‘We fall and we rise’: Some amputees in Sierra Leone turn to farming to combat discrimination

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — 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, and he tumbled into the dense grass.“They forgot I had one leg,” the 45-year-old said, laughing. The trainer at a center…

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