World Clubfoot Day

June 3rd is officially World Clubfoot Day, an initiative of the Ponseti International Association to commemorate the birthday of Ignacio Ponseti, the pioneer of the Ponseti technique for clubfoot. To celebrate 2015’s World Clubfoot Day, GCI invited all our partner organisations to submit a photo to a celebration gallery. The only requirement was that the photo captures a highlight of the past year or of what their organisation stands for. On June 3rd we then picked our favourite. See below for all entries and for the one we chose that really stood out. Click on the thumbnails for the full pictures and captures sharing their meaning.

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miraclefeet, an NGO founded in the USA by parents of children born with clubfoot and who are passionately working around the world to ‘increases access to proper treatment for children born with clubfoot in developing countries through our partnerships with local healthcare providers.’

 

Feet First World Wide Feet First Worldwide thumbnail

Feet First Worldwide are a charity working internationally to combat physical disability amongst children by training healthcare workers and providing treatment for children. They provide a strong voice for children and parents and travel the world increasing access to life changing treatment.

 

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STEPS South Africa’s are another inspiring organisation founded by the mother of a child with clubfoot and are working towards ‘the eradication of clubfoot as a disability in Southern Africa.’ They work phenomenally hard and the last year has born so much fruit.

 

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The Cameroon Clubfoot Care Project is a clubfoot management project initiated by the CBC Health Services in Cameroon with the sole purpose of ensuring that children born with clubfoot can access care and treatment through recognised specialised clinics in Cameroon.

 

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Walk for Life are a great organisation that works in Bangladesh to provide free Ponseti treatment to children under the age of 3 in 49 clinics all over the country. Their photo is one that shows just one of the lives that’s been changed in the last year and which represents many more.

 

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CURE Clubfoot are part of CURE International and their vision is ‘to eradicate clubfoot in the developing world by working in partnership with number of other international NGO’s, the donor community, and in-country partners to establish countrywide clubfoot treatment programs.’

 

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The International Committee of the Red Cross submitted photos from two of their rehabilitation centres and we simply couldn’t decide between them. For some years now, children with clubfoot have been among the beneficiaries of ICRC physical-rehabilitation projects around the world and clubfoot treatment using the Ponseti method will continue to be a main concern for them. See below for the photos from Afghanistan and Guinea Bissau.

AND THE WINNER IS…..

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On His Path is a private, non-profit foundation, which was formed in 2009 by John and Jean Mitchell, for the purpose of manufacturing and distributing a superior low-cost clubfoot brace to developing countries. They do fantastic work supporting clubfoot treatment and here’s the photo that best celebrates their past year.