Breast-feeding: a Woman’s Happiness, a and Society’s Maturity Test

Breast-feeding: a Woman’s Happiness, a and Society’s Maturity Test

God and the Sun

God and the Sun

The Price of Safer Sex Goes Up

The Price of Safer Sex Goes Up

The Duties of Real Men

The Duties of Real Men

Joined Hands Can’t Be Wrenched Apart

Joined Hands Can’t Be Wrenched Apart

I did not want my son to be an orphan

I did not want my son to be an orphan

A Perfect Future

A Perfect Future

I will not give him up… I will not be able to live knowing my child is somewhere along…

I will not give him up… I will not be able to live knowing my child is somewhere along…

HIV positive mothers in Kherson oblast in Ukraine know their children can be born virus-free

HIV positive mothers in Kherson oblast in Ukraine know their children can be born virus-free

Children’s authority in the world of adults

Children’s authority in the world of adults

“It’s Just a Bug”. The Story of One Unvaccinated Boy’s Struggle with Meningitis

“It’s Just a Bug”. The Story of One Unvaccinated Boy’s Struggle with Meningitis

Alina

Alina

 

Real lives

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Myshko is dear and equal to other two children in the family.

God and the Sun

Liudmyla is talking about her two-year-old grandson, and her severe, exhausted expression lights up with tenderness. The lean Kyiv woman looks edgy. Her voice is full of concern and anxiety. Life seems to be jeering at her, presenting her with constant new challenges.

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Darya Plotnytska encourages future mothers to be positive about breast-feeding – and everything will be just fine

Breast-feeding: a Woman’s Happiness, a and Society’s Maturity Test

 “A breast-feeding woman, for me, has always been a model of womanhood and beauty since I was a child. And when I gave birth to my little daughter, I was confident that I would breast-feed!” - Darya Plotnytska, a young mother from Kyiv.

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