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Baby Dumping in Namibia

Introduction

Baby dumping means rejecting and throwing a baby away after birth and exposing it to danger and death. Almost every month there are reports of baby dumping in the media. The Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare and the Ministry of Youth, National Service, Sport and Culture with the support of UNICEF and the Legal Assistance Centre asked the public Why baby dumping is such a problem in Namibia and How the government can address it. The survey asked three multiple choice questions. The questions were published in The Namibian and Die Republikein newspaper and interested persons were asked to respond by text messages to one of the questions. The majority of people who responded were women between the ages of 19-30. Previous research has shown that, on average, women give birth to their first child when they are 21 years old. We also know that most women in Namibia have 1 to 2 children. This may mean that the majority of people who responded to the questions could be experiencing the problem of being pregnant and not wanting the baby. Baby Dumping

Causes and Effects of Baby Dumping

The causes of baby dumping may include some of the following factors:

• unwanted pregnancies
• teenage pregnancies
• poverty
• HIV/AIDS infections
• Family rejections
• Father denies the child or denies parental care.

Effects of Baby dumping:Effects

1. The Infant
2. Society

EFFECT ON INFANTS

• Infant mortality rate is higher due to medical care is not perfect
• according to statistics infant mortality by unresponsible person in 2 years ago, had increased 135 case from 2008 to 2009.
• cause contempt, regarded by society as adults
• problem if you want to marry because there is no guardian
• difficult for schools because there is no birth registrat

EFFECTS ON SOCIETY

• Cause the abortion will be mimicked by others. most cases of baby dumping in the county are using the same way that removes a newborn baby into the trash. This shows there is replication of their cruel way to remove the baby into the the trash.
• the case has become wide.
• negative views from society.

Recommendation

There are a number of ways in which you can get help for, instead of dumping a child.

• Adoption
• Foster care
• Relatives or somone who can take care of the child
• Institutinal care
• Abstenteeism from sex, condom use and contraceptives.

Conclusion

There are a number ways to overcome baby dumping

• Parents have to teach their children their religion from small and watch their daily activities.
• Goverment has to exterminate pornographic materials from the Internet and the electronic multimedia
• Excessive entertainment has to stop immediately.
• The couple who has dumped their babies has to repent themselves and promise to never do the same mistake again.
• The community, especially friends and neighbours has to support them and give them strength to continue their life instead of shunning them from society.