The story of Aaron—a nine-year-old child with intellectual disability from Malawi— who was discovered tied to a tree by Special Olympics coach and community leader Joyless Mambeya.

Tariku has a disease called Podoconiosis, caused mainly from coming in contact with a type of terrain called “red soil”.

35-year-old John Lolika works a a teacher in Jambo, South Sudan. He has a physical disability and moves around in a tricycle.

Belayinesh is almost seven years old and lives in the outskirts of Arba Minch, a town in southern Ethiopia. Her family is very poor. Her father works the land and her mother does the housekeeping and takes care of Belayinesh and her three little sisters.

Meet Levy, 14 years old, from the village of Kegulu in South Sudan. Back in 2004, he was playing football with his friends when a landmine exploded and he lost his leg.