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Victim of a war she doesn’t understand

Salam is a 7-year-old girl from Syria. In autumn 2015, she was injured by an explosive remnant of war and rushed to a hospital in Jordan, where doctors amputated her left leg and part of her right foot. Handicap International has fitted her with a prosthesis and now provides her with regular physiotherapy care.

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Salam, 7 years old , syrian. She lives in Jordan and Handicap International provides her regular physiotherapy care | © E. Fourt / Handicap International

Date published: 01/06/17

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