Latest News

• Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics has been published
• The paper- The Bangladesh Clubfoot Project: The First 5000 Feet
• Congratulate to our new country director Jahangir Alam
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• Permission for opening new clinic in Ninphamari
• We have got the permission..
• Monthly Report updated
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• MONTHLY NEWS UPDATE - March 2013
• Walk For Life at BOSCON 2013
• Latest newsletter published.
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• September 25^th, 2012
• Clinic Opening in Chuadanga
• September 22^th, 2012
• Walk For Life Opens New Clinic at ICMH
• September 23^rd, 2012
• Orthopaedic Surgeons from Myanmar visits Walk For Life
• Newsletter
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• August 27^th, 2012
• MoU with Impact Foundation: A new venture at Chuadanga and Meherpur
• July 30^th, 2012
• Publicity Work in Barisal
• July 30^th, 2012
• Publicity Work in Rangpur
• July 19^th, 2012
• Get Together Program at Walk For Life
• July 9^th, 2012
• Introducing Walk For Life to ICMH
• June 27^th, 2012
• Fundraising Event at Manchester and London
• June 19^th, 2012
• Seminar held at DGHS
• June 17^th, 2012
• Laura Bayndrian Visits Walk For Life
• June 2^nd -10^{th, 2012}
• Walk For Life is expanding to Myanmar
• May 27th, 2012
• Workshop on Management of Clubfoot by Ponseti Method
• May 21st & 22nd, 2012
• Clinic Manager- Rajshahi receives training on CRPD
• May 21st, 2012
• Counseling Session held at Rangpur Clinic
• May 15th, 2012
• Publicity Campaign on Clubfoot Deformity
• May 6th - 8th, 2012
• Manager-Donor Relations attends training on Child Protection
• April 16th, 2012
• One year celebration of Walk For Life-Mymensingh
• April 15th, 2012
• Tenotomy Training in WFL clinic 250 bedded General Hospital, Jamalpur
• April 11th, 2012
• Lecture by Three Australian Visitors at NITOR
• April 09th, 2012
• Cerebral Palsy (CP) Training Program in LAMB Hospital, Dinajpur
• April 4 & 5th 2012
• Cerebral palsy (CP) training Program held in Jessore
• April 2nd, 2012
• Australian physiotherapist volunteers visits Bangladesh
• April 2nd, 2012
• Colin Macfarlane visits clinic in Barisal
• April 1st, 2012
• Vivienne Isaac visits Walk For Life in Bangladesh
• March 11st, 2012
• Dr. Paul Wade visits Walk For Life Rangpur Clinic
• March 9th, 2012
• Manager- Donor relations attends training on grants management
• March 6th, 2012
• BRAC Health to locate clubfoot babies
• March 5th, 2012
• Vikki Ford-Powell visits Sylhet
• February 21st, 2012
• Steve Manion speaks at BOSCON 2012 and visits Walk For Life clinics
• February 21st, 2012
• Walk For Life celebrated the annual picnic at Cox’s Bazar
• February 13rd, 2012
• Australian High Commissioner’s funding support for Walk For Life renewed for second year
• February 12nd, 2012
• Walk For Life clinic opens at Jamalpur
• February 6th, 2012
• Awareness session at Rangpur
• February 2nd, 2012
• Board members of Prosthetic Outreach Foundation, Seattle visits Jessore clinic
• February 1st, 2012
• Michael Kirk visits Walk For Life head office
• January 18th, 2012
• Australian High Commissioner visits clinic at NITOR
• January 11th, 2012
• Discussion Seminar titled 'A Success Story' held at Jessore.
• January 11th, 2012
• Clinic opens at Shahid Zia Medical College, Bogra
• January 10th, 2012
• Simon Barker MD comes to Bangladesh
• January 3th, 2012
• Clinic opening of Madaripur..
• December 21th, 2011
• Cinic opens at Hobiganj
• December 19th, 2011
• Clinic opens at Sirajganj.
• December 15th, 2011
• Director General of NGOAB visits Walk For Life Clinic.
• December 13th, 2011
• Clinic opens at Kurigram..
• Nov 20, 2011
• Dr Paul Wade returns to Bangladesh for his 3rd visit in 2011.
• October 24, 2011
• Awareness session among fieldworkers of Caritas-Bangladesh
• October 28th, 2011
• Colin Macfarlane attends International Workshop on Resource Mobilisation
• October 26th, 2011
• Professor Dietz visits Bangladesh
• October 22nd, 2011
• Denise Watson visits Bangladesh
• October 18th, 2011
• Walk For exports Bangla Braces to Egypt, Brazil and Mexico.
• October 17th, 2011
• New clinic in Manikganj
• October 16th, 2011
• New clinic in Gaibandha
• October 11st, 2011
• Awareness session held at government health complex in Singair.
• 24th Sep, 2011
• Dr. Angela Evans from Australia visits Bangladesh.
• 19th Sep, 2011
• Walk For Life opens its 30th clinic at Rangpur Medical College Hospital.
• 18th Sep, 2011
• Walk For Life signs MoU with the Government of Bangladesh.
• 4th Sep, 2011
• Brace Making Manager Md. Alamgir Hossain on his wedding. Brace Making Manager Md. Alamgir Hossain on his wedding.
