Reference :
V-P-AF-E-01977
Date :
2012
Caption :
Kabul, ICRC orthopaedic centre. Disabled basketball. 19-year-old Niloufar (dressed in red in the foreground) is paralysed due to a gunshot wound. She is working at the center as administrator.
Confidentiality level :
public
Publication restrictions :
reserved users only
Description :
RC RC magazine
Issue 1, 2013, p. 21
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But it is not just about physical and economic self-reliance. It’s helping people get back the power to live their lives — even with limitations. “I was so surprised when I reached the centre to see so many disabled people living normally,” says 19-year-old Niloufar, paralysed due to a gunshot wound. “Up to then, I was depressed,” she recalls. “I am now another person, not the Nilofar of before. I can do anything. I am strong, I am powerful.”
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Author: Nick Danziger
Original material :
digital
Resolution :
4032x3024
Orientation :
landscape
Colour/B&W :
colour
