"I was captured in my village. They beat me mercilessly. I was tied and they pushed my head into boiling water . . . They did not believe I would survive . . . My message is, 'Anything that comes your way as a human being, your condition should not lead you to feel you are not important. As long as you are alive, God has a plan for you.'" John Sahr, 40 Tongoma, Kailahun district, Sierra Leone