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The Spanish NGO collaborates with teams participating in the UniRaid rally to help two people in the Tinejdad area.
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The prostheses have been custom created on 3D printers.
Cherifa and Majid have already received their new prosthesis thanks to the Spanish NGO, Ayúdame3Dwhich collaborates for the second consecutive year with teams participating in the solidarity rally, Uniraid. The cooperation, initiated by Escudería Grupo B, continues thanks to the commitment of The Power Rally Team to deliver during the trip these aid devices in the Moroccan area of Tinejdad.
Ayúdame3D is a social entity that designs and delivers 3D printed hand and arm prostheses, called Trésdesis, free of charge. Since 2017 they have provided more than half a thousand devices for free to people in more than 60 countries. So when the request came to them from Morocco, they didn't hesitate to join the race.
The two prostheses were designed in Madrid according to the measurements provided by Y-Peer Morocco. "When Nicolas proposed us to collaborate again in this edition of the UniRaid, we did not hesitate. We contacted the Moroccan NGO again, who sent us the details of two people just a few weeks before the rally. As soon as we received them, we set the printers in motion to be able to deliver them on time," explains Stephanie Lois, Head of the Development and Innovation Department of Technical Aids at Ayúdame3D. The team has adapted the assistive devices, which have been printed with sustainable materials on their 3D printers, to the requested needs.
Printing the parts of the Trésdesis by Ayúdame3D on its Prusa XL 3D printer.
Both Trésdesis were sent to Barcelona, the starting point of Nicolás and David, members of The Power Rally Team. They were in charge of delivering them during the second stage of the UniRaid to Cherifa, via Y-Peer, and to Majid, who was able to attend the rally camp. "As a team that already participated last year, we knew how important it was to hand-deliver the solidarity material. With the Trésdesis of Ayúdame3D the impact is maximum, because this gesture means transforming the life of a person and hopefully we can continue to do these actions to create the maximum possible impact," says Nicolás, member of The Power Rally Team.
Cherifa and Majid, who suffered amputations a few years ago, have been very grateful to receive these devices, which will help them improve their quality of life, offering them greater independence and new opportunities for employability.