projects: landmines

Ko Aung is measured for his new prosthesis at the Mae Tao Clinic in Mae Sot, Thailand. His stump shrunk, making his original prosthesis too small. Aung wore nine pairs of thick socks over his stump in order to keep his first artifical limb from falling off. Muscular degeneration around the stump is a common problem among refugees. Without physical therapy, they often have a new limb made within a year of their first. The clinic employees Karen refugee landmine survivors to make prosthesis for other refugees in Thailand. The men also make prosthesis for Karen amputees still living in Burma who are unable to safely cross into Thailand.