While the number of orphans has increased by more than 30 percent in the past decade, the number of adoptions in South Africa is decreasing annually.

This means an increase in orphaned and vulnerable children without permanent and loving homes. Some reasons include the complexity of the adoption process, which is putting prospective parents off, the high cost involved in applying through a private adoption agency, and resistance from black communities where “stranger” adoption is not the cultural norm.
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