We met Bani in Mali at an END Fund-supported program to help patients with elephantiasis, an advanced stage of the parasitic disease lymphatic filariasis. The program helped patients learn to manage the severe swelling in their limbs, care for open sores, and reduce their painful symptoms. Lymphatic filariasis (referred to as LF and also known as elephantiasis) is a mosquito-borne disease that is caused by parasitic filarial nematodes. Though infection usually is acquired in childhood, the grotesquely disfiguring effects of LF is greatest in adults. LF can lead to severe disfigurement and disability due to swelling from fluid build-up caused by improper functioning of the lymphatic system.