'As a sports enthusiast, I thought there was no hope of playing again after I lost my leg. He has been involved in the wheelchair basketball community across the country ever since. It was there that he met the centre's wheelchair basketball coach, Maung Maung Lwin. Pyae Phyo Maung first sought treatment at the centre years ago. Staying at an ICRC-supported physical rehabilitation centre in Kyaing Tong, it was hard for him to return home because of challenges posed by COVID-19. The 27-year-old football fan is from Shan State, a hilly plateau region in Myanmar's east, bordering China and Thailand.
