OrphanCARE Baby Hatch

HRH Sultanah Pahang Sultanah Kalsom launched Malaysia’s first baby hatch and OrphanCARE’s operations centre on 29th May 2010. Dato’ Seri Shahrizat Jalil, Minister of Women, Family & Community Development and Dato’ Adnan Mohd Tahir, President of OrphanCARE were also present to officiate the launch.

It is heart-wrenching to read about and see pictures of abandoned babies, many of whom are left to die in places such as toilets and rubbish bins. In Malaysia, the incidence of abandoned babies is reported to be about 100 cases per year. However the actual number of babies that are abandoned is not really known and is estimated to be higher than that. Reported cases may be just the tip of the iceberg; with a large proportion of “hidden” cases whereby the babies are given up for adoption and managed in a private and illegal manner by those who offer refuge.

With the establishment of the Baby Hatch at OrphanCARE’s premises, it is hoped that there will be a reduction in the number of babies abandoned in unsafe places. Our aim is to discourage women, especially young unwed mothers who have nowhere to turn to for help, from abandoning their babies by providing the assurance that their babies would be placed with caring parents.

How the Baby Hatch works

An online demonstration of the state-of-art baby hatch can be viewed from the following blog link: Baby Hatch demonstration

Goverment Support

OrphanCARE has the support of the Ministry of Women, Family & Community Development and is in fact working closely with the Ministry. The Ministry is establishing a task force to review and update the Adoption Acts, Registration Act etc and has invited OrphanCARE to be part of the task force. OrphanCARE also intends to work with other Government departments, NGOs, the media and members of the public to help reduce the number of orphans living in orphanages and abandoned babies in Malaysia.

Tackling baby-dumping in Malaysia

Who We Are?
Our group name is "Baby Rangers". 

We are a non-profit organization that aim to raise awareness and  help to overcome the issue of dumping babies.

We are student from Tunku Abdul Rahman College(TARC) and are currently taking Advanced Diploma In Multimedia Design.

Our organization is formed under the subject Entrepreneurship.We have 6 group members, group leader Liaw Zhong Fei, leading 5 of us, Ho Tai Liang, Lim Mun Yi, Liew Xue Yi, Lim Li Juan, and Leow Jee Hong.

Babies Dumping

This is our brain storming chart while discussing with group member under title babies dumping. There are almost 1 hour for discussion the problem and solution.

  Babies deserve to live!

Baby dumping is the practice of dumping offspring outside of legal adoption.The dumped baby is called a foundling or throwaway. According to a reliable statistics, one baby is dumped every week. A figure that has trebled in the past decades. Causes include many social and cultural factors as well as mental illness. One factor that leads to baby dumping is teenage pregnancy. 

Teenage pregnancy is defined as a teenage or underage girl becoming pregnant.This pregnancy of teenagers are a mere result of the gratification of sexual urges. That pregnancy might not happen only if studies were prioritized rather than having relationships with the opposite sex. No premarital sex, no early pregnancy. Worst thing about this is that it is the child that will suffer. If not aborted, they are dumped by their biological parents. 

Another factor is the family break-up. Family break-ups happen after a long period of misunderstandings, fighting and unhappiness. Sometimes they happen suddenly and it is hard to understand why there needs to be change at all. Children are mostly affected by this kind of situation. If both their mother and father decided to a divorce and one cannot raise their child alone, tendency is that they will dump their child. This child will become homeless and found himself alone.

 Poverty is also another factor that causes child dumping. Persons in cultures with poor social welfare systems who are not financially capable of taking care of a child are more likely to dump him/her. Political conditions, such as difficulty in adoption proceedings, may also contribute to child dumping, as can the lack of institutions, such as orphanages, to take in children whom their parents cannot support. Societies with strong social structures and liberal adoption laws tend to have lower rates of child dumping.

Say no to babies dumpling, babies deserve to live!