Russia introduces anonymous boxes in the street to dump babies in
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Anonymous baby drop boxes have been introduced for the first time in Russia. The Krasnodar Territory in south Russia bought five of the so-called baby drop boxes in the beginning of November so mothers could drop off unwanted children anonymously.The first three were installed in Sochi, Novorossiysk and Armavir, and by the end of the month one child had already been left.
[IMG]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/01/28/article-0-117FB302000005DC-131_468x399.jpg[/IMG]Unwanted: A nurse at the Sochi perinatal centre demonstrates their baby drop box
The move was aimed at providing sanitary conditions for unwanted children, instead of 'having them left in garbage containers', health officials told Ria Novosti.Elena Redko, the head of the Krasnodar Health Department, told the news service the first child to be left, a baby girl, was healthy and would be passed to childcare officials.'The girl will be put into a children’s home but I think she will be adopted soon because we have fewer children in the region than families who want to have them,' she said.The move mirrors steps taken in South Africa, where anonymous 'baby safes' were introduced by a children's charity in Spring last year.
[IMG]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/01/28/article-0-117FB316000005DC-138_468x318.jpg[/IMG]Sanitary: The drop boxes have been introduced to stop mothers leaving unwanted children in bins
[IMG]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/01/28/article-0-117FB31A000005DC-156_468x320.jpg[/IMG]From the outside the Sochi baby box is advertised with a massive banner
Installed at a community centre in Cape Town, the Out of Africa Children's Fund's boxes allow mothers to leave their baby in a locked place without identifying themselves.Fund chief executive Kim Highfield said at the time she hoped the system would allow struggling mothers to give their children up for adoption safely.'Sometimes they leave their babies in dangerous areas where they have been attacked by dogs or come to other harm,' she said.'Our scheme is about providing an alternative, so that new mothers at least have somewhere safe to leave their child.'The Russian project was slated to involve the Siberian cities of Perm, Tomsk, Omsk, Novosibirsk and the European Russian town of Kirov.
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Daily Mail is a terrible source so take it with a pinch of salt
I for one think this is the better option, I mean atleast its sanitary and the child doesnt die. Still pretty strange / thought provoking
Finally. We won't have all these babies littering the streets.
Thought provoking but very nice, Giving the option and allowing unwanted babies to live by allowing mothers to drop them anonymously off is excellent in ensuring the unwanted baby lives.
Oh yeah they are so going to trust that, The russian govornment has always been so clear headed and sane in the past after all.
In before "these are really incencerators"
I think this is a brilliant idea, as it should drastically lower the number of babies left to die.
Why did nobody think of this before?
Well, it's an improvement on canals.
Judging from the title I thought this was just a cardboard box for dead foetuses, but upon seeing I actually think this is a good thing.
They have the same thing in China or Thailand or Philippines (I forget)
It looks like a sodding oven. Nice idea though.
when you close the door the other side opens up into an animal shelter full of hungry stray dogs.
I hope they give the babies vodka, we don't want them going thirsty.
I thought it would be an incinerator or something, this is even better.
Yeah it looks like a fucking oven
Is this a joke?
Why is there a "danger high voltage" sign on them?
[QUOTE=asteroidrules;34468370]Why is there a "danger high voltage" sign on them?[/QUOTE]
I'd presume that its because they may be heated inside.
[QUOTE=RayvenQ;34468233]In before "these are really incencerators"[/QUOTE]
Well, some people around here thought comunists ate barbequed children for lunch, going so far as to ask them if they really did that.
Not saying those are commies, but, you know...
The homeless probably would hide inside them waiting for free meals.
Once the lid is closed, the baby is sent down through an intricate design of tubes, which all boxes are connected together by.
This leads to a large underground base where the babies are trained from childhood to be super-soldiers deep underground.
This should be used in China.
I thought this was The Onion at first. I wanted to rate it funny but it's just so sad.
Stem cells for Russia!
it looks like an oven
As silly as this may seem, it's still a much better alternative.
Even though there are other places one could drop off an unwanted child at, most prefer to be anonymous about it to avoid ridicule.
[QUOTE=ijyt;34468461]I thought this was The Onion at first. I wanted to rate it funny but it's just so sad.[/QUOTE]
I trust the onion over the mail. Atleast people don't believe the onion, its 32 pages of scary bullshit.
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Put baby in, turn dial to 350 degrees, cook until golden brown, serve.
I don't see how you guys can think this is a good idea. They should try solving their social problems in their living environments instead of making baby bins so that people keep doing it. Its like making suicide booths instead of solving the problem of increased suicides.
[QUOTE=choco cookie;34468582]I don't see how you guys can think this is a good idea. They should try solving their social problems in their living environments instead of making baby bins so that people keep doing it. Its like making suicide booths instead of solving the problem of increased suicides.[/QUOTE]
The US does it too, genius. Look for grocery stores that have signs in the parking lot about it.
It isn't intended as a solution, it is simply a stopgap measure.
[QUOTE=choco cookie;34468582]I don't see how you guys can think this is a good idea. They should try solving their social problems in their living environments instead of making baby bins so that people keep doing it. Its like making suicide booths instead of solving the problem of increased suicides.[/QUOTE]
Because putting a baby in a monitored box is a lot better than throwing a baby in a alley full of wild dogs.
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