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...
COVID and Clubfoot – Stories from the front lines During the pandemic, many villages are under quarantine in Burkina Faso. As a result, most families cannot get to the clubfoot clinics. For six-month-old Grace, this meant no new braces. But when her parents...
COVID and Clubfoot – Stories from the front linesMany clinics remain open in countries where the spread of COVID-19 has been slow. But that does not mean it is business as usual. Everyone is adjusting to new processes and procedures in order to control the...
Dillsburg, PA (June 3, 2020) ? In recognition of World Clubfoot Day, June 3, Hope Walks has partnered with Medical Aid Films to release a new series of four training videos about this treatable disability. Hope Walks led this effort on behalf of the clubfoot community...
COVID and Clubfoot – Stories from the front lines Yemawayesh has been serving as the parent advisor at the Jimma Clubfoot Clinic in Ethiopia since April 2016. When not at the clinic, she works as a nurse ASN and part-time for her church. This mother of three...
COVID and Clubfoot: Stories from the front linesIshimwe is a little boy in Rwanda with clubfoot. His treatments were going very well until COVID-19 struck. With public transportation shut down in the country, his mom Dinah could no longer take her son to the clinic by...
COVID & Clubfoot ? Stories from the front linesWhat do you do in the middle of a global pandemic that shuts down clubfoot clinics and transportation to those clinics? Bring the clinic to the patients, of course!Hope Walks partner clinics in Honduras have been shut...
Aaron England is like a lot of other 7-year-old boys. He spends time playing outside with friends, riding his bike and swimming. But unlike many kids his age, Aaron is devoting much of his time these days for a special project to raise money to help kids around the...
