“The journey has been very difficult. It’s time consuming, it’s stressful. It hasn’t been easy”, says a mother who adopted a child with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. According to the National Library of Medicine, South Africa has the highest reported rates of Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder in the world. It’s 111 per 1,000 people. A baby can be born with this condition if its mother drinks alcohol while pregnant. It's accompanied by all sorts of medical complications. Some people with it can’t do some of the things we sometimes take for granted, like reading and writing. Alan Kasujja sits down with Doreen Smit, a mother who adopted a baby born with the condition. He also hears from an organisation that’s trying to help mothers raising children with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.