Links to Global Relief Projects
Helping Children with Clubfoot

• CBM -  Each year, more than  200,000 disabled people receive help and hope through CBM's ministry.  The used orthotics we collect are shipped by CBM to their workers in Uganda and Papua New Guinea.  You can also sponsor a child's teatment.
• Ponseti International Association
• CURE International - CURE has announced a partnership with the International Ponseti Association based at the University of Iowa to standardize training and treatment protocols using the Ponseti Method. The goal is to CURE clubfoot worldwide! You can make a donation through their web site.
• Embraced Atlanta  -  a US based non-profit organization that collects used orthopaedic equipment and redistributes them to individuals in need.
• The Cambodia Trust runs 3 rehabilitation clinics in Cambodia, providing free artificial limbs, braces, wheelchairs, physiotherapy and counselling. As well as treating landmine and polio victims, our patients include those with cerebral palsy, clubfoot, and many other disabilities.
• Uganda Society for Disabled Children  - A development agency committed to improving the quality of life for children and young people with disabilities in Uganda. 
• Healing Hands for Haiti
• Heal the Nations
• The Ruth Paz Foundation - helps children from Honduras suffering from orthopaedic problems, heart conditions, congenital birth defects and burns by sending them to the U.S. for medical treatment that is not normally available to poverty stricken people.
• Social Assistance Programs for Vietnam  
• CHAI - The Catholic Health Association of India, has member institutions spread all over India and operate mostly in remote areas catering to the health needs of the poor and the marginalized. In collaboration with Cure International, CHAI is providing clubfoot treatment using the Ponseti method.
• The International Institute for Foot and Ankle Surgery annual medical mission to El Salvador.

Discussion Boards:

• Facebook Group
• Yahoo Clubfoot Canada Group - a great way to connect with other Canadians and realize that you aren't alone in this experience.
• Yahoo Clubfoot Groups - join this international board it offers a good support network for parents.
• Yahoo Foot Discussion Board for Adults with foot pain ~ the other boards do have some discussion about adults but the focus tends to be infants and children.
• Ponseti Method Yahoo Group discussing non-surgical treatment.
• Yahoo Clubfoot Adoption Group - This is a group for families who either have adopted or are interested in adopting a child with club foot.

Web Sites: 

• www.clubfeet.net - UK
• TIPS Web Site - Australia
• Clubfoot.co.uk
• Foot Care Experts
• Clubfoot Arabia

• Treatment of Congenital Clubfoot Ignacio Ponseti, M.D. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
• To locate a Doctor qualified in the Ponseti method:  Check out this listing
• Ponseti International Association
• Orthoseek.com
• Shriners
• PubMed- search abstracts of medical articles using key words clubfoot, amniotic band syndrome.  

SOCKS:

• www.afosocks.com
• TheraSocks - offers SmartKnit socks for AFO and KAFO users of all ages.
• Knitrite offers SmartKnit AFO socks
• Contour MDSmartKnit AFO socks

SHOES:

• mixmatchshoes.com - this online store sells shoes of different sizes
• OddShoeFinder.com The site allows people with mismatched feet to buy and sell their unused shoes left over from buying two pairs at a time.
• MBT's (Masai Barefoot Technology) are very expensive shoes that have a rocker sole - we bought the hiking boots (for the ankle support) for Evan and have been amazed at the improvement in his gait!
• Nordstrom -  you can buy a pair of shoes in two different sizes.
• Answer2 Orthopaedic shoes that accommodate AFO's and other orthotics are available from the Orthotics Department at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children or have your orthotist order them from SPS (They don't sell directly to the public).
• Von Maur- in store (if they don't have both sizes they'll get them for you).
• Nike - via their website nike.com (but you must call in the order)
  

OTHER:

• Looking after your child's AFO Factsheet