Single mother denies selling child who has been taken into care
Impoverished mother says she willingly gave toddler to childless couple because it was best for the child.
10 Jul 2019, 9:00 AM
A single mother, accused of selling her 22-month-old daughter to a “wealthy” couple, said she willing gave her child away and was not paid to do so.
The toddler was taken into care on Monday – a day after being handed to her new parents.
Fazla (not her real name), an impoverished 29-year-old single mother who lives on a southern island, told the Maldives Independent that she gave her child to a couple from another island because she thought it was best for the girl.
“I live in poverty… I don’t have the means to raise a child properly. I don’t even have a proper house – we live in a jifuti [small hut], eating one meal and skipping the next,” Fazla said by phone.
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