The Cameroon Clubfoot Care Project has officially extended its services to the North and Far North regions of Cameroon. This significant expansion was marked by two inaugural ceremonies: one held in Garoua on May 27 and the other in Maroua on May 29, 2025. Over the next three years, the project aims to provide treatment for 750 children living with clubfoot, thanks to the generous financial support of Christian Blind Mission (CBM) and the implementation by the Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services (CBCHS).
In his speech on the occasion, Mr. NGUM Samuel, Director of CBC Health Services expressed the determination of the CBCHS to change the lives of the population thanks to the support of the many financial partners: “For more than seventy years, the Health Services of the Cameroon Baptist Convention has demonstrated a fixed commitment to providing quality health care to all those who need it. Not only as an expression of Christian love, but also as a means of evangelization of services and humanity”.
Dr. YAOU Alhadji Zakari, Regional Delegate of Public Health for the North, described the project as “A real gift for the North and Far North regions because many children grow up with this malformation and become disabled either because their parents were not informed about the disease or because of a lack of financial means”. Representatives from various regional councils also pledged their support to ensure the sustainability of this initiative and to significantly reduce the number of neglected clubfoot cases in both regions..
The Country Director of the Christian Blind Mission (CBM), Mr. Fon Julius urged the implementation team to demonstrate responsibility and commitment and said: ” Every project successfully implemented paves the way for the next project…The continuation of the Clubfoot Care Project will depend on the ownership and successful implementation of the project by all concerned parties,” Mr. Fon cautioned.
The project is designed to improve access to specialized care for children suffering from congenital and often disabling malformation. Multiple treatment centers have been mobilized and strengthened to ensure effective care delivery. These include: Meskine Baptist Hospital Maroua, Hôpital Regional Annexe de Mokolo, Centre de Réhabilitation des Personnes Handicapées de Maroua, le Centre Ndoukoua Yves Mokolo, la Fondation Bethléem de Mouda, l´Hôpital Privé de Tokombere, le Cabinet de Soins Sisse Kaele, le CMA de Founangue Maroua for the Far North Region, and the Regional Hospital of Garoua, Centre de Santé Jésus Sauve et Guérit de Garoua and Lagdo District Hospital for the North region.
The initiative places a strong emphasis on building local capacity, through the training of healthcare professionals and the deployment of adapted strategies to ensure effective and sustainable treatment. Project managers have called for greater mobilization of local actors to guarantee success and reach the defined objectives. This combined approach of awareness, treatment and follow-up ensures holistic care, offering many children the opportunity to return to normal life by walking.