Breast milk is more than just nutrition; it is a lifeline. 

Recognised as an optimal source of nourishment for infants, breastfeeding is described by global health experts as one of the most powerful interventions to save lives, strengthen families, and promote healthy development. 

With more families unable to afford decent funerals for their loved ones, the burden of sudden deaths is increasingly falling on households already struggling to make ends meet. 

The cost of mortuary fees and burial expenses has left many unable to lay their relatives to rest with dignity.

Men have been urged to uphold the culture of being providers of families, including shelter, instead of mainly relying on women for their needs.

Two families in Kongola have lost everything in a fire that started while they were at church.

Nora Samba, a 38-year-old woman from Tulikonge Village in the Mwanzi area, is the most affected after all three houses in her courtyard burned to ashes.