As the sun barely rose over the war-torn landscape, the SOS Children’s Village of Rafah welcomed an unexpected visitor: a tiny baby boy, just one day old. Cradled gently in the arms of a rescue worker, he had a tuft of dark hair and a wrinkled face.
“His mother was injured and died during childbirth,” said the rescue worker with a heavy heart. This baby, so new to the world, already carried the weight of loss and chaos. But here, at the village, he would be safe.
In the quiet moments of the shelter, his carer, Basma, would hold him close, her soft singing becoming comforting to him. “He calms down when he hears my voice,” she says with a gentle smile, feeling a deep connection with the baby boy who had already been through so much. Through her care and each lullaby, he began to find peace, his tiny heart slowly healing.
Now, Karam is four months old, and the team is working tirelessly to trace his family, in the hope of reuniting them. Though the situation on the ground remains challenging, SOS Children’s Villages is coordinating with the Ministry of Social Development and other parties to help bring children like Karam back to their families.
