100,000 Reasons to Smile: MiracleFeet's 2024 Impact Report
After 14 years, on August 8, we achieved the extraordinary milestone of reaching our 100,000th patient (baby Bella Jean from the Philippines) with life-changing clubfoot treatment. This achievement speaks to the heart of our mission: to build a world where every child born with clubfoot has access to early treatment, allowing them to grow up healthy, active, and free from pain, stigma, or disability.
2024 Highlights
- MiracleFeet is reaching more than 50% of children born with clubfoot within a year of birth in Bangladesh, Guyana, Morocco, and Tanzania, and more than 70% in Liberia, Paraguay, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, and Zimbabwe.
- We opened 101 new clubfoot clinics adding to our growing network of health facilities delivering services around the globe.
- We trained over 1,300 providers in the Ponseti method.
- We started programs in three new countries: Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, and Mauritania.
One Hundred Thousand Strong
From our first partnership in Brazil in 2011 to our network of 46 partners in 37 countries today, we have made tremendous strides. This year was especially remarkable as we reached our 100,000th patient with transformative clubfoot treatment.
This amazing achievement was years in the making and we now have the tools, technology, systems, and networks to scale our work exponentially. For more than a decade we’ve said that untreated clubfoot is a problem we can solve, and Bella, our 100,000th patient, is proof that it’s possible.
Bella represents a new chapter for MiracleFeet. As we look to the future, we plan to reach 100,000 more children within the next five years. We are setting the stage for systematic change and redefining access to clubfoot care through bold, collaborative initiatives. Every child we treat, every milestone we achieve, and every barrier we overcome is a testament to the transformative potential of our shared efforts.
Thank you to our staff, board members, partners, parents, and to our donors who make our work possible. Here’s to many more unprecedented achievement and lives forever changed!
Sincerely,
Daphne de Souza Lima Sorensen,
MiracleFeet CEO
"I've watched MiracleFeet transform lives
…and it’s thrilling.”
Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times
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