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More Than Conquerors

More Than Conquerors

Abandoned by his alcoholic mother, Peah – who has cerebral palsy – could not speak or walk when Cambodian partner Little Conquerors first met him.

Now, he shuffles slowly on a walking frame towards his foster father, a huge smile stretching from ear to ear. ‘We love him like our son,’ says his foster father, ‘but without the help of Little Conquerors, we
wouldn’t have been able to cope.’

Thanks to their support, Peah attends a school for children with disabilities and receives physiotherapy.

‘I would like to be a motorbike driver when I grow up,’ he says slowly – as he smiles again.

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