Buth Meang stepped on a mine in 1987. In 1995, he received his first prosthetic leg from a USAID-funded rehabilitation center in Prey Veng, Cambodia. Source: Noah Hendler
“I was able to walk again by the time I left the center. After returning home
my neighbors and friends commented on how well I walked and encouraged me. Some
people did not believe that I was able to walk. They would make me walk in front of them so they could
admire me. It is still difficult for me to believe.
