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Find a foundling
by Boniswa Ruddock
Talking about those who have been abandoned, found, become a foundling through no fault of their own. A platform for people to talk about their experiences. Stop the adoption stigma... "your not supposed to talk about what happened to them.""It's a secret"I will also talk about my own experience of being a foundling and adopted interacially to a white British family.- me being black South African of Xhosa origin.
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Hello my name is Boniswa I have decided to make a podcast about foundlings. The definition of a foundling in the Oxford Dictionary is "an infant that has been abandoned by its parents and is discovered and cared for by others.'The topic is important to me because I am a foundling. The description from the Oxford dictionary is literally my life, abandoned as a baby and found on a footpath by a security guard in the early hours, in Aparthied South Africa. I was then looked after by others, now in my 40's and approaching another birthday, I'm reflecting on how others have lived with being a foundling and how they felt about their birthday, because my life has been an emotional rollercoaster.I rarely celebrate my birthday. It's not the actual date I was born because nobody knows that date, which is fine but I don't feel like I have anything to celebrate. However, this year, someone said something quite profound. Which has stayed with me, and I need to be grateful And I need to celebrate a birthday because I survived.I'd like this podcast to be a positive discussion about being a foundilng and try and help that stigma of adoption.I'd really love it if people could send me a message and help me talk about this subject further. Perhaps even talking with me on a podcast, I'd like to hear from all walks of Life, from the professional to the LAY person.You can get in touch by emailing boniswa393@ gmail.com
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Talking about those who have been abandoned, found, become a foundling through no fault of their own. A platform for people to talk about their experiences. Stop the adoption stigma... "your not supposed to talk about what happened to them.""It's a secret"I will also talk about my own experience of being a foundling and adopted interacially to a white British family.- me being black South African of Xhosa origin.
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Boniswa Ruddock
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