“I realised that college was all about the grades and getting a job. I wanted to do more with my life and find my purpose,” said Gade.
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Working day-and-night working in labs, Gade was completely absorbed in it until he met a seven-year-old girl in Pune who was born without arms.
“In our country, it is sad how people label a physically disabled girl - that she is not eligible for marriage.
“In our country, it is sad how people label a physically disabled girl - that she is not eligible for marriage.
I did not want this girl to be in that position. So, I decided to help her out with prosthetic arms. When I approached some of the hospitals, I was shocked to learn about the whopping costs,” Gade exclaims, adding that it costs about Rs 12 lakhs for one hand.
With her hand size changing every year, Gade didn’t think this was feasible for her struggling parents. Baffled by the figures involved, Gade decided to do a little more research and found out that more than 500,000 people lost their limbs every year across the world.
Nearly 40,000 in India alone, and 85 per cent of these individuals were living without any solution simply because of cost factors.
Realising that he had found his purpose, Gade dropped out of his course for the second time in life, much to the disapproval of his father.
Realising that he had found his purpose, Gade dropped out of his course for the second time in life, much to the disapproval of his father.
If somebody had told Prashant Gade in 2014 that he was going to impact thousands of lives, he would’ve probably laughed it off. As the founder of the Inali Foundation, Gade has helped more than 3,500 people with prosthetic arms.
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