Don't hide my son

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2019

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

The Tanzanian mothers forced to hide their children with Down syndrome due to social stigma and their defiant determination to change this.

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0:00.0	Being the mother of a child with Down Syndrome in Tanzania is not easy.
0:06.0	I was not comfortable to go to the street or public areas with my son.
0:11.0	Because some people they were looking me as if or my... with my son. This mother was
0:15.0	sinful person. This mother was in a sinful
0:19.0	because she has a son with Down syndrome.
0:21.0	It's something I never knew much about, until four years ago when I gave
0:26.4	breath to my son Chardron and was told he too had Downs. I'm Ella Kitali and for the BBC World Service I am in my country Tanzania asking
0:37.9	mothers what it's like to bring up a child with the condition.
0:41.2	Go go go go go, go, go, go, go, go, go,
0:44.0	go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go.
0:47.0	Go.
0:48.0	Go. Go. Go.
0:50.0	Go.
0:51.0	And I'm going to meet this lady, who has a child with Down Syndrome. She contacted me in
0:55.0	Instagram. I've never met her before. This will be the first time I meet her in
0:59.6	real life. Whoa mama young? Oh my God your home is beautiful. My God.
1:15.0	Your home is beautiful. There's so many beautiful flowers.
1:18.0	And is that Joe, I'm there?
1:22.0	This is Joe. Jopah, hi, Jopah, hi, I'm Joss, I'm not a one jov,
1:27.0	how are you, baba?
1:29.0	You're just like my son.
1:32.0	Hi, Joss, I'm just like Chadron. Just like children.
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