Eam Juth is 68 years old and learning how to walk again. She has just received her first prosthetic leg from a USAID-funded rehabilitation center in Prey Veng, Cambodia. Source: Noah Hendler

"There was metal from a mine that had already exploded. I was earing shoes, but the sharp metal went through the show and into my foot. The wound was samll so I took traditional medicine at home. It didn't heal, and after about a month it was so painful that I could no longer walk. I went to the hospital, and the doctors said they couldn't cure me. If they did not amputate my leg, I would die.

When I left the hospital I was given crutches. It was difficult for me to use them because they weren't as good as my leg. For three years, I used crutches. I always had trouble moving outside of my home and caring for my grandchildren.

Two months ago, I heard on the radio that there was a cneter in Prey Veng that could give me a new leg. I was excited that the center would provide everything for free, even food and a place to sleep. If it cost any money, I could not have afforded to go.

A month and a half after hearing the announcement on the radio, my family saved enough money, 8,000 Riel ($2,000), to send me from our home province to the center. I have now been here for one month and been measured and fitted for a leg. After they finish making adjustments to the leg, I can go home. When I return home, I will be able to carry things like a small bucket of water and to bathe myself. In the past my children had to do these things for me."