Brillant in Burundi Imagine being told that your child?s clubfoot is a consequence for your sin. Brillant?s mother Noeline believed this perspective until she gained understanding and hope from her community at the clubfoot clinic and her church in Burundi.? As a...
Ernest in Rwanda When Alice?s son Ernest was born with clubfoot, she thought it was a permanent disability so there was no need for treatment. Fortunately,? a community health worker saw Ernest and advised this family from Rwanda to seek treatment at the Hope Walks...
Florence in Zambia When Florence was born with clubfoot, her parents were afraid for their child’s future. They were concerned her family and neighbors would not accept her. The hospital that delivered Florence encouraged them to take her to the Beit CURE...
Shnaidine in HaitiIt?s amazing the challenges many parents go through to get clubfoot treatment for their child. For most of us, that usually involves a short car ride. For Vonia in Haiti, it meant transporting her daughter Shnaidine by boat from their home on La...
Francisco sees each of the children he deals with as a Hope Walks parent advisor in Mozambique as little angels on earth. The patients who impact him the most are those who come to the clinic with other health problems in addition to clubfoot. He first started working...
COVID and Clubfoot: Stories from the front lines When her daughter Precious was born in Kenya with clubfoot, Josephine was shocked because she had never seen the foot deformity before. Precious? feet still showed no signs of progress even after a private clinic casted...
COVID and Clubfoot: Stories from the front lines When it comes to clubfoot treatment, early intervention is always best. Germain and Pierette learned this the hard way when their son Samuel was born with the disability in Benin. Not knowing why his feet were deformed...
Cesia in HondurasElin is a journalist for the Honduras National University journal Presencia Universitaria. He writes articles on many different topics, but he never imagined that one story he covered in 2018 would have such a profound impact on him and his...
Maramawit in Ethiopia When their daughter Maramawit was born with clubfoot, Kiros and Tseryet were in complete shock and decided to hide their precious little girl. The thought of neighbors saying something discouraging was enough to break their hearts. But for this...
Abdoulaye in Burkina Faso Many people told Dad Oumarou and Mom Mamata that treatment was useless for their son Abdoulaye who was born with clubfoot. ?This is God?s will for your son to be born like that,? they said. Instead of listening to the nay-sayers, this Muslim...
