Safe care and adoption for Indian Babies

Thank you for all you have done to support babies that are awaiting adoption in our center in rural India. However, you are also ensuring their safe passage into this world as evidenced by this story.

It was an ordinary afternoon. Traffic moved as usual, people were busy with their routines, and life seemed to flow uninterrupted. But one phone call to the Mukti Vahini Helpline shattered that normalcy and changed the course of several lives.

The call came from a police station. The words were urgent and unsettling: A 25-year-old man had arrived with a 17-year-old minor girl. She was pregnant, her condition was critical, and immediate support was required.

Without wasting a second, our team rushed to the spot. The ambulance siren cut through the city streets—carrying fear, urgency, and the pain of a child fighting for her life. At the district government hospital, the girl lay trembling in severe pain. Her blood pressure was dangerously high, her breathing unstable, and her body exhausted. Through the pain, one word escaped her lips again and again: “Mother…”

But her mother wasn’t there. Her father wasn’t there. There was no comfort of home, no familiar face, no sense of safety.

A team member sat beside her and gently held her hand. It was cold, soaked with sweat, yet desperate for reassurance. “Don’t be afraid,” she whispered softly. “I’m here. I’m with you.” There was no medicine in those words, but there was humanity—and that was enough to spark a faint hope in the girl’s eyes.

The doctors were tense. The nurses anxious. The situation was fragile. “A caesarean might be required,” the doctors said, “but we will try for a normal delivery if she can manage.” What followed was not just a medical effort, but a test of courage—of a child enduring unimaginable pain and of a woman standing firmly beside her.

During labour, the girl cried out in agony. At times she lost consciousness, at times she called out for her mother. Through every contraction, the team member kept repeating one sentence into her ear: “You are strong. You can do this. I am here with you.”

Clinging to those words, the girl survived the ordeal. Finally, the cry of a newborn filled the room. Against all odds, a normal delivery was successful. Two lives were saved.

Your support of our adoption center ensures babies are born safely and their young mothers receive the support, medical treatment and encouragement they need. Please never underestimate the difference your contribution is making.

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