MISTER ROBOTO: Stevenson Joseph holding the 3D-printed prosthetic hand that he is learning to use at the orphanage where he lives in Santo, near Port-au-Prince. — Reuters
PORT-AU-PRINCE: A 12-year-old orphan boy handicapped from birth became the first recipient of a 3D printer prosthesis in Haiti last month, thanks to a British-born software engineer in California.
Born without fingers on either hand, Stevenson Joseph had little hope of treatment in a country where programmes for the disabled are rare apart from a handful of charities.
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