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These stories are of some clubfoot patients helped by CBM.
“The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.” Matthew 11:5
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Blessing's Story |
Blessings is 2 years, 3 months old. His mother, Maria, brought him to the clinic because Blessings has pretty obvious and severe clubfeet. |
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Dokolem's Story |
The story of a Canadian who organized a fundraiser for Dokolem so that he could have post-surgery treatment to correct his clubfeet. |
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Edgar's Story |
"Words cannot describe how thankful we are. Our son is now normal" Edgar's dad, Nestroy, says after his son's surgery. |
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Gift's ABS Story |
Her name is Gift. She was born in Africa where she hasn't had access to corrective medical care until now. Her foot is severely turned in as a club foot, and is already hard and roughly scarred. The fingers on one hand are almost gone, on the other they are deformed. Above Gift’s right knee, the flesh is constricted, as if pulled tight by a rubber band. Tell tale Amniotic Band syndrome. Stella, Gift’s Mum, says: "Immediately after she was born, we saw this little girl as a Gift from God." |
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Mary's Story |
Mary's tiny feet turned inward making it impossible to walk...She would be a burdent to her parents and to her community. |
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Naomi's Story |
Naomi is 19 months old, and suffers club feet. Naomi needs a lot of help to fix her feet - a special operation will cost about $3,000. In this picture she is walking on her toes, and the side of her foot. |
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Nice's Story |
Nice's feet started to turn inward and Grace didn't know what to do. His feet have been corrected through serial casting thanks to his Child Rescuer Sponsor. |
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Racheal's Story |
15 year old Racheal arrived for treatment with very complex clubfeet. She had surgery twice, including tendon transfers and Plaster of Paris casting. After 4 months in rehabilitation she was discharged doing very well and extremely happy with the treatment she received. |
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Rashidi's Story |
9 year old Rashidi is receiving clubfoot treatment from the Christian Blind Mission and soon he will be able to walk and even run. |
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Rodrick's Story |
Rodrick’s feet are twisted upside down. Rodrick not only manages to walk like this, but he likes playing football with his best friend, Simeon, who lives in the same village. |
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Victor's Story |
This picture of Victor looks an awful lot like the kind of baby portrait you might see here in Canada. What you wouldn't see, however, is a Canadian child with untreated clubfeet. There is good news for Victor. Thanks to a Forgotten Child Rescuer Victor will have corrective treatment. Next year, if we take another picture, Victor's feet will be flat on the ground. |
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