innovative approach – afghan amputees avoid begging with bike service

Loved hearing this story on NPR this morning.  “Most of the tens of thousands of people in Afghanistan who have lost legs to land mines have no way to make a living other than begging.

But one group of “mine survivors,” as the United Nations calls them, has come up with another way to feed its families. It operates a bicycle messenger service in Kabul.

On a recent morning, Afghan bicycle messenger Amin Zaki hands out documents to be delivered from a Kabul park that he calls his office. Fellow messenger Abdel Sabur tells his colleagues where they’ll be working.”

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