The prosthetic legs of Mohammed lie on the sofa at his home at the Rashidiyeh refugee camp; in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre; October 2008. Mohammed lost both legs when he was sitting behind his father on a motorbike and drove over a cluster bomb near Tyre in the last week of Israel-Hezbollah war.

Nour, 5, and farah, 4, look at their brother Mohammed, 12, receiving physiotherapy at their home in the Palestinian refugee camp of Rashidiyeh, in the southern Lebanese port city of Tyre, January 2007. Mohammed, who comes from a poor and illiterate family, tries to avoid physiotherapy, which he says is painful.

Mohammed, 12, attends English class at school, in the Rashidiyeh refugee camp, southern Lebanon, on January 2007. Mohammed doesn't go to school any more.

Mohammed, 12, tries to avoid his class mates and makes his way to leave school, in the Rashidiyeh refugee camp, southern Lebanon, on January 2007. Mohammed doesn't go to school any more.

Mohammed, 12, and his best friend Essam walk on the beach in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre, January 2007. Mohammed does not go to school anymore and spends most of his time with Essam.

Mohammed, 12, poses for a picture at his home in the Rashidiyeh refugee camp, in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre, January 2007. According to the UN demining organization, more than thirty people were killed and more than 230 wounded by cluster bombs dropped during the 2006 war in Lebanon. Handicap International says children make up 24% of casualties.

Mohammed, 12, plays video game with his two sisters Farah and Nour at their home in the Rashidiyeh refugee camp, southern Lebanon, January 2007.

Mohammed, 13, talks with his neighbor at his bedroom in the Palestinian refugee camp of Rashidiyeh in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre, October 2008. According to Human Rights Watch, the lethal weapon was used in 24 countries for more than 40 years causing unacceptable harm to civilians.

Mohammed, 15, uses his hands to reach the beach for a swim in the Rashidiyeh refugee camp, in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre, June 2010. Mohammed says that learnt swimming with difficulty as he had to rely on his hands. His wish is to enter a swimming competition.

Mohammed, 15, plays in the water at the beach in the Rashidiyeh refugee camp, in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre, June 2010. Poor families, who are already suffering in the aftermath of a conflict, are the worst affected by these bombs. They have to pay ongoing medical costs for family members who survive an encounter with a cluster bomb but are left maimed and unable to work. Victims suffer psychological trauma and isolation, and their educational and employment opportunities decrease and they thus sink deeper into poverty.

Mohammed, 16, goes out of his home at the Rashidiyeh refugee camp, in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre, June 2011. Mohammed says that he rarely wears his prosthetic legs, which were made locally, because they're painful to use and don't fit his legs properly.

Mohammed, 16, plays with his best friend Essam at the courtyard of his home, at the Rashidiyeh refugee camp, in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre, June 2011. Mohammed relies on his wheel chair, which he uses sometimes to race with his friends.

Mohammed, 16, shows off his tattoos at the Rashidiyeh refugee camp, in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre, June 2011. Mohammed, who is illiterate and unemployed, started recently to apply tattoos on his friends’ bodies and charges 3.5 US dollars.

The wheel-chair of Mohammed 16, sits at his home in the Rashidiyeh refugee camp, June 2011. Mohammed uses the chair to race with his friends.