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The Promise House
Mission
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To provide loving,
excellent care for abandoned babies and to
work with social workers to find parents for
all babies.
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To comfort and care for
terminally ill babies and provide hospice
care.
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To train caregivers from
poverty stricken areas and impact HIV
infection rate with education and counseling.
The Promise House
background:
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As a 24
hour facility for babies from birth to six
months old, The
Promise House has become synonymous with
excellence through hard work and dedication, and
is favored by most officials when seeking
shelter for abandoned babies.
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When a baby
arrives via ambulance, immediate care is
given and the baby is then represented the
next day in a Court of Law for guardianship
of The Promise House.
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The Promise
House then nurtures and cares for the child
until a home and adoption is provided in the
first 6 months.
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**Approximately 97% of the babies brought to
The Promise House are infected with the
mothers HIV/Aids antibodies.
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With a 10 year operation, The Promise House
has had a 100% adoption success and more
than 500 babies have been rescued and placed
into loving homes around the world.
The Promise House
facts:
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3
babies are abandoned in KwaZulu Natal, South
Africa, each day.
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Most babies
are abandoned in municipal toilets, latrines
and refuse bags. This is mainly due to AIDS,
poverty, unemployment. The Promise
House has become the preferred drop off
point for complete care of the helpless
child.
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34% of the KZN
population is infected with AIDS. KZN has
the most welfare agencies in South Africa
and yet cannot cope. Most of these babies
die, as a place of safety cannot be found in
time to save them. The situation is so
critical that the newspapers have likened
the dustbins and dumps in Durban to the
GRAVEYARDS OF NEWBORN BABIES AND FETUSES
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