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Local woman Sohadra Mind smiles while hefting her healthy baby boy Deepali Kumari whom she is breast feeding without trouble at the Anganwadi centre in Purio Sarna Toli village. Located outside Ranchi in Jharkhand, India, the centre has been rolling out the breast feeding program as part of the IKEA Social Initiative, in conjunction with UNICEF and the Government, to combat poor child health from superstitions such as eating down during pregnancy and 'hell fasting' following delivery where the mother doesn't eat for days as an act of purification. Illnesses such as diarrhea can result when babies are not fed breast milk but substitutes such as goats milk and honey. The program is proving to be very successful with education and support provided by local health activists, volunteers and program officers.
Picture - Graham Crouch/UNICEF
Local woman Sohadra Mind smiles while hefting her healthy baby boy Deepali Kumari whom she is breast feeding without trouble at the Anganwadi centre in Purio Sarna Toli village. Located outside Ranchi in Jharkhand, India, the centre has been rolling out the breast feeding program as part of the IKEA Social Initiative, in conjunction with UNICEF and the Government, to combat poor child health from superstitions such as eating down during pregnancy and 'hell fasting' following delivery where the mother doesn't eat for days as an act of purification. Illnesses such as diarrhea can result when babies are not fed breast milk but substitutes such as goats milk and honey. The program is proving to be very successful with education and support provided by local health activists, volunteers and program officers.
Picture - Graham Crouch/UNICEF