Amid escalating violence in Eastern Congo, demand for prosthetics soars

Thirty-year-old Melissa Hamuli struggles to move, her life forever changed after a bombing struck the town of Mubambiro in North Kivu earlier this year. Though she narrowly avoided amputation, her legs no longer function properly.

“War is not a good thing. It causes many to become disabled, others die,” she says. “We pray for it to end, and that the country’s leaders have mercy on us.”

Melissa is one of many patients at Shirika…