Every month between 40 and 50 babies are abandoned on the streets of Johannesburg alone. Helpless, these infants are left to starve to death in the cold city streets.
The Door of Hope, founded by The Berea Baptist church, stepped in by building a “Hole in the Wall.” This is literally a “hole in the wall” to their garden, which has a baby bin on the other side. Mothers are able to place their unwanted babies in this crib as opposed to leaving them abandoned on the streets to perish.
The bin is equipped with a sensor and as soon as a child is placed in the bin an alarm goes off in the house, alerting the caregivers of the new arrival. They rush out and the baby is welcomed to his/her new, warm, loving home.
The baby is then registered with adoption homes as the search begins to find the child a loving family to grow with. But until that day arrives the child remains in the loving care of the Door of Hope.
How the Door of Hope manages to make ends meet is a miracle, as they survive on a hope and a prayer in the middle of Berea, whilst carrying out the work of angels.
The Door of Hope touched the hearts Simone, Kimberly and the staff at Singapore Airlines, and so the initiative was put in place to raise money in order to give abandoned children the chance they deserve.
For more information please visit the Door of Hope’s website
