SPRING Staff in the Kyrgyz Republic, together with local leaders in the town of Kara Kul, Jalal-abad Oblast, held an event with 150 people to raise awareness of the importance and health benefits of breastfeeding.
Kyrgyz Community Comes Together to Celebrate World Breastfeeding Week
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 Mothers and infants participating in the Kara Kul town World Breastfeeding Week event. |  Mothers and infants participating in the Kara Kul town World Breastfeeding Week event. |
 A mother and her infant at the Kara Kul town awareness event. |  A mother in Kara Kul takes part in a contest for songs about mothers and children. |
 A mother in Kara Kul takes part in a contest for songs about mothers and children. |  A boy performs a song about his mother. |
 A mother and her child taking part in the drawing contest. |  Participants in the World Breastfeeding Week event take part in a drawing contest about healthy families. |
 A mother in Kara Kul with her daughter, who won a drawing contest as part of the celebration event. |  “Jash Kiyal” performs traditional dances as part of the World Breastfeeding Week celebration. |
 Local dance group “Jash Kiyal” performs traditional dances as part of a SPRING World Breastfeeding Week event. |  Local dance group “Jash Kiyal” performs traditional dances as part of SPRING’s World Breastfeeding Week event in Kara Kul. |
 Participants in the World Breastfeeding Week event take part in a quiz about optimal feeding practices. |  Kara Kul’s Chair of the Women’s Committee, Deputy Director of the town General Medical Practice Center, and imam sit on a panel to speak with attendees about breastfeeding practices. |
 Ms. Mederova Gulmira, Deputy Director of General Medical Practice Center of Kara Kul town, speaks about World Breastfeeding Week and about the medical center’s maternity department. |
