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Abandoned but not alone: Babies with disabilites find hope at KNH

Baby Cassandra, condition-Spina bifida. [Rosa Agutu, Standard]

At the far end of Ward 3B at Kenyatta National Hospital lies a special room. You are welcomed by curious baby eyes. As innocent as they look, their first interaction with the world was rejection.

They are lying there not knowing the mothers who brought them into this world, do not want anything to do with them, their biggest mistake was being different.

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