by Steve Robinson | Aug 30, 2024 | Our Families, Our Stories
Treating a child with clubfoot impacts more than just the child. It impacts the entire community. Here Chimaine is surrounded by family, parent advisor and others in celebration of her healing. Chimaine in Burkina Faso When Chimaine was born with clubfoot, her parents...
by Steve Robinson | Aug 5, 2024 | Our Families, Our Stories
Mussiela in Mozambique Mussa and Ermelinda are parents of three children from Mussa’s previous marriage. The couple is a struggling lower-class family from Mozambique. After getting custody of Mussa’s three children and having to file for bankruptcy, the family...
by Steve Robinson | Aug 4, 2024 | Our Families, Our Stories
Leonel in Zambia Refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Manishimwe and Oliver face many challenges. They must deal with a language barrier between them and those native to Zambia, where they now live, and adapt to the cultural differences. Although they...
by Steve Robinson | Jul 3, 2024 | Our Families, Our Stories
Justin in the Dominican Republic Things did not go smoothly for Justin from the beginning. His mom, Rosa Maria, had a complicated pregnancy, but was able to deliver Justin without too many issues. However, her son’s twisted feet were never properly diagnosed. Rosa...
by Steve Robinson | Jul 3, 2024 | Our Families, Our Stories
Nawa in Zambia Nawa was born into a loving family in Ndola New Hillcrest in Zambia. Her father, Manifred, is a caretaker and farmer who is very invested in his daughter. Manifred and his wife, Catherine, were unsure of what to do when they realized that their daughter...
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...
