Burn survivors ,Pendo James on the left and Sophia Fundikila on the right . Both successfuly got their reconstriuctive surgeries done at the Agha Khan hospital in Dar es Salaam. PHOTO|JOHN NAMKWAHE
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“For 20 years, I lived with the obnoxious stares from people because the scars on my face defined my being,” Pendo James shares in the interview.
A fire burn accident that happened at the age of one left Pendo’s future almost repressed. She narrates that when she was a year old, she was playing in the kitchen and unintentionally the burning wick stove fell down on the floor that caused fire and caught her. As a result of the accident, her right body part was severely burnt, especially her hand and face.
