Afghanistan Mama dey struggle to feed im pikin, wahala too much

My people, e be like sey wahala don land for Afghanistan, as plenty pikin dey face serious hunger matter! Dem talk say over four million children for that side dey at risk of malnutrition this year. How e take happen? Make I break am down for una.

One mama wey dem call Najiba, she dey constantly watch her baby, Artiya wey don suffer pneumonia for small age. As the small pikin dey grow, im condition dey wahala, and dem mama don waka from one hospital to another, wey she dey find help. Najiba talk sey she no fit rest well or chop correct food, wey dey affect her breast milk supply. Abeg, how person go fit feed im pikin, when e no go fit feed herself?

Najiba wey no want make we know her family name for privacy matter, sey na im husband dey run electric supply shop, but money dey tight. Dem don spend their little savings on top medical bills for Artiya before dem discover sey him get congenital heart defect. Imagine, na wetin dis mama dey go through? She dey pray make her pikin recover, but e no dey easy.

John Aylieff wey sabi plenty about wetin dey happen for WFP, they tell us sey plenty women dey sacrifice their own health just to make sure sey their children dey chop better food. Artiya don fit gain small weight after mama take am go one nutrition center for Herat hospital. There, dem dey try give mothers like Najiba psychological support too, because dem dey face serious trauma.

Meanwhile, Artiya papa dey knock door to door dey borrow money wey fit help cover the heart operation wey dey necessary for another ward. Dem dey admit around 315 to 320 malnourished children every month for that center. Na wah! The number don dey increase year by year, and e really dey show sey wetin dey happen for the country na serious matter.

Since Taliban take over power again for 2021, families wey no get money don suffer well-well because international aid don kpafuka, plus drought and bad economy wey affect five million Afghans wey don run from Iran and Pakistan. In 2025, Aylieff talk say dem see the highest surge in child malnutrition since the 21st century start, and e bad pass as e dey for now. If dem no treat these children, them go die.

WFP dey find $390 million to feed six million people for Afghanistan in the next six months, but dem talk sey the chances to get that money na very slim. Dem dey watch as many women dey see their children dey fall for hunger. For a country wey get more than 40 million people, sometimes family go trek long distance just to reach Herat hospital because dem no get healthcare for their local area.

Nurse Wranga Niamaty, she talk say dem dey receive many patients wey don dey in last stage of malnutrition. Still, she dey feel proud say she fit help those wey she rescue. Dey even dey teach women about breastfeeding, because na wetin fit help reduce malnutrition. You fit imagine sey single mothers wey dey work as cleaners or dey farm, e no easy for dem to produce enough milk, sometimes na dehydration dey cause am.

One strong mama wey dey call Jamila, she be 25 years old and her eight-month-old pikin dey suffer from malnutrition and Down’s syndrome. Her husband dey send money from Iran, but e still dey fear sey if dem expel am, hunger go catch dem. Na real wahala! E no get how we go fit close eyes for this matter when so many families dey suffer.