Amputees and War Wounded Association
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The Amputees and War Wounded Association (AWWA) is a self-help organization based in Murray Town
, Sierra Leone
. Founded in 2002 by war victim Alhaji Lamin Jusu Jarka, the aim of the organization is to support the victims of the civil war
, specifically those that had the forced Amputation or were otherwise wounded in the conflict, and lobby on their behalf in the government.
Murray Town
Murray Town is an upscale neighborhood in Sierra Leone's capital of Freetown. It is home to a camp for the War Wounded and Amputeed population and the Amputees and War Wounded Association. It is also home to the Sierra Leone Grammar School....
, Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone , officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea to the north and east, Liberia to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and southwest. Sierra Leone covers a total area of and has an estimated population between 5.4 and 6.4...
. Founded in 2002 by war victim Alhaji Lamin Jusu Jarka, the aim of the organization is to support the victims of the civil war
Sierra Leone Civil War
The Sierra Leone Civil War began on 23 March 1991 when the Revolutionary United Front , with support from the special forces of Charles Taylor’s National Patriotic Front of Liberia , intervened in Sierra Leone in an attempt to overthrow the Joseph Momoh government...
, specifically those that had the forced Amputation or were otherwise wounded in the conflict, and lobby on their behalf in the government.
External links
- S Leone's war amputees 'ignored' BBC News, 16 September 2005
- Neglected war victims Magazine for Development and Cooperation