"I know how it feels for them," said Buckley. "When I was in Uganda on a Rotary Jaipur Limb Project, they made one for me. I was walking within five hours. It's such a good fit, I still use it around my home."

While in Uganda, Buckley met a man who had lost a leg to a land mine.

"He had been an elder, but since losing his leg he had been ostracized by his village," said Buckley. "He wasn't considered whole."

Buckley still keeps pictures of the man at home in England. He says the man is smiling next to his wife.

"He got a job and his family back," said Buckley. "He could walk and ride a bike, and he was made the elder of the village again."

The Rotarians from the United Kingdom involved in the Jaipur Limb Project have provided 100,000 limbs to amputees in India, Africa and other parts of the world over the past 20 years, and with the promised financial support during the convention hope to do even more.

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