Door of Hope Children's Mission in Johannesburg, South Africa

Door of Hope, which opened a 'Baby Bin' in 1999, runs three care houses with facilities for caring for 66 abandoned babies at any one time.

On average 9 babies a month come to Door of Hope; the baby bin is not the only way babies arrive at Door of Hope sometimes it’s via the police or hospitals. Some babies that are placed in the bin are only hours old.

But these figures are only the tip of the iceberg and the number of children saved is still dwarfed by those who die of neglect and abandonment: thrown in rubbish bins, left in an open field or flushed down a toilet.