Growing community of breast milk donors in Uganda gives mothers hope

Caroline lkendi, right, feeds her twin son Creflo Curtis with baby formula as nanny Hadijja holds her other baby, Roylty Curtis, at lkendi's home in Kampala, Uganda, May 21, 2024. Donated breast milk is pasteurized before being prepared and frozen for mothers who may need it, seen in a freezer in Kampala, Uganda, May 16, 2024.

Early last year, Caroline Ikendi was in distress after undergoing an emergency Caesarean section to remove one stillborn baby and save two others. Doctors said one of the preterm babies had a 2% chance of living.