FORGOTTEN CHILDREN IN DEVELOPING COMMUNITIES:   Many parents simply cannot cope, they are ashamed of their disabled child so they lock them away, hidden in a dark room at the back of a hut, forgotten. The Forgotten Children Rescue Fund has been set up to extend medical care to these children.  This boy, Kokaf, has received the surgery and treatment needed to correct his bilateral clubfeet thanks to his sponsor! 

Christian Blind Mission International (CBM) is about more than just eyes. CBM opens its doors to men, women and children with a variety of disabilities. These people have a great deal of potential, but very little opportunity to overcome their disabilities.  The need is great. Clubfeet, one of the most common congenital deformities worldwide, affects at least one out of every 1000 babies born. Malnutrition is responsible for bone softening, resulting in severe “knock knees” or bowed legs. Polio, cerebral palsy, and tuberculosis of the spine still take a terrible toll on the developing world.

You can make a difference.  Currently, CBM provides medical treatment to 83,000 orthopaedic patients and provides rehabilitative care to 167,000 people with disabilities other than blindness. 

PLEASE SPONSOR A CHILD - $25.00 a month for one year provides complete treatment for a disabled child. You can transform a child by sponsoring the surgery critical to healing their disabilities. Children with clubfeet and many other fully treatable disabilities are waiting for someone like you to sponsor their surgery.

The Forgotten Children Rescue Fund is a program of Christian Blind Mission International. While I personally support a child this site is not affiliated with CBM. » Read how sponsoring a child's clubfoot treatment has made a difference.

Here is another organization working to CURE clubfoot worldwide - 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 create a treatment network in each country that can raise awareness about the deformity, train nationals to perform simple, corrective casting procedures and provide funding for poor children who have no ability to afford treatment.