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JUBA, Nov. 20-- South Sudan's Magdalena Keji has defied physical impairment to pursue photography with passion, believing it can contribute to her country's renewal. "Acquiring photography techniques will help me use only a lens to demystify negative beliefs that people have toward people living with physical disabilities," the 28-year-old told Xinhua during an interview in Juba on Monday. Keji said that five years of civil strife in South Sudan has greatly affected people with disabilities both mentally and physically because their stories remain untold. She participated in a five-day training organized by a team of professional freelance photographers in Juba to defy the belief that this vocation can be difficult for people with physical or mental disabilities. "The skills I will get here is important to me as someone who has lived life as physically disabled girl child, because I believe the training will help me know how to disseminate right photo that gives a clear message to the public," said Keji. She revealed that she has lived the plight of being a person with disability since childhood but managed to defy the odds and became a graduate in 2013 from the University of Juba with a Bachelor's degree in Public Administration. The graduate said despite the work done by the ministry of gender, child and social welfare, there is still dissemination against people with physical disabilities in the workplaces. | 
