REST WELL, LITTLE ONE

IT’S just after 9.30am on a late spring day when a hearse pulls up outside the church in the northern suburbs of Cape Town.

Before entering the church, mourners wearing masks have their temperatures taken. They also sign a register before taking their seats and preparing to say their final goodbyes to Nadya Roos Stirk.

Large pictures of the laughing little girl are displayed in the foyer.

There’s a table with funeral pamphlets, bottled water, tissues and blue ribbons for mourners to wear in support of hydrocephalus – a condition that causes babies to be born with a build-up of fluid in the brain. Nadya