Posted on Aug 6, 2023
She's 12. A rocket took her leg. She defines the pain and resilience of Yemen
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Twelve-year-old Shaimaa Ali Ahmed waits patiently in the crammed waiting room of a prosthetics center in Taiz, Yemen, as children and soldiers with amputations squeeze by to get to their appointments. Shaimaa and her doctor struggle to find an empty spot at the center to get started on her physical therapy session.
Twelve-year-old Shaimaa Ali Ahmed waits patiently in the crammed waiting room of a prosthetics center in Taiz, Yemen, as children and soldiers with amputations squeeze by to get to their appointments. Shaimaa and her doctor struggle to find an empty spot at the center to get started on her physical therapy session.
She's 12. A rocket took her leg. She defines the pain and resilience of Yemen
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
...""We were expecting during the truce that the numbers will decrease. But for children injured by land mines, the numbers were increasing massively, unfortunately, during 2022," Adnan says.
And with a collapsed health system and severe shortage in international humanitarian aid, according to the United Nations, it's become much harder to provide lifesaving help that victims need. Adnan says children injured by mines and explosives often die before they can get care.
"It's really devastating," she says. "Sometimes we feel we are paralyzed because we cannot provide the support, and it's not on us. It is because of the situation and the lack of funding."
Children like Shaimaa and thousands of others who have lost limbs will need mental and physical support throughout their lives, said al-Wazi'iy, as new patients continue to pour into the cramped prosthetic center.
Among them is a mother with her 3-year-old son, who lost his leg in a mine explosion this year and now has to wear a prosthetic leg. His eyes downcast, the child slowly tries to walk, clutching tightly to his mother's hand.
It's a visible reminder of how, even as the war lingers at a stalemate, Yemenis will live with its legacy for years to come."
...""We were expecting during the truce that the numbers will decrease. But for children injured by land mines, the numbers were increasing massively, unfortunately, during 2022," Adnan says.
And with a collapsed health system and severe shortage in international humanitarian aid, according to the United Nations, it's become much harder to provide lifesaving help that victims need. Adnan says children injured by mines and explosives often die before they can get care.
"It's really devastating," she says. "Sometimes we feel we are paralyzed because we cannot provide the support, and it's not on us. It is because of the situation and the lack of funding."
Children like Shaimaa and thousands of others who have lost limbs will need mental and physical support throughout their lives, said al-Wazi'iy, as new patients continue to pour into the cramped prosthetic center.
Among them is a mother with her 3-year-old son, who lost his leg in a mine explosion this year and now has to wear a prosthetic leg. His eyes downcast, the child slowly tries to walk, clutching tightly to his mother's hand.
It's a visible reminder of how, even as the war lingers at a stalemate, Yemenis will live with its legacy for years to come."
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