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World Service,5 mins
The Italian Who's Spent Three Decades Restoring Limbs, and Hope, to Afghans
WeekendAvailable for over a year
Since 1990, Italian Physiotherapist Alberto Cairo has been working for the rehabilitation programme of the ICRC in Afghanistan. The programme has cared for nearly 180,000 patients and built about 200,000 artificial limbs. Alberto has been telling Weekend's Paul Henley how he first came to be involved in the ICRC's work..
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