12/01/06 On a Mission to ROMP
David Krupa is on a mission. His goal is to provide artificial limbs to thousands of amputees living in Third World countries. But this mission began here, in Northwest Indiana, by supplying local amputees with customized prostheses to give them mobility, independence, even hope.
07/15/06 Zacapa Lab Moves
Zacapa lab moves! The new facility is beautiful, includes a large stock room, private bathroom and casting area, and room to accommodate a growing staff and frequent outreach clinics. Thanks H.I.M.
07/09/06 Good Luck Dave!
Good luck Dave! Our CEO, Dave Krupa is now ROMP's full-time Field Director based in Zacapa Guatemala. Yeah!
05/05/06 Zacapa Team
Zacapa team provides 11 prostheses, rearranges stock room and begins design of clinic software program. Thanks to volunteers Julie McCay, Paul Barker, Carin & Alissa Erbland.
04/01/06 Donations Provide Limbs for Amputees
Hundreds of amputees in Pakistan, Ecuador, and Guatemala recently lined up to receive new artificial limbs at no cost as a result of the Chicago-based Range of Motion Project (ROMP) initiative in the developing world. With its all-volunteer team of prosthetists, the nonprofit charity has raised more than $60,000 in funds and $200,000 in kind donations in less than 1 year, to set up programs and fully functioning laboratories and clinics fabricating and fitting arms and legs to men, women, and young children who otherwise have no access to these services.
02/12/06 Zacapa Team Provides Prostheses
Zacapa team provides 11 prostheses and evaluates patients for May team. Thanks to volunteers David Levine and Jake Wood.
02/01/06 Mission to Ecuador
Mission to Ecuador helps provide prostheses to 48 amputees at Fundacion Hermano Miguel. Thanks to Barr Foundation, SPS and others.
01/01/06 SBN-Jobst Inc Donation
BSN-Jobst Inc donates over $95,000 of plaster and fiberglass casting supplies. Wow!
12/01/05 Libertyville IL Rotary Club
Rotary Club - Libertyville, IL funds the prosthetic treatment of over 50 amputees! Thanks to the Tuckers and Rotary Club!
10/01/05 Going Out on a Limb with ROMP
The word “romp” brings to mind active play and exploration. But it’s also a fitting acronym for Chicago’s own Range of Motion Project, a.ka. ROMP. It’s an organization whose tagline is “empowerment through mobility,” and while they might have whimsical name, ROMP’s mission at hand is a serious one: to provide prosthetic limbs to amputees in developing countries.
10/01/05 Zacapa Lab Completion
ROMP completes fully functional lab in Zacapa, Guatemala with Hearts in Motion volunteers. Direct patient care begins! Here we go!
07/31/05 Worldwide Effort Gives Amputees New Hope
Having an artificial limb can make life challenging for anyone, but when an amputee lives in a developing country and has to resort to using tree limbs as crutches, work becomes an impossible task.
05/01/05 Prosthetics at the Middle of the World
Lourdes Pilco woke to the babbling of her son. Here, so closed to the equator, the sun rises early, yet it was still dark. Lourdes fumbled for a moment, the faint light of dawn bringing her reality into focus. Her husband started to move and so did her gaze, now darting to the beautiful two-year old. With powerful motherly love and concern, she checked to see everything was fine and smiled at the boy's soft dark hair, his delicate, playful hands, and the little feet that would soon carry his tiny body.
11/01/04 Returning the Favor – Prosthetics user provides help he once needed
David Krupa truly understands the need of people who have lost a limb. Krupa, 24, of Forest Park, Ill., lost his left leg when he was 1 1/2 years old. With the help of Shriners Hospital and encouragement from his parents, he eventually was able to get a prosthetic and participate in sports and other activities during school.
