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Saving the Baby Savers: Episode 8: "The theory doesn't line up with reality"

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Parents who've adopted children in Joburg say they often pray for the biological mothers - who had nowhere else to turn.

Many of those desperate women safely relinquished their babies through ''Door of Hope'' — an NGO that’s been using “Baby Savers" : secure metal boxes built into crisis centres and churches.

But Social Development is now trying to revoke Door of Hope’s registration - arguing Baby Savers make it "too easy" for parents to walk away from responsibility.

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

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