As a result of a large gap in the sufficient investigation and inter-departmental management of these cases, Babies Matter’s mission has been to provide guidance of successful case management, and inter-departmental collaboration – which, too often does not occur.
Babies Matter’s highly skilled team has provided training to the various departmental role players, guided medical staff, police, and social workers, in their investigation and collection of evidence, and is often called to provide expert evidence in court.
The team works on the ground, with the communities and children who are most affected by the downfalls of society, and saving our children, by supporting the departments that are mandated with their medical and legal care.
Partnerships include collaborative advocacy and case management with Woman and Men Against Child Abuse and The Johannesburg Child Advocacy Forum. Relationships also extend to collaboration with Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital, Baragwanath Hospital, Charlotte Maxeke, and The Teddy Bear Clinic, who provide much of the medical treatment that the children require.
