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Adopting a Child
SA babies are on a vaccination schedule from birth, are given apgars etc. TB is endmic but vaccinated for. There is an internal " adoptable baby shortage" (governments words not mine). SA practises safe birthing practises for HIV postive mothers, when identified. SA babies are throughly tested, for various and sundry issues, before being placed. SA birth mothers are often tested for HIV. SA has open and semi-open international adoptions available, though not (last I checked) enforacble by law.
The big agencies are the Catholic Womens league (used to require a donation, not a fee), the Dutch Reform (ngk) women's legaue, and of course, the govt.
I have the cutest, somewhat strange story. My friend Jwas waiting at a crowded buss stop on her way home. Another lady asked J to hold her baby...and disappered. J waited a few hours (patience is a virture), and then took the baby to the police, who told her to take the baby to a social worker at the nearest hospital, which she did. The social worker told J to keep the baby and stay in contact and they would look for the mother. After three months no mother appeared and little baby B was adopted into J's extended family. She belives he is her gift from God.