| Single leg amputees playing football on a beach in Sierra Leone |
Not for these
young men the splendour or glory of the Paralympics. No TV cameras projecting
their feats across the globe; no stadiums full of appreciative supporters
cheering on their sporting endeavours.
These are the
single leg amputee footballers of Sierra Leone. Years of civil wars have left a
stark legacy in this West African country. Scores of thousands of people disabled,
mainly, as a result of land mines indiscriminately seeded around the
countryside.
This picture put
the whole Paralympic and Olympic Games, bread and circuses into perspective for
me.
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