Yesterday afternoon the person on duty in the Baby Safe team received a phone call from the police. A one week old baby had been found in the bushes just 5 minutes drive from where we work. The parents had not been identified and there was no place for the baby to go. The baby [...]
(Svensk text längre ner på sidan) Today we’ve been raising awareness of our work in other townships around Cape Town. The majority of the people we spoke to confirmed that baby dumping is a problem in their communities. *** Idag besökte vi ett antal kåkstäder som omger Kapstaden för att sprida vetskapen om baby dumpning [...]
(Svensk text längst ner på sidan) Last Monday a newborn baby boy was found in a bag on a field next to the highway in Rondebosch East, just outside Cape Town. The baby had been wrapped in a towel, put i a plastic bag and then placed in a blue nylon backpack. Tragically the baby [...]
Each week one of the team members of Baby Safe is on call 24-7 to respond to any emergency, in particular those that involve rescuing abandoned babies. Last night it was Rachel’s turn. She was called by the local police station to collect a six week old baby that had been abandoned. The baby has [...]
A few of us spent this morning digging around in the rubbish on the outer edge of Khayelitsha, Cape Town’s largest township. After the spate of baby murders that hit the press recently, as well as a growing sense that our work is to have an impact beyond the two communities where it’s been focussed, [...]
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