Enith in the Dominican Republic When little Enith was born in Santo Domingo, her parents, María Luisa and Juan Luis, quickly learned something was wrong—her tiny foot was turned inward. But unlike so many families who first hear there’s no solution, they were told...
Ella in Zambia Ella’s parents work at a prison facility in Zambia, so they are no strangers to people being unable to walk free as they please. But when their daughter was born with clubfoot, that concept took on a new meaning. Though they had their doubts, the family...
Riady in Mozambique When Ana’s newborn son was diagnosed with clubfoot, she received the news calmly. Through a tumultuous pregnancy, she had been praying for her son, Riady, to be born alive. In her eyes, she’d been given a miracle. In Ana’s seventh month of...
Wonderful in Malawi In many communities, clubfoot is unfamiliar, and therefore deeply alarming. For Abel and Mary, things were no different. When their son Wonderful was born with clubfoot in both feet, they were overwhelmed with a flurry of fears. Will he ever be...
Esther in Haiti When little Esther was born with clubfoot, her mother, Stéphanie, felt her world collapse. Her husband had already left, and she was suddenly alone—without a steady income, facing whispers from neighbors who said her baby was cursed or hopeless. “Some...
