Door of Hope Children's Mission has welcomed a new baby to its shelter — the seventh since the start of lockdown.
Door of Hope Children's Mission has welcomed a new baby to its shelter as child abandonments increase.Door of Hope Children's Mission has welcomed a new baby to its shelter — the seventh since the start of lockdown.
The baby shelter in Johannesburg announced on Tuesday that the baby - just a few months old - was found abandoned on the side of the road. The shelter said the increase in child abandonment suggests that mothers are unable to care for their children under lockdown because of possibly reduced incomes or lost jobs.
Under level 4 of the lockdown, many workers are allowed to return to work and mothers going back may find it is difficult to work and look after a new baby. “Mothers might be facing poverty and desperation. This might be a reason we are experiencing an increase in child abandonment of older babies,” said the shelter.
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