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How families are rising above clubfoot stigma

Mark Ole Elpa, a 33-year-old theologian born and raised in Eldoret, narrowly escaped a tragic fate in his early childhood. Just eight years after his birth in 1992, he was nearly forgotten, not by accident, but by intent. It was only through the desperate intervention of his younger brother and concerned neighbours, who pleaded with his mother, that his life was spared.

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