Thread: The Baby Box

The Baby Box
14th May 2013



When an alarm goes off at Pastor Lee Jong Rak’s home in Seoul, South Korea, it means another baby has been abandoned for him to look after.

The children are left in his purpose built baby box by desperate mothers, who feel they are no longer able to look after the youngsters themselves.

On Tuesday’s Dateline, David Brill looks at the sad stories of women wanting to escape the stigma of having children out of wedlock, and the heartwarming work of Pastor Lee in caring for them.

Up to 18 babies are abandoned each month in the box attached to his house, to be looked after by Pastor Lee and his team of volunteers until more permanent arrangements can be made.

But it’s a challenging job… new laws on registering births are making it more difficult to find adoptive parents, and some are critical of Pastor Lee for making it too easy to abandon unwanted children.

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David explains to Darren Mara from SBS World News Australia Radio what drives Pastor Lee's work, and he talks more about the kind of care the children receive from him.

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Published on 4 Mar 2013
A documentary about Pastor Lee Jong-rak; a man who saves children that have been abandoned because of their disabilities.

"The Drop Box" is a Documentary Film about a courageous man named Pastor Lee Jong-rak, leader of Jusarang Community Church in Seoul, South Korea. He and his small staff have taken in nearly three dozen children over the past decade, all of whom were abandoned because of their disabilities.

In 2009, Pastor Lee installed the "drop box" on the side of his home where parents can leave their unwanted babies.

The following words can be read on the drop box: "This is a facility for the protection of life. If you can't take care of your disabled babies, don't throw them away or leave them on the street. Bring them here."

Currently, his flock numbers 21.

Yes, of course, there are facilities in place throughout Korea that also care for the abandoned and the homeless. However, Pastor Lee's 24-hour "drop box" protects those, who would otherwise fall through the cracks. Through his story, we hope to make the issue at large more accessible to people...

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/b...


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That's about as depressing as it gets.

This world will be completely fucked in less than 100 years if something isn't done about population growth right now. People having babies in an over crowded world, that they don't even fucking want. Shoot the parents, that would be one way of freeing up space and stop them from being so stupid again. Two birds.

Or you could try and educate them better. Either way.

Given I've posted this in SC I really should comment ,

however I'm having difficulty finding the words ...............

Best we try to make sure Woody Allen never gets to hear about this.