Soccer Helps Haiti Earthquake Amputees Heal

January 10, 2012 from VOA News

An American sports quote says "Pain is nothing compared to what it feels like to quit." You are about to meet some Haitian soccer players who know a little about both. The Haiti amputee soccer team is made up of many who lost legs and arms during the 2010 earthquake. VOA's Carolyn Presutti introduces us to several female players whose spirit just won't quit.

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Haiti

Republik Haiti adalah sebuah negara di Karibia yang meliputi bagian barat pulau Hispaniola dan beberapa pulau kecil lainnya di Laut Karibia. Haiti merupakan negara kedua yang merdeka di Benua Amerika setelah Amerika Serikat. Dia juga salah satu produsen gula terpenting di duni... Explore this topic

Amputation

Amputation is the removal of a body extremity by trauma, prolonged constriction, or surgery. As a surgical measure, it is used to control pain or a disease process in the affected limb, such as malignancy or gangrene. In some cases, it is carried out on individuals as a preven... Explore this topic

Soccer

Association football, commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball. It is played by 250 million players in over 200 countries, making it the world's most popular sport. The game is played on a rectangular fie... Explore this topic

2010 Haiti Earthquake

The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake, with an epicenter near the town of Léogâne, approximately 25 km (16 miles) west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital. The earthquake occurred at 16:53 local time on Tuesday, 12 January 2010. By 24 January,... Explore this topic

Team Zaryen

Team Zaryen is a Haitian Amputee soccer team, located in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Zaryen is the Creole word for Tarantula. When asked why the tarantula was chosen to represent the soccer team the players give two answers. First because when a tarantula attacks, it pursues its en... Explore this topic

Football

Football team

A football team is the collective name given to a group of players selected together in the various team sports known as football. Such teams could be selected to play in a match against an opposing team, to represent a football club, group, state or nation, an All-star team o... Explore this topic

Voice of America

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