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Changing Priorities

Changing Priorities

B.B. in Ghana We all have dreams for our children. Some may be big, but others may be as simple and humble as the desire to see your child walk and go to school like other kids. Perhaps Patience had bigger dreams for her little boy too, but when BB was born with...
Celebrate the Possibilities

Celebrate the Possibilities

By Scott Reichenbach, President and Co-Founder By the end of today, more than 470 kids will be born with clubfoot somewhere in the world – yes, here in the US too. Less than 25% will get treatment in low- and middle-income countries. These children will face a life of...
Questioning God’s faithfulness

Questioning God’s faithfulness

Baby Kusa in Ethiopia Sometimes things happen in our lives that make us question God’s faithfulness. Kusa and his wife Zinash had a prophetic message from their church prophet about their unborn baby being a servant of God. They held onto what God spoke to them, but...
Sacrifice and Smiles

Sacrifice and Smiles

Cosam in Zambia Barrister and Trinnah understood the meaning of sacrificial love. After their son Cosam was born with clubfoot, they knew they had to seek treatment even if they had never heard of clubfoot previously. So, with what little means they had, they made the...
Differences of opinion

Differences of opinion

Salamato in Benin Instead of being overtaken by fear, Chimene and Ismael remained calm after learning their daughter Salamato was born with clubfoot. Motivated by the hope of healing given at the hospital at her birth, Salamato’s family immediately sought treatment at...
Healing through the hurt

Healing through the hurt

Coralie in Haiti After being born with clubfoot, Coralie’s mother Livia was scared she would not be able to care for her daughter. She suggested to her husband, Louvio, that they take Coralie to the orphanage. But Louvio was his daughter’s biggest supporter. Unwilling...
Hearing about hope

Hearing about hope

Muhindo in DRC Learning that your child is born with clubfoot can be shocking news to parents. Often, this is the first time they are hearing about clubfoot and are unsure how to help their child. Thankfully, Hope Walks partner clinics work to not only heal children...
The Last Laugh

The Last Laugh

Jayden in Kenya It’s hard enough having a child born with a birth defect. It is even harder when your friends tell you there is nothing that can be done and even laugh at the situation. This is what Fred and Sharon experienced when Jayden was born with clubfoot in...
Hope and healing

Hope and healing

Alain in Rwanda Nobody wants to be rejected by those closest to them. But, this is the reality for many families of children with clubfoot. Family and community members feared Alain and his family, calling clubfoot a curse. They believed association, let alone looking...
Looking at the heart

Looking at the heart

Boaz in Burundi Faced with the double calamity of having a very ill wife and a son born with clubfoot, Christopher wasn’t sure where to turn. His neighbors mocked him because of his Boaz’s deformity. They also believed the illness of his wife Fabiola was further...