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What does effective philanthropy look like?
Disadvantaged children like Fahim have access to free, life-changing treatment via the Walk for Life project. When Fahim* was born to a rickshaw puller and his wife in Bhola, Bangladesh, the family was overjoyed. However, as the new baby settled with his mother, they realised there was something unusual about his feet. Both were turned inward at a 90-degree angle. Fahim had bilateral clubfoot. In Bangladesh, up to 5,000 children are born with the congenital condition every year. Social stigma and lack of affordable treatment mean that children like Fahim are often kept out of school, struggle to find decent work, and remain trapped in the poverty cycle. Many people with clubfoot are forced to…
