Kano-based neighbourhoodis quite known here, in Nigeria, but news about her mysterious condition have reached international media only now.
Rahma Haruna, 19, who has no limbs due to a mystery condition and now spends her life living in a plastic bowlDaily Mail has shared the story of the 19-year-old girl who has spent most of her life in a plastic bowl since she has only a half of her body and suffers constant pain.
According to her parents, Rahma was born a healthy baby but when she turned six months old she suddenly stopped growing up and missed hitting key development milestones.

Rahma’s family do their best to provide her with a fulfilling life and transport her around the village in a plastic bowl.
Her mother, Fadi, said:“From six months when she learnt how to sit that was when it began. She didn’t learn how to crawl. She started with a fever and that was it. Then stomach pains. Then her body parts like hands and legs. She cannot use any if the ache strikes.”Her family make every effort to give her a fulfilling life and carry her around the neighbourhood in a plastic container that is placed on a wheelchair.
Rahma is particularly close to her 10-year-old brother Fahad, right, who dotes on his older sister.
Her 10-year-old brother Fahad is very supportive and also tries to please her any time he can: “I help her in many ways. Bathing her is another thing I do. And taking her out everyday. I feel happy whenever I see people helping her. I like taking to our relatives. She feels happy when we visit them.”
Local doctors can’t determine the cause of Rahma’s condition and believe it could havebeen triggered by a jinn, a supernatural being in Islam mythology.
Rahma is dressed by her mother Fadi. Her family have been working hard to secure a concrete diagnosis for her condition.
However, her parents don’t give up and hope to get the attention of a charity organisation or medical specialists who can gave their daughter a new life without pain.
Rahma’s father, Hussaini, explained:“I’ve spent 15 years searching for the cure. I farm, go to the market and lots more looking for money to pay for her bills. I sold almost everything in my possession. I have spent more than one million naira, so far. Only God knows the real amount of what I had spent.