Feature: Indonesia's amputees find hope in football community

Indonesian amputee football players in Jakarta are training for the upcoming national amputee football championship, using the sport to rebuild confidence and community after limb loss. The report highlights 26-year-old Agung Rizki Satria, who lost one leg in a car accident at age seven, and says he struggled with how others perceived disability before joining an amputee football group in 2018. Agung credits the group with helping him improve balance with forearm crutches and with finding motivation; he finished as top scorer at an amputee football competition in Japan last year. Another player, Sahata Sianturi, lost one leg in 2016 and later found renewed purpose through the same kind of group support, while continuing to work as a mobile barber. Head coach Arief Christian Toro says players often arrive with trauma and low self-esteem, and that the program supports emotional recovery and discipline. He adds the sport has grown, with more national team spots and competition abroad, but still needs more funding and better facilities.