The Rauch Elohim Foundation has employed a social worker to support the Baby Saver Box initiative, following a donation from Rossing Uranium. The Rossing Foundation gave N$350,000 to enhance the impact of the initiative on baby dumping. As a way to curb rampant baby dumping in Namibia, the Baby Saver Box is a place where...
Staff Reporter THE Rössing Foundation today announced its donation of N$350 000 to the Ruach Elohim Foundation, aimed at bolstering continued efforts in caring for abandoned, neglected, and abused babies in Namibia. The Ruach Elohim Foundation is a registered Child Protection Organization focusing on the awareness and prevention of baby dumping. Of the total donation,...
The latest baby delivered to the Ruach Elohim Foundation’s baby box at Swakopmund on Saturday requires medical attention. Baby Joy, who is the shelter’s 22th baby, has hydrocephalus, a neurological disorder caused by an abnormal build-up of cerebrospinal fluid in the cavities deep within the brain. The excess fluid causes the cavities to widen, putting...
The Rauch Elohim Foundation has so far saved 60 babies who could have been otherwise abandoned. Police statistics show that 140 babies have been abandoned since 2018, and some landed in the Baby Box at Swakopmund. Ronel Peters and her husband founded the Rauch Elohim Foundation five years ago. Their goal was to prevent baby...