A social worker Father John Glynn says the issue of abandoned babies and children is a serious social problem that is bound to get worse.
He founded a Non Government organisation - We Care! Foundation - seven years ago to support projects in several settlements around Port Moresby, to help single mothers and children at risk. Father John is urging the government to take action as the wantok system is breaking down in urban areas and can no longer be relied upon for support. "As a result of poverty, you get a household in which there may be 10/11 people or more. "One or two of them may be earning a little money, and the children sometimes go hungry for several days and unlike in the village, children often drift away. "They drift away from their own families. "They begin begging on the streets, scavenging around for whatever they can find. "They go fishing in the little creeks around the city. "They drift away and get lost. "Tradition may work in traditional society in the villages, where people still hang onto their traditional ways, but a lot of thes breaks down in the city," Glynn said. Radio Australia Comments are closed.
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