A woman has volunteered to breastfeed 20 newborn babies who lost their mothers during a deadly shooting at a maternity ward in Kabul, Afghanistan.
According to the New York Post, Feroza Younis Omar decided it was her duty to nurture the newborns who survived Tuesday’s attack on the Doctors Without Border Maternity ward. The babies were transferred to Ataturk Hospital and Omar said she rushed to the new location hours after the deadly shooting.
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“All of us have been damaged by criminals who are destroying humanity in Afghanistan. I am one of those,”
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The honorable act has inspired other women to step in and help breastfeed the newborns affected by the attack. Carnagie Endowment senior fellow Karim Sadjadpour called Omar a hero for sacrificing her time to help the babies:
“Twenty newborn babies lost their caretakers after the barbaric attack on a maternity hospital in Kabul. Feroza, the mother of a 14-month-old child, rushed to the hospital to feed them, and inspired women to do the same.”