Steps wins Gold at the 2017 Impumelelo Social Innovations Awards
Steps, a registered clubfoot non-profit working to improve the lives of children born with clubfoot, was awarded Gold at the Impumelelo Social Innovations Awards on Saturday evening, 4 November 2017, in a ceremony hosted at the Artscape Theatre in Cape Town.
Drum magazine features a Steps clubfoot success story
Drum magazine recently featured the story of little Alwande Moyo, who was born with bilateral clubfoot. Thanks to the Ponseti method her life has changed.
One family, two clubfoot babies, two successful Ponseti treatments
Shaakira has walked the clubfoot journey twice – once when she discovered that her daughter, Zaheerah, was born with clubfoot, and again earlier this year when her son, Mustaqeem, was born.
Clubfoot treatment setbacks and successes
We first met baby Tshepo in February last year at the STEPS supported clubfoot clinic at Pelonomi Hospital in Bloemfontein. The doctor confirmed that Tshepo had been born with one clubfoot. It was the first time that Tshepo’s mom had seen clubfoot as it is not really spoken about in her community. She was very worried that it had been caused by something she had done in her pregnancy.
Luca’s clubfoot champion story
Luca’s clubfoot champion story, told by his mother Liesl: ‘I went for my normal 22 week scan at my gynae. During the scan I could see something was bothering her, and after consulting with another doctor she confirmed that our little boy had clubfeet! It was agonising because during my pregnancy there was nothing we […]
Clubfoot success story: Ponseti treatment in Tanzania
Donald was born on April 16th, 2015. While his mother was overwhelmingly excited to greet him for the first time, she was deeply concerned when she noticed that his feet were turned inward. Donald has a twin brother who was born just minutes before him and when comparing his feet to his brother’s, it was […]
Running, jumping Anthony
When my wife was 16 weeks pregnant, we went for a 4D scan to check the sex of the baby. It was then that we were told that our baby had clubfeet. Between then and the birth we were given a consultation with a physio at Royal Free Hospital, who explained everything and scheduled it […]
Clubfoot success story: Running, jumping Anthony
When my wife was 16 weeks pregnant, we went for a 4D scan to check the sex of the baby. It was then that we were told that our baby had clubfeet. Between then and the birth we were given a consultation with a physio at Royal Free Hospital, who explained everything and scheduled it […]
