June 14, 2017
We’re not super heroes but…
We’re not saying that we’re super heroes… But… Origin stories are all the rage now, from the dusky beginnings of super heroes to the even shadier background stories of Breaking…
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April 6, 2017
Meet Musa – President of the Gambian Amputee Association
In this series we delve into the lives of Gambian amputees, who they are, how they see the world and their drives and their goals.
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March 17, 2017
Muhammad and Ebrahim – Father and son
In this series we delve into the lives of Gambian amputees, who they are, how they see the world and their drives and their goals.
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March 17, 2017
Meet Adama – father and family man
In this series we delve into the lives of Gambian amputees, who they are, how they see the world and their drives and their goals.
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March 12, 2017
Meet Fatima – The Diabetic Mother
In this series we delve into the lives of Gambian amputees, who they are, how they see the world and their drives and their goals.
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February 21, 2017
Meet Dawda – The Lorry Driver
In this series we delve into the lives of Gambian amputees, who they are, how they see the world and their drives and their goals.
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January 25, 2017
Meet Lamin – The football coach
In this series we delve into the lives of Gambian amputees, who they are, how they see the world and their drives and their goals.
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January 24, 2017
Meet Gabu – The Gambia’s only prosthetist
Late last year Legs4Africa, an amputee charity exporting prosthetic legs to Sub-Saharan Africa, spent a very pleasurable week meeting the people that their work is helping get on their own…
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January 23, 2017
Meet Alieo Touray – An amputee Police officer
In this series, Legs4Africa is taking a look at the lives of Gambian amputees. We want to give you a snap shot of normal people doing normal things despite disability…
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September 30, 2016
Amputee Spotlight – Forday Conteh
In the dusty yard of Farafenni Power Station, a figure on a bicycle emerges from behind a distant warehouse. As the man draws nearer, I see the striking sky blue…
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November 23, 2015
Legs4Africa Meets Bunama
When Legs4Africa spoke with Bunama, a Gambian amputee who lost one of his legs after a football accident. https://youtu.be/3JmZrNzIKss
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July 23, 2015
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Jacob Sonko – Interview with a Diabetic
May 23, 2015
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Interview with a Wheelchair Technician
May 19, 2015
Meet Madi – Amputee Journalist
Madi Njie is an outspoken journalist and an amputee. He now writes for the Daily Observer, after his first newspaper The Independent was brutally closed down by the Gambian government…
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May 7, 2015
Interview with a wheelchair mechanic
It’s an inspiring sight when you walk into the Social Welfare Unit in Banjul -The Gambia, as most of the engineers and staff are affected with limited mobility. For example, all 3 wheelchair…
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April 23, 2015
Legs4Africa Meets Mariama Mjie
Meet Mariama Mjie. She lost her leg after giving birth to her daughter and has continued to teach. She admits that life is hard but refuses sympathy, instead asking for empathy…
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April 16, 2015
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Meet Muhammad – Amputee Musician
March 23, 2015
Legs4Africa small step… BIG JOURNEY
The Legs4Africa journey so far has been a mammoth one. We've come a long way in only a few years and changed thousands of lives on the Africa continent. With…
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April 24, 2014
Legs4Africa meets Sait
10 years on and Sait, a 20 year old trainee teacher still has no idea as to what caused his legs to stop working. At 10 years old he woke…
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