About us?
Mahavir Kmina is much more than a prosthetics factory, even more than an organization: it is, in fact, an opportunity to start over which can be accessed by all those people who have lost a lower limb and do not have the resources to obtain the prosthesis they need to recover their mobility, self-esteem and independence.
Our mission
The Mahavir Kmina Corporation is a non-profit institution that works to be a fundamental link in the comprehensive rehabilitation process of amputees of one or both legs, donating lower limb prostheses and providing support psychosocial, own and their family nucleus, under high quality conditions, preventing the generation of safety and health risks at work, permanently seeking the satisfaction of its beneficiaries. In addition, implementing strategies focused on sustainable development.
Our vision
For the year 2030, Mahavir Kmina, together with Alfredo José Díez and Ángela Mejía de Díez, our founders and managing partners, envision the Corporation as a self-sustaining entity that will allow it to be recognized, nationally and internationally, for its social function. and capabilities in innovation and development. Strengthening and creating new networks with strategic allies to consolidate a sustainability ecosystem, working under the principles of responsibility, respect, confidentiality, service and integrity.
Our values
Solidaridad
It is collaboration, as a team, understanding the realities and needs of each individual and interest group.
Transparency
Be aware of the social, economic and environmental contribution in each of the processes, understanding the needs of today's world, to build a more future (balanced, hopeful, promising...)
Quality
Establish relationships of trust, based on behavior consistent with what is thought, said and done.
Sustainability
Guarantee superiority and coherence in all activities with our value proposition.
Honesty
It is the guarantee/promise to manage and carry out the procedures for the established purposes, allowing verification and easy access to information.
Ethics
Principles and rules that guide our behavior to try to be better every day.
We are an agent of
social transformation
5,000
people benefited
74%
of coverage in Colombia
10
Latin American countries
Approximately 754,000 people live in Colombia with reduced mobility; many of them require a prosthesis to replace a leg in order to have a decent life. In many cases, amputees do not receive the prosthesis that, in theory, the Colombian Health System guarantees, and obtaining them in a private way turns out to be too expensive to be within their reach. That is why Mahavir Kmina was born with the intention of "providing an excellent quality service at no cost to those who do not have the means to obtain a prosthesis," says its Co-founder Alfredo José Diez Ramírez.
In a decade of hard work, around 5,000 people from 416 municipalities in Colombia and 10 Latin American countries have benefited. It is important to the Corporation that our Mahavir Kmina beneficiaries obtain the necessary means to regain their mobility, rebuild their self-esteem and regain their independence.
Our challenge in figures
The war in Colombia has convinced us of the horrors of antipersonnel mines. However, in ten years working for amputees, we have discovered that there are other situations that could be causing a greater number of victims.
There are no current national data on this social problem, but our data is an indication of its situation in the country.
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Among all common diseases, diabetes is the cause of the majority of amputations, mainly among older adults.
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In most cases, a motorcycle is involved in car accident amputations. The victim is usually the motorcyclist or his grill.
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Other common causes are workplace accidents and snake bites.
4%they are children (0-12 years)
5%they are adolescents (13-17 years)
25%are older adults (60+ years)
66%are adults of productive age (18 - 59 years old)
Our team
Our work team is made up of a qualified group of prosthetists in charge of the manufacture and adaptation of prostheses, as well as professionals from areas such as medicine, psychology, human management, communications and administration, which put their knowledge and human quality at the service of all those who long to walk again.
Alfredo Jose Diez
Board of Directors
Andres Ovalle
Board of Directors
Devandra Raj Mehta
Board of Directors
Angela Mejia de Diez
Board of Directors
Francisco Moncaleano
Board of Directors
Jairo Leyva
Board of Directors
Juan Rodrigo Mejia
Board of Directors
Executive Director
Jesus
Medical director
Edwin
Technical director
Deison
Production leader
Gonzalo
Administrative assistant
Ledys
prosthetist
sandra
prosthetist
John
Logistics assistant - Mtto
Yamile
prosthetist
Patricia
Coord. administrative
Carolina
Communications Leader
Mary Clare
Communicator
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Alexandra
Communications Assistant
Andrea
Psychologist
Richard
Psychologist
Alexander
Accounting assistant
Mario
General services
Yeni
Coord. Management systems
the production team
making dreams come true
The Mahavir Kmina production team is made up of high-quality personnel who strive every day to make our prostheses. Edwin, production leader, tells us what this process consists of and how it benefits people.
Day to day in Mahavir Kmina
Every day something magical happens in Mahavir Kmina; every smile, every expression of happiness, every word of thanks are the greatestsatisfactions that we could receive for what we have been doing for more than 10 years selflessly. In this gallery, some of those key moments of our work are evidenced.
Our history
Mahavir Kmina was founded in 2007 on the initiative of businessman Alfredo José Díez from Antioquia, who dreamed of providing victims of landmines with a prosthesis to remedy part of the damage caused by the violence in Colombia. No However, over the years, our service has been extended to people who have lost one or both lower limbs, due to any cause of amputation.
historical milestones
In the following timeline, you will find the most relevant events that have happened to Mahavir Kmina throughout his history. You can click on each of the images to see them enlarged.
