Gura Miah, 15, left, with Anwar Sadiq, 12, in the Jamtoli camp in Bangladesh after their trek from Burma, menaced by troops and Buddhist mobs

In a flimsy plastic shelter Gura Miah, 15, sits cross-legged on the muddy ground between a severely disabled boy called Anwar Sadiq and a football. They are so precious to him that he carried both for two weeks through the Burmese jungle. He kept going even when soldiers beheaded his father.

Most of the 655,000 Rohingya refugees pouring into Bangladesh over the past three months have shocking tales. But few have a story as humbling as that of these two boys and the football.

Anwar, 12, has a smile that lights up anyone who meets him. He also has cerebral palsy. His legs are matchstick thin and twisted and he cannot walk.

When the Burmese military attacked their village, Washila Para, and torched the hut