Clubfoot Ambassador stays Committed to Course
Fai Collins Ngoran, Cameroonian international football legend and Clubfoot Ambassador with the Cameroon Clubfoot Care and Prevention (CCCP) program is resolute in his action to create awareness on clubfoot, a condition that can disable a child for life if neglected.
“Clubfoot can be treated!” This is the message and course that Fai Collins had been championing since June 2022 when he solicited to join hands with the Cameroon Baptist Convention (CBC) Health Services’ CCCP program to create awareness on this public health condition.
Exactly one year of the campaign, Fai Collins was at Mboppi Baptist Hospital and Nylon District Hospital, all in Douala, on July 27, 2023, to witness some of the kids born with twisted legs now able to walk upright. For over two hours, the Clubfoot Ambassador ran around, playing with the children and even played football with them.
Quizzed on his reason of choosing to be Clubfoot Ambassador and not another disease condition, Mr. Fai Collins Ngoran said, he could not become a footballer with a bad leg. The less than 30-year old Indomitable Lions defender has become a household name, commonly referred to as “The Dependable Fai” due to the strength and agility of his legs to stop the onslaught of world class attackers.
Fai Collins identifies with and loves children born with clubfoot“As Clubfoot Ambassador, my role is to encourage parents with children born with clubfoot to take them to any of the Treatment Centers around the country. These children can become stars and great footballers like me,” Fai Collins intimated. He paid for treatment to continue on seven children with clubfoot deformity. The clubfoot champion received a standing ovation both in Mboppi and Nylon Hospitals characterized by cheers of congratulation and scramble for snapshots.
Fai Collins at the OPD of Mboppi Baptist Hospital DoualaSEEPD Program Manager, Awa Jacques Chirac expressed satisfaction at the fact that the Cameroon Clubfoot Care and Prevention program now has a champion to push forward ‘our’ awareness campaign on clubfoot deformity.
Clubfoot can be treated any of the 19 Treatment Centers located in 6 of the 10 regions of Cameroon namely: Northwest, West, Littoral, Center, Southwest and Adamawa.
The Clubfoot champion expressed gratitude to CBM for supporting the CBC Health Services to meet his aspirations.