Amkelo Nene’s Clubfoot Success Story
Amkelo Nene, who is not even one year old, suffers from unilateral clubfoot, but things are looking up for little Amekelo! Currently, she is using a brace to correct the foot alignment and travels to the Greys clinic for a progress checkup. Her Aunt, Mthabisile, tells Amkelo’s clubfoot success story in hopes of reminding other […]
Alyssa’s clubfoot journey
Felicia Nel gave birth to her baby girl, Alyssa – with clubfoot. She was devastated. “We only discovered it once she was born – It was positional because I’m only 1.5m tall and she was a very big baby, 4.2kgs so by 8 and a half months she had no more space to move and […]
Aurwin Philander completes his clubfoot treatment
Aurwin Philander was born in 2018 with a foot turned inwards. His mother, Robin, was referred by their paediatrician to the clubfoot clinic at Maitland Cottage Children’s Orthopaedic Hospital which is in Cape Town and one of our partner clinics. “On our first visit I remember that during the casting, my son was crying and […]
Divine’s Clubfoot Story
Fortunate Munetsi found out that her son Divine had clubfoot when he was born in Zimbabwe in 2014. Fortunate says, “I had never heard of such a thing and knew absolutely nothing about clubfoot. It looked very painful and I thought my son would be disabled for life. Divine started treatment at two days old. […]
Bulumko’s Clubfoot Story
Nobaxolisi Magwegwe’s son Bulumko is an active three year old who was born with bilateral clubfoot. Nobaxolisi says, “I never expected that my son would have clubfoot when he was born, I had never heard about it, no one in my family had ever had clubfoot. I was shocked. The nurse that helped me deliver […]
Anilafe Mkhota’s Clubfoot Story
Anilafe Mkhota is two years old, she lives in Kraaifontein and has her clubfoot treatment at the Tygerberg Academic Hospital clubfoot clinic. She was born with unilateral clubfoot. Her journey for clinic appointments is a 90 minute return trip. Anilafe is in the maintenance phase of treatment, wearing her clubfoot brace when she sleeps. Her […]
Hlaluminathi Gona’s Clubfoot Story
Little Hlaluminathi Gona is a seven month old baby boy who was born with bilateral clubfoot. He lives in Delft and is having treatment at Tygerberg Academic Hospital’s clubfoot clinic which is about forty five minutes travel time from his home. His dad Sakhele Gona says, “When my son was one week old we took […]
Izomanga Lucas’s Clubfoot Story
Izomanga Lucas is a 4-year-old boy from Jeffrey’s Bay with bilateral clubfoot who has defaulted treatment since 2018. He lives with his family in Jeffrey’s Bay roughly 100 kilometres from the closest clubfoot clinic which is at Livingstone Hospital. Physiotherapist Judy Prince says, “Izomanga first came to our clinic at Livingstone Hospital in 2017 when […]
