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The Paul Steyn Foundation is a registered non-profit organization with the main purpose of providing prosthetic limbs to financially disadvantaged amputees who cannot otherwise acquire it. The foundation relies mainly on donations from the public and small business. We have no large corporate donors and do not receive any funds from the government.

We follow strict criteria to guide us in making an informed decision to assist someone or not. Should we see from your application form that you do not fit our criteria, we will let you know. Our decision is final and we will not discuss it any further. If your application does fit our criteria, it will be added to our database for future reference. You will be notified that you fit the criteria. We are unable to assist every person that applies immediately and we may never be able to assist every person that applies. We do, however, keep all qualifying applications on our database, just in case we can assist in the future.

From time to time, we do receive redundant prosthetics from the public. It has to be reconfigured for a new recipient as it is custom made to fit the person who will wear it. Whether we are able to assist a person with these used prosthesis, depends on a lot of factors.

Our main criteria is that the prosthesis that we provide should make a huge difference in the recipient’s life. We therefore tend to help younger and active people who can still lead as normal a life as possible with a prosthesis, and be able to get a job once they have received it.

When we decide to help, applicants will have to be physically assessed for suitability by one of our participating prosthetists. If a prosthetist finds that you are not suitable, we trust their judgement and will not enter into any further discussions about the matter.

We do not assist with traveling cost or transport to these prosthetists, who are generally in the main centers in the various provinces.

Applicants will be required to agree to and sign various agreements and waivers before we will release funds to the prosthetist to continue.

The Paul Steyn Foundation does not help people who;

• Are younger than 18 or older than 59.
• Lost a limb in a road accident. The Road Accident Fund should be approached.
• Lost a limb in a work accident. The Workmen’s Compensation Fund should be approached.
• Have a medical aid.
• Are suffering from diabetes.
• Are waiting for any compensation related to the amputation of the limb.