Bringing Ideas to Life
Innovation with Purpose. Healthcare with Heart.
How Life Sciences Network (LSN) is transforming amputee support through initiatives like Restoring Hope
The Life Sciences Network (LSN) is a UK-based organisation with a long-standing commitment to applying science, technology, and innovation to improve lives—especially in crisis and low-resource settings. Founded in 2004, LSN has a track record of launching and supporting impactful humanitarian initiatives in health, education, and public policy.
Their aim is simple but powerful: To bring ideas to life that restore dignity, health, and hope to vulnerable populations worldwide.
LSN has incubated and advised projects ranging from public health innovation during the Ebola crisis, to patient-centered healthcare technology, to large-scale educational reform. Their current priority is Restoring Hope, in Gaza.
Restoring Hope. What's in the name?
"Restoring Hope" reflects a vision that goes beyond physical rehabilitation. It acknowledges the psychological impact of limb loss, transforms expectations of care in crisis zones, and emphasizes patient dignity. By enabling rapid mobility through innovative prosthetics, it restores hope for individuals' futures and demonstrates that quality care is possible even in the most challenging environments.
World-first life-changing interventions
Groundbreaking innovation is providing amputees with functioning prosthesis in 1.5 hours.
World-leading technology in prosthetics, digital health and logistics have been combined in a revolutionary approach.
Transforming access to specialist care
MASU's are small adapted vans carrying innovative prosthetics, technical medical equipment, and a uniquely trained medical team.
Easy to scale, quick to deploy, they can bring amputee support services to whereever they are needed, be it a field hospital in an emergency relief programme or to remote communities to improve accessibility.
Restoring Hope Gaza in action
435 prosthetics fitted since the Jordanian Royal Medical Service teams were deployed
4,000 steps taken by the patients the day after fitting (average)
6 Teams deployed so far through 2 Mobile Amputee Support Units
2 innovations tailored to the needs of amputees in Gaza (more in the pipeline)
40+ Prosthetists trained
3 hospitals are referring patients to the Jordanian RMS field hospital
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3 Training courses have been completed by
Prosthetists from Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Palestinian
1 University based clinical research programme has been established
2 Stakeholder workshops have been held in the region
Partners
The Restoring Hope is a Jordanian Initiative bringing together a range of partners.
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His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan provides the vision
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The Restoring Hope Society
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The Jordanian Hashemite Charitable Organisation supports with funding and logistics
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The Jordanian Royal Medical Services provides the medics on the ground in Gaza.
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Electronic Health Systems and the Hakeem Programme manage the digital patient records
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LSN Ltd has been providing international project leadership and support for systems integration, digital vision and innovation
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Amparo provides fast fitting, lower limb prosthetics solutions
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Koalaa provides fast fitting, upper limb prosthetic solutions
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Adapttech provides a smart prosthetics monitoring system
Prospero World is the Fiscal sponsor of LSN in the United Kingdom and is able to support them to receive tax efficient donations in the UK from UK tax payers, as well as in the USA from American donors. We retain a % of received income to cover the costs of governance, due diligence, monitoring and evaluation, international banking, and administration fees.