Her Own Two Feet: A Rwandan Girl's Brave Fight to Walk

Through her eyes, the moving story of a young Rwandan girl born with clubfeet and the risk she takes for the chance to walk on the bottoms of her feet for the first time.

Rebeka Uwitonze was born in Rw…

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