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Malawi 9-Year-Old Defies Disability, Inspires Community

Lameck Masina

   PHALOMBE, MALAWI - A disabled nine-year-old boy in Malawi is showing
   his community that being born with physical challenges does not have to
   stop you from leading a full and fun life.

   Talandira Kogoya was born with only one complete limb and no hands but
   taught himself how to play football and ride a bicycle, among other
   activities.

   Raising Talandira was not easy, recalls his mother, Agness Kogoya.
   "Some women were laughing at me when they saw us riding on the bicycle
   to school. They would say that they wouldn't bother to take such a
   child to school every day. I would just ignore them and say to myself,
   'this is a God-given child," Kogoya said.

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