This man is a herder from Adhare. He is unmarried. 5 weeks before this picture was taken he was walking home from Afabet. He knew about the mined areas in his way, but he saw another herder with animals in one of these areas and wanted to take a shortcut. He thought that if the other herder could go there if was maybe not so dangerous. He stepped on a landmine at Debeskaie and when he came to the hospital his left leg had to be amputated. He also had severe lacerations on his right leg, most often seen with PMN landmies.
He is now training to manage on cruthes. He had heard about artificial legs, but seemed sure he would never get one. He realized he could not continue to work as a herder, and was very depressed.
