Saving children - one baby at a time

In a small town in Northern India, they have come up with a unique way to address the issue of abandoned infants.

Rather than dumping unwanted babies in strange places, parents can merely place them in one of the "baby baskets" placed by an NGO in different parts of town.

The real process begins after the basket door is shut. Automatic phone calls are made to different volunteers' home. One of them picks up the baby and takes it to the hospital for a physical examination. Once that is done, the baby is handed over to an agency.

Task done, everyone can breathe in relief!

In the last six months, they have save four babies. Even greater sense of pride is that in this era of female infanticide, only the fourth one was a female.

I just hope this project continues, rather than get vandalized by unsocial elements. After all, the baby baskets are unattended facilities, with technology in them.