“If we disabled people are equipped to provide for our families it makes us feel human.” In 1998, Makur Diet lost his leg to a bullet in war-damaged South Sudan. Despairing for his future, Makur was close to committing suicide, until he was given a prosthetic leg. His new leg gave him a new life and he decided to devote his life to helping other amputees. At an International Committee of the Red Cross​ (ICRC) centre in South Sudan, Makur makes prosthetic legs and gives hope to other people who h