Siblings with feet turned backwards get life-changing care

Key points

• Siblings Anis, 13, and Melanie, 3, from a tiny volcanic island in Vanuatu can now walk after seven months of donated physiotherapy and surgery in Canberra. Their feet had been turned backwards for years because the condition went uncorrected.
• Their mother, Lisa Kassau, travelled to Australia with them and says she can now watch her children walk and play. The care is provided under an agreement between the ACT government and Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children, which brings sick children to Canberra.
• The organisation has helped about 600 children in 20 years.