World Clubfoot Day

Observed annually on June 3rd, World Clubfoot Day is an international day of celebration – for the children born with clubfoot whose lives have been transformed by treatment, for the parents whose steadfast hope and dedication have been rewarded, for the providers whose healing hands have guided thousands of little feet to mobility, and for all clubfoot champions whose support continues to bring treatment to children in need around the world.

June 3rd commemorates the birthday of Dr. Ignacio Ponseti, who developed the Ponseti Method, which is now the orthopedic standard treatment for children born with clubfoot. Non-surgical, inexpensive, and incredibly effective, Dr. Ponseti’s method is the undeniable solution to clubfoot that has brought mobility, opportunity, and freedom to hundreds of thousands of children around the world and ultimately made it possible for MiracleFeet to treat a leading birth defect inexpensively and effectively on a global scale.

Today, we celebrate.

Each year, MiracleFeet joins the broader clubfoot community around the world to mark this special day with awareness-raising and advocacy events. It is a day to reflect on how far clubfoot treatment has come over the years, but more importantly, to re-commit ourselves to the work of ensuring a future where all children born with clubfoot have access to treatment.

This June 3rd, join us as we jump for joy, kick up our heels, and run even faster towards a world free of untreated clubfoot.

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Celebrating World Clubfoot Day

2026 World Clubfoot Day Initiatives

Côte d’Ivoire

This year, partners in Côte d’Ivoire are organizing a large-scale awareness and mobilization campaign in Agboville, bringing together health authorities, healthcare providers, community leaders, media, and beneficiary families to promote early detection and treatment of clubfoot through the Ponseti method. The celebration will include public conferences, educational stands, audiovisual materials, parent testimonies, and media engagement activities, as well as a community awareness parade accompanied by a brass band through the city.

Nigeria

In Nigeria, World Clubfoot Day 2026 will be marked through multiple coordinated activities across Katsina and Taraba States, bringing together our partner WACHEF with government authorities, healthcare providers, media, community leaders, volunteers, and families. Planned activities include a press briefing led by the Katsina State Commissioner for Health, media engagements by orthopedic surgeons to raise awareness about clubfoot and the Ponseti method, community sensitization sessions in maternity hospitals, and Early Detection and Referral (EDR) training for midwives, traditional birth attendants, and community mobilizers. The celebration will conclude with a public awareness road walk in Taraba State involving successfully treated children and their families, healthcare workers, and WACHEF teams.

Philippines

This year our partner, Philippine Band of Mercy is planning to host a race led by successfully treated kids in their program (highlighting the theme of GCI’s Run Free 2030 vision) to promote timely detection and quality treatment of clubfoot.

2025 World Clubfoot Day Initiatives and Coverage

Pakistan

For World Clubfoot Day in 2025, Paraplegic Center Peshawar (PCP) led a national awareness campaign in Pakistan highlighting the importance of early detection and timely treatment for children born with clubfoot. Through a public press release and awareness activities, PCP emphasized that clubfoot is a highly treatable condition when addressed early through the Ponseti method, while also drawing attention to the challenges faced by children who remain untreated. The campaign highlighted the scale of the need in Pakistan, where an estimated 8,000 children are born with clubfoot every year, and reinforced PCP’s long-term commitment to integrating clubfoot care within the public health system.

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