Student raises 1,500 pounds for Indian prosthetics charity

A British student has raised 1,500 pounds for an Indian prosthetic charity by organising a race night, an event in which participants stake money on the outcome of recorded races.
Jennifer Pirie, a fourth year student of Prosthetics and Orthotics, at the University of Strathclyde, held the race night to raise money for the Chennai-basedMUKTI.
The university works with the charity to improve the delivery of prosthetic and orthotic services in India by providing training, helping to develop improved prostheses and every year taking a small group of students to work in its clinic in Chennai.
"I spoke to a girl who had just returned from Chennai working with MUKTI as I was keen to find out what sort of work she did there. I thought it sounded fascinating to work in an environment so different to the centres in the UK," Pirie said.

"I decided that I wanted to raise money for the charity and began thinking of ways to do it. I had attended race nights for local football teams before and knew they had always raised a lot of money. So I went and spoke to the manager of a social club near my house about hiring the hall for a race night for charity," she said.