How breastfeeding strengthens and transforms families

Milk of love: How breastfeeding strengthens, transforms families (Photo: Getty Images)

From Kilifi’s busy maternity ward to a private hospital room in Kisumu, breastfeeding is more than a meal. It is a ritual of bonding, resilience, and love. As the world marked Breastfeeding Week, Kenyan parents shared their intimate journeys, while experts reminded us that every drop counts. 

It is mid-morning at Kilifi County Referral Hospital’s maternity wing, just after dawn. Outside, the Indian Ocean breeze drifts in through the open louvre windows, carrying the scent of salt and damp earth. Inside the maternity ward, new mothers sit on narrow beds, their babies swaddled in bright lesos.