Yalew Asfaw
Africa – Ethiopia
Yalew was working as an administrator and supporting his wife and two daughters when civil war erupted in Ethiopia. The government called upon everyone, even those with no military training, to fight. While on patrol, Yalew was badly beaten and shot thirteen times by revolutionaries. He lost his arm all the way to the shoulder and nearly bled to death. Yalew recalls, "Since the nurses thought that I would not survive, they didn’t even bother to dress my wound… they were just watching me die." But, Yalew survived. Unfortunately, when he returned home, Yalew’s wife told him she could ...