Selling your own children, heartbreaking courage.

What can we do? How can we help?

I saw news footage of this, babies in bundles and little ones, at a ?market place.

I wept.

I have no idea Laura but there must be something surely. If these desperate parents are having to sell a child to feed the rest of the family, whose buying them and why?

I'm glad I didn't see that ixion your post alone reduced me to tears.

I wept too Ixion.

The West (probably USA) will have to go back in.

Oh dear God NO - just NO - there must be something we can do

But what then Boz? How will that help these poor children and their families?

I hope these babies are going to good homes who will love and care for them …I hope they are not bought for nefarious purposes

LauraNorderr

What can we do? How can we help?

As long as the Taliban is in charge, international aid will be withheld although some help is trickling through from charities.
Even if there is food in the street markets many cannot afford to buy it.
Another problem is that some agriculture was changed from crops to opium poppy production still ongoing. Afghanistan produces most of the world's opium. Nothing has changed in years.

ixion it is heartrending.
One baby was shown who had been sold and promised to a man as soon as she can walk.

crazyH

I hope these babies are going to good homes who will love and care for them …I hope they are not bought for nefarious purposes

No, they are sold to men who say they will become wives for their son

The Taliban haven't the will or resources to help the Afghans. I am not warmongering but feel an occupation force would feed the people. Where is the food to come from but Food Aid as the Taliban will not talk to the West officially and are under sanctions.
A terrible mess. I am very upset, especially when you have to consider the fate of the little girls who will be sold as child brides.

The Taliban haven't the will or resources to help the Afghans

The culture of the Taliban means that girls are second class citizens, slaves, even if food was abundant girls would still be uneducated an sold as wives to old men.

It’s shocking but unsurprising. What an absolute shambles the US and allies have made here. I’m ashamed of our part in the way we walked away, leaving chaos in our wake.
Those children will be worth a lot to the crooks who buy them. There’s a world wide market for child trafficking.

I don’t know any way we can help these families because even if we donate more money it won’t go to these families
I m afraid you are not imagining realistically Crazyh no they won’t be going to be looked after at all, poor little souls and poor families
The only way I can think is to find out what charities if any are working with these poor families and donate directly to them

Oh, how dreadful I didn't see this. Bluebelle is right about donating, the money will not reach the families. What a heartbreaking situation this is.

I watched Sky News at midnight, initially with no sound, in order to cherrypick items I was interested in.
I saw the row of women as the camera panned along -
All silently showing neat (I have to say) nephrectomy scars.
I didn't sleep much after that.

So so upsetting!

Selling the children to who ??

It reduces me to tears. If i see the news while im eating or drinking, i feel absolutely riddled with guilt. Its beyond any words i know, i mean if everyone gives a donation, then i ant help but think who will get the money?

Unfortunately the only viable alternative is to keep an occupying force permanently in Afghanistan. Doing this would mean that we would have to go back to losing troops to IED’s and all sorts.

The Taliban are only interested in their Poppy Farms and pillaging the Country.

The few charities who are operating in Afghanistan do so at great risk to themselves and the Afghani locals.

The girls can legally be married at 8 or 9 I think. It is very heart breaking. There is an underground church there who is helping people with aid, I've donated to them before but it felt inadequate. I might be able to get the name of it if anyone wants it.
I think if people can feed their kids, they won't need to sell them- and really if they do sell them to feed the ones that are left, how long can they continue like that and what must it be like for those siblings that are left? There are no words.

There is an underground church there who is helping people with aid, I've donated to them before but it felt inadequate. I might be able to get the name of it if anyone wants it

Yes please

OnwardandUpward

The girls can legally be married at 8 or 9 I think. It is very heart breaking. There is an underground church there who is helping people with aid, I've donated to them before but it felt inadequate. I might be able to get the name of it if anyone wants it.
I think if people can feed their kids, they won't need to sell them- and really if they do sell them to feed the ones that are left, how long can they continue like that and what must it be like for those siblings that are left? There are no words.

Yes please x

Onward and Upward. I’d like the details please.
It’s a shame you can’t give details here but I imagine that could put the organisers at risk. I will quietly spread the word among trusted friends who I know will want to help.

Me too, please.
Total discretion!
Thank you.