Clubfoot Fund is charting the path for corporations, foundations and individuals to help every child walk and run freely.
Clubfoot is a congenital deformity where the foot is turned inward and downward. It can mark already disadvantaged kids for life, impeding their ability to thrive. Left untreated, they face a life of stigma, pain, missed education, and limited opportunity. In addition to raising funds for treatment, the Fund is leading the way in funding advanced training for surgeons and physical therapists dealing with complicated cases.
The Fund creates programs and initiatives that align with values and goals of organizations as well as individuals, ranging from event sponsorship to matching grant fund drives to medical training. By providing a lifetime of mobility for thousands of children, you enhance your brand while promoting equity and team cohesion. Doing well by doing good brings customers, suppliers, employees and media together to solve a global problem and change the trajectory of thousands of children’s lives.
We work in partnership with the Global Clubfoot Initiative, an umbrella organization with 60 members in over 70 countries.
GCI's RunFree 2030 campaign is mobilizing global resources to ensure every child born with clubfoot has access to treatment, unlocking the chance to walk, play, and run free.
The Ponseti Method is 97% effective
Thanks to a technology called “human touch.”
In a world where hard-to-access and expensive medical procedures are the norm, this low-cost, effective approach qualifies as revolutionary. The Ponseti Method is a physical therapy requiring only the trained hands of a local caregiver and a sequence of casts and braces.
Clubfoot Fund was started by Bill Palmer, inspired by his own struggle with clubfoot at a time when the course of treatment was far less certain and defined — before the Ponseti method became the standard of care.
Bill has led successful cause-marketing campaigns linking organizational activities to charitable causes that not only do good in the world but also support productive business activity.
Bill has partnered with organizations such as NASA Kennedy Space Center, Gilead Sciences, Land Rover, Sony PlayStation, and L’Oréal, as well as leaders in transition, technical experts cultivating leadership skills, and global teams managing complexity. Culturally agile, he has worked in 26 countries. Since 2022, he has served as a pro bono consultant and coach for the UK-based Global Clubfoot Initiative.
$80M per year
That amount of money would cover the cost of delivering the treatment to those who would otherwise go without care.
Your support helps bridge gaps in the existing patchwork of treatment providers, to deliver health equity and reduce inequalities in alignment with UN Sustainable Development Goals.
$250
enables families to access care through translated materials.
$315
funds essential models and materials for training clinicians.
$500
covers full treatment for one child from diagnosis to first steps.
$600
pays for a doctor’s transportation costs from a neighboring country to attend training.
$1200
provides 10 families with transportation to a treatment clinic and back home.
$5000
will train 10 clinicians who will treat up to 2400 children annually.
$7500
supplies 300 children with a clubfoot brace.
$9000
supplies health care providers with 9,000 lbs of plaster of paris for casting.