Thursday, April 29, 2010

I give up – take my baby.

Two women came to us last week to say that they were giving up their babies. Exhausted, abandoned by their families and trapped in abusive work, they saw no hope except to give up their babies.

They could have gone to traffickers and sold their babies for several months’ income. They could have just left their babies somewhere and walked away. They could have done either of those things months ago.

Instead, they came to Riverkids to ask if we would take the babies for them. One we’d been working with already, the other had heard of us from the community.

Read the rest at: I give up – take my baby.

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