by Steve Robinson | Jul 1, 2020 | COVID stories, Our Stories
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...
by Steve Robinson | Jun 23, 2020 | COVID stories, Our Stories
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...
by Steve Robinson | Jun 5, 2020 | COVID stories, Our Families
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...
by Steve Robinson | Jun 5, 2020 | COVID stories
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...
by Steve Robinson | Jun 1, 2020 | COVID stories
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...
by Steve Robinson | Jun 1, 2020 | COVID stories
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...
