Upper Highway Baby Home Welcomes A New Addition To The Family:
Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa – With full hearts and open arms the Upper Highway Baby Home (UHBH) has welcomed a new addition to their family. According to Founder of UHBH, Gary Stanton, baby Phoebe was placed in their temporary care just before the national lockdown in March. Born only nine weeks ago, Phoebe was cared for by the staff at Wentworth Hospital for six weeks before she was placed in her new temporary home of safety. “Since her arrival, she has made quite an impression, and both the staff and our family, have grown rather attached to this sweet baby girl,” Gary says.
At the same time, they are preparing their hearts to say goodbye to their four oldest babies Allie, Georgie, Thobi and Sonny who were meant to be meeting their adoptive parents now but this has been delayed due to the lockdown. Gary says, “This will be a bitter sweet moment for our family, the team at UHBH and the volunteers. These precious little humans have crept into our hearts, but as hard as it will be to let them go, we are truly thrilled that they have found their forever family.”
Things have been a particularly busy at the UHBH with all the babies being cared for by this one-of a-kind family with little to no help due to the lockdown. “It truly does take a village to raise a child and whilst we are really missing the help and support of our regular volunteers that is not our most pressing need at the moment. Since the lockdown we have seen a drop in financial donations and so we are desperate for any help we can get,” Gary explains.
In addition to financial donations to pay staff, cover medical costs and pay monthly bills, he says that the UHBH team would greatly appreciate any of the following:
1. General cleaning products: Babies can make a mess and we are constantly cleaning up after them and making sure they live in a safe and healthy environment. Products like Handy Andy (Lemon), mildew buster, Jik, Toilet Duck, kitchen towels, automatic washing powder ,Sunlight dishwashing liquid, tablets for the dishwasher would be very much welcomed!
2. Baby Goods: Though we can’t give our babies all the luxuries, they do need the essentials, which include: Pouches of baby food (Purity, Squish and other brands) nappies sizes 1-6 (Pampers Active or similar), baby hair de-tangler, Infacare 1 and 2 Isomil 1 and 2, wet wipes, nappy sacks, glycerine suppositories, Lacson, Daktarin Gel, Gynodaktarin and Antipoel.
3. Groceries: Feeding seven little mouths is no easy feat and we are always in need of assistance when it comes to food products, anything from Sugar, Rooibos, Long-life milk (Full Fat) to margarine, tomato and onion mix in tin, tomato puree, All Gold tomato sauce, juice, fresh fruit and vegetables, mince, stewing lamb and chicken breasts.
“The babies of today are our future; our future CEO’s, our future doctors and scientists, the ones who will change the world. Every child deserves the opportunity to grow up with a family that not only loves them, but believes in them and allows them to be the future hero they are born to be. We can all make a difference in the lives of these babies, we just need to try,” Gary concludes.
If you’d like to find out more about Upper Highway Baby Home, would like to volunteer, or donate funds to assist them to continue their amazing work, please visit www.upperhighwaybabyhome.co.za or their Facebook page for more details.
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