Alberto Cairo is the head of the ICRC's orthopaedic program in Afghanistan. He's spent the past two decades in this war-ravaged nation -- far from his native Italy -- helping more than 100,000 Afghan landmine and accident victims learn to find the strength within themselves to not only walk, but also to hope, again.In a country where the disabled are generally given pity but no rights, Cairo found a way -- through micro-loans, local employment solutions and home schooling -- to give tens of thousands of disabled Afghans a job and a sense of dignity and pride.
At TEDxRC², he shares with us his wish for overcoming the social and physical barriers the disabled face in war-torn communities across the globe.
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