SHEPHERD'S KEEP HOME FOR ABANDONED BABIES
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Babies, Children & Youth
address
Fynnlands, Bluff
We help ABANDONED, ORPHANED, ABUSED AND NEGLECTED BABIES by A LOVING ENVIRONMENT TO BE RESTORED..
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SHEPHERD'S KEEP was founded in 1998 by Colin and Cheryl Pratley to address the HIV/AIDS orphan crisis at the time. Now, so many years later, the number of HIV infected babies is tiny in comparison. Although the number of HIV infected babies has drastically reduced due to ARV prophylaxis, the impact of parental infections, poverty, drug abuse etc is still rife. Sadly the number of abandoned, orphaned, abused and neglected babies has not reduced, but is ever greater due to economic hardships. Rates of abandonment have reached alarming levels, exacerbated by unemployment, COVID deaths, hopelessness, coupled with extreme poverty and the increased incidence of attempted late-term abortions, which often leave babies physically or mentally impaired. The quote below is as relevant now as it was in 2003. “According to the Provincial Head of Child Welfare, Saras Desai, the organisation deals with 2000 babies a month that have either been orphaned or abandoned………. newspapers have likened the dustbins in Durban to the graveyards of newborn babies and foetuses” – Carte Blanche, 6 July 2003. The aims of Shepherd’s Keep have never changed and our determination to achieve our objectives has not waivered since inception. Shepherd’s Keep is run on certain values and principles: Unconditional love for abandoned babies Integrity within the organisation’s operation Excellence of care and dedication of staff Commitment to continued upliftment of abandoned babies and community.
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