Athlete running with Levitate prosthetic blade

Anthropy Constructive Initiative

Adaptive Prosthetics Initiative

Restoring mobility and human potential for lower-limb amputees affected by armed conflict — because movement is the foundation of everything.

Campaign Overview

Removing Barriers to Mobility After War

Anthropy Constructive is a Texas-based nonprofit dedicated to advancing human potential by identifying, testing, and deploying technologies that meaningfully improve human performance, health, and quality of life.

As part of this mission, the Adaptive Prosthetics Initiative focuses on expanding access to high-performance prosthetics for lower-limb amputees affected by armed conflict — including individuals injured in war-impacted regions.

In conflict zones, civilians who lose limbs due to war often face long-term barriers to mobility, rehabilitation, and physical activity. Mobility devices — particularly prosthetics — are frequently inaccessible due to cost, complexity, and logistics. This initiative is designed to remove those barriers.

Prosthetist fitting a Levitate prosthetic blade for a patient at a clinical event

A certified prosthetist fits a Levitate blade at a community care event. Photo: letslevitate.com

Lower-Limb

Focus: Amputees from armed conflict

Wholesale

Pricing: Levitate's cost-level pricing

501(c)(3)

Status: Fully charitable, tax-deductible

Program Focus & Eligibility

Who We Serve

Eligible Recipients

Funds raised through this initiative support the provision of prosthetics to lower-limb amputees who have lost a limb as a result of war or armed conflict, with an initial focus on regions experiencing high humanitarian need.

Geographic Focus

Eligibility criteria, geographic focus, and program design are established and overseen by Anthropy Constructive to ensure that funds are deployed in furtherance of its charitable mission and directed toward populations with the greatest demonstrated need.

Stewardship of Funds

To responsibly operate and oversee this initiative, a portion of contributed funds may be used to cover direct and indirect program costs, including program management, compliance, reporting, and administrative expenses necessary to ensure effective delivery and accountability.

Levitate Blade 2 Mk II prosthetic foot on turf — adjustable and field-readyLevitate prosthetic blade worn on a city street alongside a natural foot

Implementation Partner

Why Levitate?

After evaluating the technical, economic, and logistical challenges associated with delivering prosthetic technology in conflict-affected regions, Anthropy Constructive selected Levitate — a Europe-based prosthetics company specializing in lower-limb prosthetics — as the implementation partner for this initiative.

Levitate was selected based on its ability to:

  • Manufacture high-quality prosthetics at significantly lower cost than traditional providers
  • Maintain an established international supply chain
  • Operate effectively in complex humanitarian and post-conflict environments
  • Support manufacturing, shipping, fitting, and in-country distribution

Levitate serves as a vendor and implementation partner. Anthropy Constructive retains full discretion and control over program design, eligibility criteria, geographic focus, and the allocation of funds.

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Why This Matters

The Human Case for Prosthetics

Armed conflict disproportionately impacts civilians, often leaving individuals with life-altering injuries and limited access to long-term rehabilitation resources. This initiative focuses on restoring mobility and supporting long-term recovery for those most affected by war.

Prosthetics support movement, rehabilitation, and physical activity — key contributors to both physical and psychological recovery following limb loss. For many, a prosthetic is not just a device. It is the difference between dependence and independence, between isolation and participation in family and community life.

Oleksandr Zhavnenko lost both legs in service. With Levitate prosthetics, he relearned to walk, climbed the Ukrainian Carpathians twice, and opened a dance studio with his wife. His story is not exceptional — it is what becomes possible when access barriers are removed.

"Recovery is not about returning to who you were — it is about expanding who you can be."
Athlete sprinting with Levitate prosthetic blade — restored mobility in action

Common Questions

Frequently Asked

Armed conflict disproportionately impacts civilians, often leaving individuals with life-altering injuries and limited access to long-term rehabilitation resources. This initiative focuses on restoring mobility and supporting long-term recovery for those most affected by war.

Prosthetics support movement, rehabilitation, and physical activity — key contributors to both physical and psychological recovery following limb loss. They are the foundational technology that enables participation in daily life, work, and community.

No. Anthropy Constructive raises funds to advance its charitable mission. Levitate is a contracted implementation partner that manufactures and delivers prosthetics as part of this nonprofit-led program. Anthropy Constructive retains full control over all funds and program decisions.

Eligibility criteria, geographic focus, and program design are established and overseen by Anthropy Constructive to ensure that funds are deployed in furtherance of its charitable mission and directed toward populations with the greatest demonstrated need.

Yes. Anthropy Constructive is a Texas-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. No goods or services are provided in exchange for donations.

Levitate provides periodic good-faith impact reporting to Anthropy Constructive, which may include the number of individuals served, regions or contexts in which prosthetics were delivered, and high-level descriptions of outcomes or challenges encountered.

Prosthetist fitting a Levitate prosthetic at a clinical event

Movement Is the Foundation of Everything

Help us remove the barriers that stand between a person and their ability to walk, run, dance, climb — and live fully.