Through the adjustment of returning to 'normal' life with one leg, Heather found a practical problem that she felt 
she could solve. Her residual limb was fitted with an artificial limb. But due to the nature of the wound changing in shape and size, the prosthetic leg had to be continually replaced, whilst the old leg would be discarded. Heather realised that if the redundant prosthesis would never find another use, there must be literally thousands out there just waiting for a new home. With her experiences in the former Yugoslavia, Heather knew that these redundant limbs would be more than welcome in areas such as the Former Yugoslavia.
Heather instigated a nation-wide appeal for the donation of unwanted prostheses, then employed the services of the inmates at Brixton prison to dismantle the limbs and make them ready for transport. In October 1994, just a year after her accident, the first convoy of artificial limbs and medical equipment left for Zagreb. Arriving at the Institute of Prosthetics in Zagreb the limbs were now ready to be fitted. Over 400,000 amputees and survivors of landmine explosions have been helped around the world since the first Convoy left the UK.
Heather would like to especially thank Dave Nix and his colleagues for helping her to deliver the first truck of limbs to the Former Yugoslavia.
Without these huge hearted volunteers, who make the world a better place, our work would have been much more difficult to do.
Thank you.
Heather now focuses her amputee and landmines related charity work on No More Landmines a campaign that raises awareness and funds to clear landmines and help landmine survivors. To learn more about No Landmines Mines work please visit www.landmines.org.uk for more information.
I would like to share with you some current news regarding my website. Later in May when it's launched you will see many changes and additions to my website. There is going to be a new, fresh structure, leading you to expanded areas within many sections. I'm sorry it has taken so long for us to update our website, but as you can imagine we have had a very busy few years.
Heather was on a panel of 10 judges at this Years 57th Annual Miss USA Beauty Pageant. She agreed to participate as a judge due to the charitable aspects of the event.
This year's winner was a 26-year old Texas business woman, Crystle Stewart who said she wants to dedicate her life to philanthropy. She will have helped, after only one reigning year to raise over $50 million dollars for various Breast and Ovarian cancer charities.
Heather met Martina in 1994 when she bought her first convoy to Croatia. She arranged for Bob Watts an eminent prosthesist from the UK to come to Croatia to make artificial limbs. Martina was one of the many amputee's that Bob and Heather helped.
Martina is now 20 and Heather recently visited Martina in Croatia to help her get employement.
Read more about the Martina story when Heather's website is launched later this month in May.
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