Congolese amputee gives new prosthetic limbs to the wounded

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Wivine Kavira Mukata had previously dreamed of becoming a computer scientist, but she decided instead to get certified as an ortho-prosthetist after a bomb tore through her home in Beni, in eastern Congo's war-hit North Kivu province. After having her leg amputated, Mukata designs artificial limbs as well as braces and splints for those who have suffered injuries like hers. Vanesse Chan has more.

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