Nine months after the 2010 soccer fans have left, thousands of innocent babies are expected to be born in South Africa as an after effect of the 'success of the tournament'.

In response to an article written by Vivian Attwood in the Sunday Tribune in September 2009 in which she reported on the possible after effects of the 2010, the question of the likely increased number of abandoned new born babies was put to the founder of Shepherd’s Keep Colin Pratley, whose concerns were raised. Shepherd’s Keep is a home for abandoned babies, mostly new borns who have been ‘discarded’ down latrines, pits and increasingly left in black bags on highways.


A comment was also made that relative to the total population of KwaZulu Natal, that even a thousand unwanted babies was not significant.

everyONEcounts is appealing to artists all over the world to join ONE thousand other artists and pledge a 30 x 30cm work in any medium. Each of these will be sold for ONE thousand rand and the ONE million rand raised will be used for the care an protection of these abandoned lives.

For more information visit www.everyonecounts.co.za