The story of Mohmad Bukhaev
My name is Mokhmad. I was born on 30 March 1987. I live in Grozny in a settlement called Chernorechie (which means ‘black river’). We were four children in the family - three brothers and a sister. During the war my elder brothers disappeared and we cannot find them and we know nothing about their whereabouts. My parents are trying to earn some money doing very different jobs. I survived a mine incident on 28 April 2000. I was walking in our settlement with a friend when I stepped on a mine laid in the gravel of a motor road. I immediately lost my foot, while my friend got shrapnel wounds. In the hospital the surgeon amputated my leg and I spent a month there. Three months later I received my prosthesis. While attending secondary school, I became keen on football. I heard about the football team of disabled youth (“Laman az”) which was established by UNICEF and decided to join it. Since 2002 I have been playing in the team as a half-back. We have played in Volgograd, Sochi and Moscow and gained several prizes.
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