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...
Junior in Kenya When Joyce first held her newborn son, Junior, joy and fear mixed in her heart. He was tiny—born underweight and needing care in the hospital’s intensive-care unit. But what worried her most wasn’t the wires or machines around him. It was his little...
Mia in Honduras When baby Mía was born in Honduras, her mother, María, was heartbroken to hear that her daughter had clubfoot—and even more devastated when someone told her there was no treatment available. But María refused to give up. With the encouragement of a...
Teshale in Ethiopia Teshale lives with both of his parents in the southern part of Ethiopia. He was born with clubfoot, a condition that causes the feet to turn inward and downward. “Seeing his foot like that felt like a nightmare; it just seemed so unreal,” remembers...
Scovia in Rwanda When Jeanne and Jean Paul welcomed their firstborn, Scovia, joy quickly gave way to worry. Born with clubfoot, she became a source of whispered questions in the community. “We felt we had no choice but to keep her hidden from everyone,” Jeanne...
