major amputation is made within The Gambia every 3.5 days due to many reasons, including major road accidents and natural-born illnesses. Most individuals within The Gambia are unable to receive not only the prothesis they need but also support and technology need to cope with the amputation process. Legs4Africa estimates there are 4,500 people in The Gambia in need of a prosthetic leg, with 80% not receiving any emotional or physical rehabilitation support. Thousands of livelihoods will be changed forever with all donations, and the kindness of the anonymous person doubling all the money raised and given to L4F!

 

So what is Davpack doing to help?

Davpack want to spread the word and reach as many people as possible to help Legs4Africa achieve this amazing target and aid more amputees. Throughout November, our team will partake in 'Davpack Walks To Legs4Africa' where we will accumulatively walk 125 miles (being the distance between Davpack and L4A), whilst asking friends & family to sponsor the walk and raise money for Legs4Africa.

 

Please give what you can to support this inspirational charity!