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Hello, I'm Dashiani Navanayagam and welcome to the conversation from the BBC World Service,
the programme which speaks to two extraordinary women from
around the world about the incredible things they're doing today.
My guests both work in the field of prosthetics, but under very different circumstances.
Olga Rudneva is from Ukraine.
She founded the Superhumans Trauma center in Lviv following Russia's invasion.
It fits prosthetic limbs to patients who've been wounded during the war.
And British inventor Kate Allen joins me in the studio.
When she was just a student, she designed a prosthetic arm that can grow with children's limbs.
Her company,
Expand now provides prosthetic arms to children with limb difference and helps give them back their independence.
A very warm welcome to you both, Kate and Olga.
Thank you very much.
Before we go into the incredible work you both do.
Thank Kate.
It would be really helpful for you to explain exactly what a prosthetic is.
Yeah, no problem.
So a prosthetic is almost like a man made body part that you can fit
to someone that might not have a body part that is currently missing