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Syrian girl who used tuna cans for legs receives prosthetic limbs
An eight-year-old Syrian girl whose plight touched the world after she was photographed using tuna cans to walk has received prosthetic limbs in Turkey. Maya Merhi, who was born with no legs because of a rare congenital condition, had been living with her father at a refugee camp after fighting forced them from their home in Aleppo province. After fleeing to the northwestern region of Idlib, Maya was photographed struggling to move on homemade prosthetics made from tubes and old tins of tuna. Designed by her father Mohammad, who suffers from the same congenital disorder, the improvised legs were created to protect her from the hot, dirty and dusty ground. With the impromptu prosthetics, Maya was able to walk outside of her tent and could even attend the camp's school.