Meet Esethu.

Esethu is 13 years old and on the 25th December 2012 was in a horrific Taxi accident in South Africa where she was flung from the taxi through a window. Due to this accident Esethu lost her left hand completely from the wrist and her baby finger on her right hand. She also had her hip dislodged which causes her incredible pain and she battles to walk.

However, this brave young girl embraces life with a gorgeous smile and a thankful heart that she is alive, able to walk, talk and still do some of the things she could do before.

Esethu is in Grade 8 and attends a school in the Kempton Park area. She loves Maths in which she does extremely well. She has lots of friends who are incredibly supportive since her accident and when she grows up she wants to be a Civil Engineer.

Esethu and her mom Ncedeka came to see us a few weeks ago. Esethu met a young doctor at the Chris Hani Baragwanath hospital where she was being treated for her injuries. Dr Amy had heard about Robohand but because Esethu had lost her hand above the wrist and did not have the movement there to use a Robohand she wasn’t sure if we could help. But she contacted Rich anyway and they came for a consultation.<

We are very proud to announce that Rich has developed Robohand further than just the wrist and it can now operate from the elbow and shoulder.

Below are the pictures documenting the creation of Robohand using the elbow to drive the mechanical device.