Saving the Baby Savers: Episode 5: "I'm grateful my birth mother had the courage to give me up"

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A young woman who started life at a sanctuary for abandoned babies here in Joburg has come full circle - returning to the country of her birth, and speaking out against government moves to shut down the very organisation that saved her life.

Our social development is trying to revoke Door of Hope's registration - because it has "Baby Savers" installed at churches, pregnancy crisis centres and places of safety to give desperate mothers the last resort option of safe relinquishment.

HOT1027’s Tara Penny has more…
27 Aug 2025 English South Africa Entertainment News · Documentary

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