The Wider Image: The Congolese amputee giving new prosthetic limbs

Ortho-prosthetist Wivine Kavira Mukata, 28, washes her amputated leg after returning home from a day of work at the Shirika la Umoja orthopedic center in Goma, North Kivu Province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, August 25, 2025. Mukata became an ortho-prosthetist working at Goma’s Shirika la Umoja orthopedic center, where she crafts prosthetic limbs and offers hope to victims of ongoing conflict. REUTERS/Arlette Bashizi SEARCH “BASHIZI GOMA AMPUTEES” FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH “WIDER IMAGE” FOR ALL STORIES.