Ayuen Deng is a 10-year-old girl living in the village of Panlang, in South Sudan's Northern Bahr el Ghazal state. She has suffered from lymphatic filariasis, also known as elephantiasis, since infancy. Her right leg is swollen to several times the size of her left leg. With financial help from Hanti Sidra One Global Family in Canada, William Kolong Pioth of Pan Aweil Development was able to take her to the city of Wau for three months early in 2011, where she received treatment at a hospital. Although there is no cure for the disease, she has shown improvement and has returned home. She is now doing household chores, going to the market and attending school.
