“CWSA studies show a large increase in baby dumping largely attributed to poverty, HIV and AIDS and population size ”
Poverty among causes of baby dumping
The New Age
21 May 2012
Every week South Africans read stories of people who were abandoned as children making a desperate plea to be reunited with their parents on the hugely popular reality show Khumbul'Ekhaya.
The show exposes the long-term effects of abandonment on children. However, such cases are only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to child abandonment.
Statistics released by Child Welfare South Africa (CWSA) show that the number of abandoned children increased from 2404 in 2010 to 6562 in 2011...read the full article
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