Jaipirfoot USA Youth Chapter was launched to spread awareness of the incredible work being done by Jaipurfoot globally. It is a forum that provides students with opportunities to support an incredible organization that was recognized by the United Nations.

Nikhil Mehta

Co-Chair, Youth Chapter

Nikhil Mehta is the Co-Chair and a rising senior at Smithtown High School East, Long Island, New York. Nikhil has been engaged with JaipurFoot USA through his high school and was motivated to join in the effort to help India ``breathe better.” Oxygen on Wheels is a free service to provide oxygen support inside a specially designed bus to needy patients in the rural villages of Jodhpur and patients. Nikhil was able to raise funds from his friends, family, and, most of all, the community. They now have added three vans. Nikhil was lucky enough to speak to the Honorable Chief Minister of Rajasthan, propose his ideas, and request assistance to further the cause.

Riya Tadinada

Co-Chair, Youth Chapter

Riya is a junior at Castilleja High School, Palo Alto CA. Her interests span bioengineering, music, community service and writing. Her interests span music, writing, bioengineering, and community-centered work. I focus on how people experience systems—not just how they function. I’m especially interested in what emerges at interdisciplinary intersections—and how those connections can shape meaningful outcomes. She has been associated with Jaipur Foot since 2019 on a periodic basis and now as the co-chair for the youth chapter. She has been instrumental in creating the Jaipur Foot usa website, expanding the youth chapter activities and participating in workshops. She is currently authoring a paper on the topic - Barriers and Opportunities for AI-Assisted Prosthetic Socket Fitting in Low-Resource Humanitarian Settings — A Narrative Review and Framework Informed by the Jaipur Foot Model

Internship Opportunities

Your service can give others a shot at better lives.

BMVSS is an international NPO with over four decades of experience in making impactful contributions to society. Through Jaipur foot, we have free supplied prosthetic legs, aids, and other support services for over 2 million people in 35 countries. We are a team of people who do whatever we can in our varying capacities to further the cause. Join us today and become a certified volunteer at an organization recognized by the United Nations for its Impact.

Internship Opportunities are presently open to passionate youth who care about social impact. The purpose of the youth internships in the USA is to spread awareness and raise funds to continue global camps and charitable work to help many more impoverished and disabled people.

If you are interested in joining our team, and have expertise in areas aligning with our needs, we encourage you to apply to the positions listed below:

If you have questions, pleaes contact youth@jaipurfootusa.org

Youth Chapter Leadership

Current Openings

Marketing Coordinator

This role will help expand awareness, create and implement marketing campaigns to drive donations in your local community. Driving donations will help the organization do more free limb fitments for underprivileged people across the world.

Webmaster

This role will work the co-Chair and executive team to manage and maintain the website. Prior experience creating websites and managing them is highly desired.

Good understanding of front-end technologies, including HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery
Experience building user interfaces for websites and/or web applications
Experience designing and developing responsive design websites

Youth Ambassador

This role will help expand awareness in your local community and school. You can embed this into your existing community service program. You or your team can help with marketing and driving more donations for the organization. While camps are now on hold due to Covid19, when they start back again ambassadors can join the camps as volunteers.