FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Lahai Makieu struck the bamboo with a machete until it cracked and fell. Balancing on his crutch, he reached to pick it up. But colleagues pulled the bamboo's other end, ...
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Five-year-old Sila Abu Aqlan curled her lip in concentration as she practiced walking for the first time on a prosthetic leg at a clinic in Gaza City. The foot of the new leg ...
While the government in Sierra Leone doesn’t collect data on amputees, the United Nations estimates there are about 500,000 disabled people in the country. Lahai Makieu struck the bamboo with a ...
The U.N. says Israel's 17-month-old military campaign in Gaza has created “largest cohort of child amputees in modern history.” GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Five-year-old Sila Abu Aqlan curled her lip in ...
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