FREDERICK, MD - Imagine losing your leg or your foot and then not having the medical support to do something as basic as walking.

For amputees living in third world countries, that's the reality, but a local prosthetics company is stepping up to lend a hand.

Ability Prosthetics and Orthotics has teamed up with Physicians for Peace.  Their goal is to collect old prosthetic parts and ship them overseas so that more amputees will have greater access.

It's a project that's not only benefiting those abroad; it's also helping the people who donate.

Rebecca Rogers with Ability Prosthetics and Orthotics said, "You have families who are grieving for a past loved one who might have worn a prothesis or a brace that's still relatively new.  It gives them the opportunity to feel like they're making a difference through the passing of their loved one."

Ability plans to donate more than $175,000 worth of prosthetics.  They say 70 percent of the amputees have lost their limbs to diabetes.