From time to time it is necessary to look at the situation of babies and children in the world to learn a little more about the ridiculous world in which we live.
It is difficult to read news like this without being shocked and it is difficult to read it without thinking about the desperation of some parents to get to do something like that.
More and more are Somali children living with foster families, probably because of the desperation of parents who walk weeks without food, without water and without a place to shelter, in search of refugee camps.
This is the case of Nasib, a two-month-old baby who was found along a road by a woman who took him to the police station. The police, acting in a very different way from the one we would carry out here, asked the woman to take care of the child while the case was being investigated.
Prasant Naik, the director of Save the Children In Kenya, the body that is working to help these abandoned children also supporting the families that host them, said the following:
We cannot even imagine the despair of parents who leave their children in this way. After walking from Somalia without food or water, it is clear that some parents feel they cannot take care of their children, even having arrived at the camp to get help.
There are families that even send their children alone to the fields and others that end up dividing along the way, a clear sign of how problematic the situation is. It is estimated that more than 40,000 people arrived in the Dadaab camp in July, the largest number recorded in the 20-year history of the camp.
Personally, I share Mr. Naik's words, I can never imagine how bad these families go through to opt for such a drastic decision as abandoning a baby. Only the fact that some parents come to consider it makes me see that the world in which we live is deplorable (more, if possible).
Via and photo | Save the Children
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