"It is difficult to care about something that feels distanced from oneself. However, the failure to take care of our children shows a detachment from reality and ultimately projects a societal comfort and coexistence with violence and abuse," GBTSA said.
"As small as it seems, it is within this demographic that the greatest inhumanity is evident," GBTSA said.The 2016 Optimus Foundation study conducted among 15 -17-year-olds revealed that 40% of these young people had experienced neglect and abuse of various types at some point in their lives. Our present society is characterised by distrust and the rise in mental health issues such as anxiety and depression among youth is partly due to the violence that plagues children as they grow and try to play in the background," GBTSA said.
"Some of our children started their lives out in a plastic bag left in a public space with the parent never returning or were saved from the abusive clutches of elders entrusted with their care. In an effort to help them, the child-care system often shuffles them three to four times before they find a ‘forever’ home.