'Dollar-A-Day'

Francine Orr

Los Angeles Times

Kafela Kedire (CQ), age 2, suckles his father's nipple at the Morocho Therapeutic Feeding Center, outside of Awassa, Ethiopia. The father's name is Kedire Haji. Kedire said he allows his son to suckle bringing him comfort, but no milk. Kafela is malnourished, like other children here he is highly susceptible to skin infection, pneumonia, and malaria. Kedire's wife-the mother of the child died two months earlier

Francine Orr, "'Dollar-A-Day'," in POYi Archive, Item #35647, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/35647 (accessed November 21, 2024).