The phrase encapsulates his journey since the civil war in Sierra Leone. From 1991 to 2002, conflict in the West African country created some 28,000 amputees like him.

The trainer at a center for amputee farmers picked himself up and added: “We fall and we rise.” The phrase encapsulates his journey since the civil war in Sierra Leone.

The trainer at a center for amputee farmers picked himself up and added: “We fall and we rise.” The phrase encapsulates his journey since the civil war in Sierra Leone.

Sierra Leone's Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 2009 recommended that amputees receive pensions, access to healthcare, accommodation and education.

The trainer at a center for amputee farmers picked himself up and added: “We fall and we rise.” The phrase encapsulates his journey since the civil war in Sierra Leone.

Sierra Leone's brutal civil war from 1991-2002 created about 28,000 amputees.

Sierra Leone’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 2009 recommended that amputees receive pensions, access to healthcare, accommodation and education.