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Claudine and Dismas have always struggled to make ends meet in Burundi. On their farm, they grow beans, maize, bananas
and sorghum, which helps them financially since their harvest is profitable, and the lands fruitful. After her second pregnancy,
Claudine became very ill, and much of the extras they had went to pay for traditional healers and medical doctors searching for
answers to her sickness.
The birth of their second child, Valerie, with clubfoot added to the family’s tight financial situation. The condition was not
even identified until about a month after Valerie was born when her grandmother was changing her. The grandmother
recognized clubfoot because Claudine’s stepsister also had children born with the disability. People discouraged Claudine and
Dismas from finding treatment because they felt Valerie’s feet resulted from the strange illness Claudine suffered during her
pregnancy. Even if treatment was possible, neighbors reasoned the family would never be able to afford it.
Claudine and Dismas decided to put all their limited financial resources toward clubfoot treatment. Still, saving enough
money for transportation to the first clinic visit took them a while. At the clinic, Hope Walks staff gave them the good news that
treatment would be free for them.
(Available in: https://www.hopewalks.org/valerie-burundi.)
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