Oyintando’s Clubfoot Story
Ntombi says, “I gave birth to my son Oyintando at Khayelitsha District Hospital. When I had given birth, no one told me there was something wrong with my baby’s feet. I was a teenage mother and it was my first baby. I thought that maybe all newborn’s feet are like that and they would turn […]
Christiaan Oosthuizen’s Clubfoot Story
Christiaan Oosthuizen is a 5 month old baby boy and the youngest of nine children. He lives with his family in Pretoria. Christiaan’s mom Jorika says, “Christiaan is the youngest of 9 children. He has four brothers and four sisters. They all adore him and initially I had to set a stopwatch to make sure […]
Luthimna Busakwe’s Clubfoot story
Luthimna Busakwe is an eighteen month old toddler living in Khayelitsha. He was born with bilateral clubfoot. His mother Busisiwe says, “When I first saw my son’s feet when he was born I was very sad and had so many questions. Why are my son’s feet like this? Will he be able to walk and […]
Kei Ngwatyu’s Clubfoot Story
Kei Ngwatyu lives with his mother Neliswa in rural Eastern Cape on the Wild Coast, South Africa. Petra Pol, an occupational therapist based at Canzibe hospital, and her colleague Astrid who also works at the hospital, have been treating Kei since he was three months old. Kei is now almost 18 months old. Neliswa says, […]
Sabriel’s Clubfoot Story
We chatted with Sabriel’s mom, Netsai Myamukunda about their clubfoot journey. Her son, Sabriel is currently being treated at the Tygerberg Hospital clufoot clinic in the Western Cape. They both travel almost an hour and a half to make it to their clubfoot appointment. Tell us about your clubfoot journey? On the day my child […]
Pardon’s Clubfoot Story – From disability to full mobility
Born in November 2017, little Pardon Mazorodze lives in Plastic View, an informal settlement in Marabastad, Pretoria. At three years old, Pardon was living with untreated clubfoot and facing a life of disability, until Steps Clubfoot Care arranged for him to be treated at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital. This story is a testament to […]
CLINIC STORIES
38 partner clubfoot clinics STEPS Clubfoot Care programme supports 38 partner clubfoot clinics in the South African state health sector and STEPS has directly trained 599 healthcare professionals on the Ponseti method of treatment. STEPS works in South Africa and supports clubfoot providers in Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland and Namibia. Below is a selection of heartwarming […]
Laura Ritchie’s Clubfoot Story
Laura Ritchie, who was born with clubfoot, has started a children’s clothing company, Rosiebee and will be giving 10% of all shoe sales to Steps. We were so thrilled that we spoke to Laura to learn more about her story and why she wants to support Steps Clubfoot Care. You grew up with clubfoot, tell […]
