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“Small things, great love”: The Durban safe house where babies wait for a home

“Small things, great love”: The Durban safe house where babies wait for a homeFounder of Baby Home Durban North, Joanne Teunissen (right) and her daughter Tatum Teunissen (left), have their hands full with children needing a place to call home.
(Photo: Halden Krog/Spotlight)
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25th May 2026 | Biénne Huisman

Spotlight meets the team assisting despairing mums in Durban, while raising babies and toddlers in a happy temporary home, complete with excursions to Spur.

Behind every abandoned baby is a mother in crisis – overwhelmed and desperate, a situation often exacerbated by poverty.

South Africa recorded 595 cases of child abandonment in 2024,…

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