by Steve Robinson | Apr 23, 2024 | Our Families, Our Stories
Peniel in Burundi When Peniel was born with clubfoot, his parents immediately recognized the condition because Peniel’s aunt also has clubfoot. However, the family did not know a treatment for clubfoot existed because the aunt’s clubfoot was never treated. When Peniel...
by Steve Robinson | Apr 2, 2024 | Our Families, Our Stories
Mahamadou in Niger We cannot overstate the role moms play in the treatment process for their child born with clubfoot. Often, the tenacity of the moms to protect their children makes all the difference in the child’s life. So was the case for Mariama when her...
by Steve Robinson | Apr 7, 2024 | Our Families, Our Stories
Leoncia and Leonce in Rwanda Unable to afford transportation to a clinic and unable to carry her son, Leonce, due to her back deformity, Leoncia accepted her child’s clubfoot. But when Pastor Cyprien, a Hope Walks parent advisor, got involved, he came up with a...
by Steve Robinson | Apr 2, 2024 | Our Families, Our Stories
Exauce in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Angelique and Alexis were shocked when their child Exauce was born with clubfoot. Angelique cried and wouldn’t talk to anyone. Neighbors blamed the situation on bad luck in the family. However, these parents did not...
by Steve Robinson | Feb 28, 2024 | Our Families, Our Stories
Emmanuel in Zambia Choolwe was only in ninth grade when she became pregnant with her first child, who was not born with clubfoot. Because she was still in school and had no one to watch her first child, Choolwe had to take the child to school with her. When her second...
