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A former patient of a Red Cross orthopaedic centre in Kabul, Afghanistan constructs a prosthetic leg
Aid from the UK is supporting the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to run a network of seven orthopaedic centres across Afghanistan to assist those affected by mobility disabilities, including hundreds of mine victims. The UK is to help provide 3,800 new artificial limbs and 10,000 crutches for Afghan children and adults disabled during 30 years of conflict and extreme poverty. For more information, please visit: www.dfid.gov.uk/News/Latest-news/2011/UK-helps-Afghan-chi...
Picture: Kanishka Afshari/FCO/DFID
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A former patient of a Red Cross orthopaedic centre in Kabul, Afghanistan constructs a prosthetic leg
Aid from the UK is supporting the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to run a network of seven orthopaedic centres across Afghanistan to assist those affected by mobility disabilities, including hundreds of mine victims. The UK is to help provide 3,800 new artificial limbs and 10,000 crutches for Afghan children and adults disabled during 30 years of conflict and extreme poverty. For more information, please visit: www.dfid.gov.uk/News/Latest-news/2011/UK-helps-Afghan-chi...
Picture: Kanishka Afshari/FCO/DFID
Terms of use
This image is posted under a Creative Commons - Attribution Licence, in accordance with the Open Government Licence. You are free to embed, download or otherwise re-use it, as long as you credit the source as 'Kanishka Afshari/FCO/DFID'.