Is there any humanity left? Abandoned babies in Bahrain and the angels who are providing them homes

Earlier this week, a gentleman was passing by a garbage bin through one of the remote streets of Muharraq when he got alerted by a crying baby. A baby girl, it didn’t take much time for him to realize that it was an abandoned baby.

Dr. Akbar Mohsen AL Mohammed, deputy chairman of Batelco Home that has catered to nearly 400 abandoned children in Bahrain, says the act was nothing but a curse on entire humanity. “These children have the same right as any other child, it isn’t their fault they are in this situation,” he added. The Batelco Home receives abandoned children both Bahraini and expatriate alike. The abandoned children are provided with the necessary psychological help and social skills to integrate into society smoothly.

He says some of the children they have taken care of had come back and fostered children from the Batelco home

“This blatant disregard for human life is horrible, immoral and unacceptable. There are parents who are unable to conceive children and then there are these people who abandon their own flesh and blood,” says longtime resident and mother of two girls. “Unfortunately there aren’t contraceptive measures women can take therefore they are left with no choice but to have the child. Nonetheless, if they aren’t capable they should reach out to child welfare instead of abandoning the child,” she added.