My clubbed feet didn't stop my journey to success

Phanice Favour is a mother of three (Photo: Phanice Favour)

Can you tell us a bit about yourself? My name is Phanice Favour, and am a mother of three and married to John Mrima Mwangala.

You were born with clubbed feet. How did you deal with this condition? Being born with clubbed feet was a challenging journey. I faced a lot of stigmatisation and, at one point, even developed suicidal tendencies. However, Father Thomas McGrath, a parish priest from the church I used to attend, connected me with the Flying Doctors. They empathised with my situation and arranged for surgery to rectify my feet in 1990 when I was 10 years old. Following the surgery, I had to be bedridden