• 10th August, 2011
• Zahangir Alam, our Country Program Manager is speaking at Rotary Clubs in Australia
• 28th July, 2011
• Dr. Paul Wade from Adelaide completes a successful visit
• 27th July, 2011
• Clinic opening at Tangail.
• 22nd July, 2011
• Workshop to with Ponseti Clinic managers and Ponseti practitioners.
• 20th July, 2011
• Clinic opening at Pabna and Patuakhali.
• 12th July, 2011
• Sripur Upazila Health Complex, Gazipur
• 7th July, 2011
• Interesting findings..
• 5th July, 2011
• Walk For Life in media..
• 4th July, 2011
• Training session completed to build Ponseti Skills in physiotherapists..
• 2nd July, 2011
• Walk For Life gets support from BAAC, Australia..
• 25th June, 2011
• Clubfoot Awareness Session for midwives with Bangladesh Red Crescent Society..
• 14th June, 2011
• Walk For Life opened its 25th clinic at Bhola Sadar Hospital..
• 1st June, 2011
• Glencoe Foundation and the Clubfoot program received advice that...
• 1st June, 2011
• The matching grant between Rotary Club of Dhaka Buriganga and Rotary Club of Parker...
• 26th May, 2011
• Country Director Colin Macfarlane returned from 3 weeks of fundraising in Seattle...
• 15th May, 2011
• Md Jahangir Alam appointed Program Country Manager...
• April 28, 2011
• WFL clinics are now in six divisions of Bangladesh...
• April 24, 2011
• Kate Lock returns for her third visit...
• April 14, 2011
• Dr. Paul spends two full weeks in Bangladesh...
• April 12, 2011
• MoU with CRP-Bangladesh...
• 15th March, 2011
• Matching grant application submitted to Rotary International Chicago.
• 3rd March, 2011
• Prof Fred Dietz completes training video.
• 1st March, 2011
• WFL and POF become founding members of the Global Clubfoot intiative.
• 27th February, 2011
• Professor Fred Dietz speaks at Boscon Conference.
• 21st February, 2011
• Donation of $25 000 received from Australian High Commission.
• 19th February, 2011
• Feb successful opening of clinic Mymensingh.
• 27th January, 2011
• Walk for Life is now a registered charity in the UK. Number: 1140052 Thanks for all the hard work Kate..
• 26th January, 2011
• HEALTH: Clubfoot - no clear cause, but possibly a cure United Nations highlights our program…
• 26th January, 2011
• Md Jahangir Alam our country coordinator gets good pass in his final BA degree result.
• 25th January, 2011
• Professor Fred Dietz, orthopedic surgeon from University of Iowa returns to Bangladesh for his second visit...
• 22nd January, 2011
• During a trip to Bangladesh in September this year, Angela was involved in teaching doctors and physiotherapist how to use the Ponseti ...
• 5th January, 2011
• Just $3000 needed to reach our target for matching grant from Rotary International..
• 10th December, 2010
• The second visit to Bangladesh for Kate Lock this year..
• 8th November, 2010
• Rotary takes steps to help. BENDIGO Rotary Clubs are getting behind a project to support children in Bangladesh born with club feet..
• 3rd November, 2010
• Rotary Club of Parker in Denver links with Rotary Club of Dhaka Buriganga to apply for matching grant with Rotary International to support WFL.
• 30th October, 2010
• Jahangir Alom our country co ordinator arrives in Australia to speak to Rotary Clubs on Walk for Life.
• 28th October, 2010
• Glencoe Foundation now registered as foreign NGO with Government of Bangladesh.
• 21st October, 2010
• Colin starts his speaking tour of Rotary clubs in Denver.
• 12th October, 2010
• Kate Lock, Shariful Khan, and Dr Rouf attend workshop in Manchester and present paper on Walk for Life.
• 4th October, 2010
• Congratulations to our office manager and accountant Ayon Rahman who married..
• 1st October, 2010
• Ponseti workshop 2010 held in Dhaka..conducted by three overseas medical professionals Dr. Frederick Dietz..
• 7th September, 2010
• Jahangir Alom, country co-ordinator, will be attending the Rotoract Asian conference..
• 5th September, 2010
• Colin is now confirmed to speak to 38 Rotary Clubs in Denver District 5450 for 4 weeks..
• September, 2010
• New map of existing and proposed clinics.
• August, 2010
• Michiel Stenbeek visited our Jessore workshop. The inventor of the Steenbeek brace..
• July 12, 2010
• Ms Kate Lock, from Dorset in UK comes to Bangladesh to visit clinics and run workshop...
• March 1, 2010
• In February, we were very fortunate to have Denise Watson visit for a second time together with Jennifer McCahill...
• January 1, 2010
• Good Bye 2009 Welcome 2010..
• December 8, 2009
• Official Launching of Walk For Life..
• November 18, 2009
• Jessore Clinic Inauguration by Honorable Minister of Health and POF..
• September 25, 2009
• Effort to raise awareness about clubfoot treatment. Local announcement ('Micing' and leaflet distribution) in various sub districts in Jessore District...
• August 27, 2009
• Meeting in Chougacha Model Health Complex...