A day-old baby girl was abandoned by her unknown mother at the pastor’s door with a note directing anyone who finds her to care for her as their own child.
According to reports, the helpless infant was discovered on July 16, 2023, at the front door of the resident pastor of the New Covenant Apostolic church in Ahodwo, a neighborhood of Kpong in the Lower Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region.
According to the note left with the infant, she was born the day before, on Saturday, July 15.
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The mother, who has not yet been identified, apologized for her actions in the note but added that she had no choice because it was the only way to give the defenseless infant a chance to survive.
She continued by saying that she would have passed away by the time someone found the abandoned child. Unknown is what she might have done to herself after abandoning the infant.
“By the time you will finish reading this letter, I will be dead and gone, please take care of this baby as your own child.
“Please, I regret doing this but that is the only way this baby can have a chance to live. Please she was born just yesterday night. Please take care of her. I’m sorry please forgive me. God bless you,” the disheartening note read.
The community as a whole is in a state of sadness as a result of the baby’s discovery and the note that was found with her.
An investigation into the incident has been opened by the Kpong police.
