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Summer 2016

Newsletter

2016 World Clubfoot Day

World Clubfoot Day is celebrated annually on or

around June 3rd each year which is the birthdate

of Dr. Ignacio Ponseti. Celebrations took place

around the globe! We want to thank all those

individuals who took time to organize events.

These events bring awareness of clubfoot and the

Ponseti method to local communities. We can not

possibly highlight all of the great events which took

place, so be sure to check out our Facebook page

for more celebrations. Dr. Ponseti would have

been extremely humbled by the efforts of so many

to promote and build awareness for World Club-

foot Day and the Ponseti method.

Fun cupcakes were

passed out at Nemours/

AI duPont Hospital for

Children in Delaware

Little replicas of feet were

given out by the Association

Step in Brazil, which hosted

three parent meetings for

World Clubfoot Day

A clown entertains children in Santo Domingo, Ecuador

The Dominican Republic opened a Ponseti Clinic in honor of Dr.Ponseti's birthdate and legacy. The clinic is receiving 55 patients a week. Some of the patients are older kids with untreated clubfoot or poorly treated clubfoot from previous treatment.

To see more World Clubfoot Day photos and all that is happening around the world in clubfoot treatment, check out our Facebook page and be sure to Like us.

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A hospital in Brazil welcomes

people to their celebration

with little feet hanging over

the entrance.

A celebration in Guatemala

(right) featured piñatas for

kids to break, lots of singing

and cake!

A Ponseti collage

(right) was created

for the World

Clubfoot Day

celebration in

Italy.

World Clubfoot Day in California

(right) was a huge success!

More than 100 people attended

and took part in kid races, color-

ing station, bubbles, balloons,

footprints with paint, and other

fun activities. Kids received a

participation certificate and

families enjoyed a picnic lunch.

ZOP and the Clubfoot Clinic at Mnazi Mmoja

Hospital in Zanzibar joined the rest of the world

to celebrate World Clubfoot Day by conducting

Parental Care Education to parents of clubfoot

children, staff members and the local community.

Help us keep Dr. Ponseti’s legacy

alive by making a donation to

Ponseti International to help us

continue training doctors who

advance clubfoot treatment

throughout the world. All dona-

tions are tax deductible. Go to

our website www.ponseti.info

and click the Donate Now

button on the homepage.