STEPS clinic days: Sharing knowledge and comfort
Each clubfoot clinic STEPS visits has its own personality. Some are perennially busy, being loud and full of life and others more quiet and calm. In each case the clinics are a place where families can meet, see children in all stages of treatment, and share their stories and give encouragement to other families going […]
STEPS support a new clubfoot clinic in the heart of rural Mpumalanga
In May 2014, STEPS signed a support partnership with a newly established clubfoot clinic at Tintswalo Hospital in Acornhoek, a rural hospital close to the Kruger Park, servicing a large area and 1.5 million patients.
Following in Dr Ponseti’s footsteps
When I first met Dr Ponseti in 2003, I asked him if he was Spanish, and he quickly corrected me with a smile, ‘No, I am Catalan!’ Barcelona is the capital of the autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. Founded as a Roman town, it is a beautiful city, with a rich and unique culture of art, architecture, design, music, and cuisine.
Miss South Africa 1995 turns 40 and gives children the gift of walking
Turning 40 was an occasion that I wanted to make memorable in as bernelee madibamany ways as possible
Finding Dr Ponseti: A life-changing experience
On a freezing snowy morning, 7 April 2003, my husband Steve and I were the first South Africans to visit Dr Ponseti at the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital. We had made the scary, but life-changing decision to travel 10 000 miles with our 10-week-old son Alex for clubfoot treatment
