A Nigerian grandmother kept her starving grandchild alive by breastfeeding while on the run from deadly insurgents. Aisha Modu's daughter died a few months ago when her baby was just 40 days old. Aisha, thought to be in her 50s, faced months of hell after her grandchild's father was abducted by insurgents, forcing her to flee on foot with the baby in her arms.
Aisha, who is now at a Save the Children clinic in north-east Nigeria, said: 'I was sleeping at the time but a neighbor woke me and told me to take what I could and run.
'The bullets were the size of my finger and they were firing them everywhere. 'I am old so I tried to run with a group of men but we were captured by the insurgents. They slaughtered one of the men in front of me.'
Aisha had no food or money, so did the only thing she could to keep the little girl alive, and breastfed her.
No milk was produced straight away as it is decades since Aisha had a child, and the baby's weight plummeted to about 4lbs (1.9kg).
Eventually Aisha managed to get to charity staff with her three-month-old and was referred to a clinic where she is being helped by Dr Isaac Bot. Staff helped her to cope and managed to help her breastfeed the infant.
Save the Children says there are many women in remote villages in Nigeria who breastfeed other women's babies because of the high numbers of mothers who die.
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Woman Kept Her Starving Grandchild Alive By Breastfeeding While Escaping Boko Haram. Photos
Description : A Nigerian grandmother kept her starving grandchild alive by breastfeeding while on the run from deadly insurgents. Aisha Modu's daughte...
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