- Global Clubfoot Projects
- Information/Parental Support
- Medical Information
- Resources
Links to Global Relief Projects Helping Children with Clubfoot
- Hope and Healing – Each year, more than 200,000 disabled people receive help and hope – You can also sponsor a child’s treatment.
- Clubfoot Solutions
- One4Another International – children in Uganda
- Ponseti International Association
- Global Clubfoot Initiative
- Hope Walks
- Miracle Feet will make sure your braces reach needy children at our partner clinics all over the world that provide free treatment for low-income children and other miracle feet partner clinics.
- 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.
Links to Information & Support for Parents
- 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.
- Clubfoot Arabia
Links to Medical Information about Clubfoot
- To locate a Doctor qualified in the Ponseti method: Check out this listing
- Orthoseek.com
- Shriners
- PubMed- search abstracts of medical articles using key word clubfoot
- Ortho Connect program
Resources
SOCKS:
- www.afosocks.com
- Knitrite offers SmartKnit AFO socks
- Contour MD SmartKnit AFO socks
SHOES:
- 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.
- Facebook U.S. clubfoot shoe exchange – The mission of the Clubfoot Shoe Exchange is to connect U.S. parents of children with clubfeet in order to exchange free, used shoes for the Ponseti method of treatment.
Printed Resources:
- A Parents’ Guide to Clubfoot and its treatment using the Ponseti Method from the Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation – To download a pdf copy to your computer, click here
