1 / 3   Maya Mohammad Ali Merhi uses prosthetic legs made by her father from tin cans. The eight-year-old lives in a camp for displaced people in the northern Syrian province of Idlib. /VCG Photo

2 / 3   Maya and her father were both born without lower limbs. Unable to afford real prosthetic limbs, her father made her a pair out of tin cans filled with cotton and scrap pieces of cloth. Maya's family had to flee their home in Aleppo because of fighting. /VCG Photo

3 / 3   Maya is one of a whole generation growing up in wartime as the bloody Syrian crisis continues relentlessly for the eighth year. Over 6.6 million Syrian people are internally displaced, while another 5.6 million have fled the country since 2011, seeking refuge in other countries near and far. /VCG Photo