Limb-fitting equipment give to Handicap International

Handicap International (HI) has been given equipment to enable it to provide artificial limbs for ex-combatants who have gone through the Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) programme, according to an information bulletin published on 10 February by the National Committee for Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (NCDDR). Valued at US $48,000 the equipment, which was donated by the British Department for International Development (DFID), was handed over to HI on Tuesday by Sierra Leone President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah on behalf of his government. NCDDR cites a representative of the amputees, Muctarr Jalloh, as saying they needed help that would enable them to reduce their dependence on others.