Dave Evans

Gender Balance

The Polus Center training offers post graduate prosthetics upgrading opportunities to many Syrian and Jordanian technicians. The program is considered ground breaking particularly for female technicians, as it is the kind of exposure few women in this part of the world would normally receive.

Dave Evans: A Healing Force in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Dave Evans sends greetings from the Democratic Republic of Congo! A long time Friend of Polus Center, and Chief Prosthetics Consultant, Dave has traveled all over the world bringing mobility devices, and rehabilitation services to victims of conflict across the globe.

Field Report DRC

West Virginian, Dave Evans is renowned for his expertise in making prosthetic limbs, and for helping amputees in war-torn countries throughout the world. Himself an amputee as a result of wounds received in Vietnam, Dave has worked with the Polus Center since 1997 establishing prosthetic rehabilitation programs and training technicians. In this months field report, Dave writes about his latest trip to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.