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Statistical Analysis Of The Number Of Babies Admitted In The Motherless Baby Home (1995 – 2004)
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1.4 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF MOTHERLESS BABIES HOME IN ENUGU
Enugu is the Capital City of the East Central State and for one time
taken the seat of government of Eastern had an increased population due
to the discovery of coal, this led to high migration of young school
learners and other youths for better working opportunities and good
living conditions.
To this good effect, there was also an
increase in the number of natural obstacle and incidents which also
coupled with the burdens and problems that follow. The government of
this days found it difficult to tackle these increasing problems of
hazard especially incidence of child abuse, incidence of child
abandonment, death of young mother through labour and dither incidents
where there is a very serious need for the immediate solution or way of
eradicating them.
The childs motherless baby home which is
one of the organisation concerned with the relief of suffering caused by
natural disasters and for helping those that lost their parents
(Orphans) through natural death or other disaster opened a child welfare
center at Enugu to cater for the motherless and abandoned babies in
order to alleviate the sufferings of their fathers or other relations
who may be obliged to cater for the child.
The public or
individuals also help immensely towards the up - keep of the motherless
babies homes through charitable organization, churches etc moreover,
subsidy also come from the government through the ministry of social
welfare which also sends most of the inmates to the homes the Eurpses of
the inmates in case of death are taken by the relatives of the dead
baby on the ministry of social welfare as the case may be moreover death
is not too rampant due to care exhibited on the inmates, both by the
government, their relatives and also individuals.
ONE MAJOR PROBLEM OF THE MOTHERLESS BABIES HOME
One of the problem of the motherless babies home as follow is described below:
Finance:
Finance is one of the major problem facing the homes for instance, it
cost them a huge amount of money in running the homes i.e cost per child
maintenance like their food for good refreshing their clothing their
health incase of TU health.
1.5 THE SOCIETAL PROBLEMS OF THE MOTHERLESS BABIES
Neglection of babies is a societal problem base they are being treated
as slaves/servant due to the absence of their mother.
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