Uganda: Mothers rely on breast milk donors for the survival of sick newborns

A courier picks up a supply of frozen breast milk from the offices of ATTA.

The charity supplies safe, clean breast milk to women who cannot produce their own.

Caroline Ikendi was desperate for help before she discovered the service.

Early last year, Ikendi was in distress after undergoing an emergency Caesarean section to remove a stillborn baby and save two others.

Doctors said one of the preterm babies had a 2% chance of living.

If the babies didn’t get breast milk — which she didn’t have — Ikendi could lose them as well.

And so began a desperate search for…