A Boy’s Dream to Wear Shoes

December 18, 2024

Imagine that your dream is to wear shoes. This is the reality of children born with clubfoot—children like three-year-old Marouane who lives in a small village in rural Morocco. Over two million children live with the extreme consequences of a treatable birth impairment, known as clubfoot (or talipes equinovarus) that causes one or both feet to turn inwards and downwards. Left untreated, the condition is a root cause of illiteracy, abuse, malnutrition, and poverty in many parts of the world. MiracleFeet is bringing the low-cost, nonsurgical standard of care, routinely provided in advanced health systems, to low-income countries. We envision a world in which all children born with clubfoot receive treatment, enabling them to live fully productive, active and healthy lives.

Read Marouane’s story.