In the days before they became virtual, a dropbox was a very handy invention.
It helped us do things like return videos after hours and give back overdue library books without the shame of being quizzed by an overzealous librarian.
But nobody could have predicted that a dropbox would become the solution to caring for South Korea’s abandoned babies.
Concerned about the hundreds of babies being left to die in the street, Pastor Lee Jong-Rak initially believed that nobody would use his idea. But Pastor Lee was overwhelmed by the number of babies delivered to him.
In South Korea there is a heavy emphasis on physical perfection, so babies born with disabilities are often rejected by their families. Babies were sent Pastor Jong-Rak’s way, who were unwanted, rejected or unable to be cared for by their biological parents; they were babies who might not otherwise have survived.
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This happens in South Africa, there are specific places where a baby can be dropped off safely and anonymously, with no questions asked, at a place of safety. If they want to, they are encouraged to provide any relevant details, but if not, they place the baby in a designated ''box'' which rings a bell and someone comes and gets the baby within a few minutes. We who have happy, relatively affluent lives cannot know the trauma and worries and life experiences of someone in this kind of a position and it has led to a HUGE reduction in babies left in toilets, on rubbish dumps and other unthinkable places in areas where these exist. This man is an angel, and a pragmatic one at that!
Wow, how incredible are some people!