{"id":104197,"date":"2015-11-11T08:05:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T06:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/104197\/a-little-love-goes-a-long-way\/"},"modified":"2015-11-12T09:29:01","modified_gmt":"2015-11-12T07:29:01","slug":"a-little-love-goes-a-long-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/11\/11\/a-little-love-goes-a-long-way\/","title":{"rendered":"A little love goes a long way"},"content":{"rendered":"

Their little arms reached out and as soon as you picked them up they stopped crying and basked in the attention and love.<\/p>\n

These were the babies at the El-Shammah Home for Abandoned Babies and Place of Safety in Primrose when the GCN team visited the home, on Wednesday, as part of the City News Caring for the Community project.<\/p>

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The home is currently caring for 19 babies, between the ages of one-week-old and two years old.<\/p>\n

They all thrive on attention and the GCN team loved giving them the love they deserve.<\/p>

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We spent a very happy afternoon cuddling, playing and chatting to the little ones.<\/p>\n

Each of us also ended up with one, two or even three \u201cspecial\u201d babies who seemed to ask for that little bit more from their chosen team member.<\/p>\n