What People Don’t See Behind a Child Protection Centre
- elshammahbabies
- 13 hours ago
- 1 min read
When people visit El-Shammah Home, they see smiling babies.They see tiny beds, warm bottles, and soft blankets.
What they don’t see is the weight of responsibility behind those smiles.
They don’t see:
The emergency calls from social workers.
The court processes.
The medical assessments.
The trauma that a baby cannot verbalise.
The compliance files stacked in our offices.
Running a registered Child and Youth Care Centre is not simply about compassion. It is about structure, systems, governance, and accountability.
Every child placed in our care comes through a legal process. There are statutory requirements, documentation, background checks, and safeguarding protocols that must be followed meticulously. Compliance is not red tape — it is protection.
Behind every bottle feed is:
A caregiver on shift.
A salary to be paid.
Utilities to keep the lights on.
Security systems to keep the premises safe.
Nutritional planning and medical oversight.
Child protection work is emotionally heavy — but it is also operationally complex.
And yet, we choose to carry it.
Because when a baby feels safe for the first time, the work becomes sacred.
Nation-building begins in the nursery.
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