Baby Cradles

Baby cradles are installed at nearly all Edhi Welfare Centers where unwanted infants can be left. These abandoned babies are then taken into cutody and given shelter in Edhi Homes. Although initially Edhi was subject to a lot of pressure from several quarters on initiating this service, gradually the idea caught on. Now people even come forward to hand over the babies themselves to officials at the Edhi Centers. Such infants are thereafter given in the care of suitable deserving families not having children of their own, for adoption.

Mrs. Bilquis Edhi, the head of this service through a centralized system checks the credentials of the adopting parents and conducts a regular follow up. Babies left over in garbage dumps outside Karachi are air-lifted to the central nursery located in Karachi, where medical and nursing care is provided before adoption. All documentation of this service is kept confidential in order to save the child from facing social problems afterwards.