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Syrian girl lives with tin cans as prostheses near Turkish border
Syrian girl lives with tin cans as prostheses near Turkish border
A Syrian girl living near the Turkish border has prosthetic legs made by her father out of tin cans and PVC. Click through for her story in photos...
Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency reported the heart-breaking story of eight-year-old Maya Meri, whose legs had to be amputated by doctors at birth. Her father, who is also without legs, also has a walking disability.
The Meri family had fled Syria’s Aleppo province and reportedly settled in the Sar Jabla refugee camp in the Idlib province near the Turkish border.
With the help of her makeshift prostheses, Maya “walks” to school, which is 300 meters away from the tent where the family lives.
“As it is painful, Maya sometimes crawls around the camp,” the agency reported, adding that the little girl also has a physical problem with her hands.
“I have a dream and it is to walk,” Maya was quoted as saying.
Her father Ali, who has five more children, pleaded to journalists, stressing proper prosthetic devices could be found in Turkey.
“She suffers so much because of rocks and mud,” her mother Rabia said.
“She cannot play with her friends because she cannot keep up with them. She needs to go to school. We need real prostheses,” she said.
Story and Photos: Muhammad Misto / Ashraf Musa - Anadolu Agency
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