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Standing Tall

Victor Vandi, a single-leg amputee, is a radio repairman as well as midfielder on the amuptee football team. He has eight children Felicity Thompson/IRIN

    Standing Tall illustrates the challenges that disabled people encounter living in the developing world: a polio survivor in Nairobi's slums; amputee footballers in Sierra Leone; mentally disabled learners in western Kenya; landmine victims in Cambodia.

    Landmines | Cambodia

    Mines continue to kill, twenty years after the war is over.

    Amputee Football | Sierra Leone

    Despite losing a leg, a Sierra Leonean continues to play the beautiful game

    Mental Disability | Kenya

    In Kenya, a school fights mental health stigma

    Surviving Polio | Nairobi, Kenya

    A polio survivor must overcome many difficulties in Nairobi's largest slum.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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