Rukungiri Growers Orphans and Disabled Childrens Project (RGODCP) - 2

Club foot -

The club foot clinic uses manipulation rather than surgery to help babies born with club foot. In the UK if manipulation does not work the child is operated on at months - her the programme takes 1 year. The feet are manipulated and put into plaster casts every week for 5 weeks and then the child wears special boots for 9 months - if this is not successful then an operation may be needed. However, gemerally manipulation does work and it is obviously much cheaper for these families.

The picture shows Jones manipulating and casting the feet.