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Field Impact ReportMore Firm Steps- Correcting Clubfoot-Roosevelt Hospital Phase I-Benevolent ProgramColombia

Project Goal

Improve the quality of life for 40 impoverished Colombian pediatric patients diagnosed with clubfoot through financial support for their treatment.

Support the treatment of 40 pediatric patients diagnosed with clubfoot.

- Contribute to improve the quality of life of the beneficiaries of the treatment and their families.

- Raise awareness about the timely and adequate treatment of this pathology.

Project Update

In June 2023, the project officially begins with the following protocols:

� Conformation of a project organizing committee with members from the Cooperation Office, the New Channels of Care Office and the Special Projects Office. � Conformation of a clinical board, led by Dr. Diego Ortíz* for the call

for patients. � Establishment of a special care pathway for project patients.� For the selection of cases, mainly socio-economic criteria were established to prioritize the treatments to be supported

*Dr. Diego Ortiz is the Director of the Ponseti Clinical Care Center at the Roosevelt Institute, which treats clubfoot. A total of 3 children have undergone surgery: Anthony, Yeiker and Bienvenida A document received from Roosevelt Hospital is attached to this record and saved in TEAMS

Testimonial

In videos included in document from Roosevelt Hospital attached 

Remaining Components

1. surgeries for remaining 7 children

About Food For The Poor

Food For The Poor, one of the largest international relief and development organizations in the nation, does much more than feed millions of hungry children and families living in poverty primarily in 17 countries of the Caribbean and Latin America. This interdenominational Christian ministry provides emergency relief assistance, water, medicine, educational materials, homes, support for vulnerable children, care for the aged, skills training and micro-enterprise development assistance. For more information, please visit www.FoodForThePoor.org.

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