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 […]
Clubfoot Champion Hamzah completes his journey – with the help of Lego!
Sameesha Osman Latib went to her 21-week scan during her pregnancy with her little boy – Hamzah Mukuddem. While Sameesha felt scared, confused and guilty – she says “we were Incredibly grateful that we were granted something that’s treatable.” The first casting for Hamzah and his supportive family was stressful – because no one in […]
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 stayed in one position with her foot tucked under the other…” says Felicia.
Sibahle Mhlahlo’s clubfoot journey
Sibahle Mhlahlo (aged 1) who is currently in the maintenance phase of her clubfoot treatment is a patient at our partner clinic at Tygerberg Hospital. She and her mom live in Strand, Western Cape, and they have to travel for 2 hours, taking 3 taxies each way, a total of four hours travel time for […]
