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![A elderly woman, mother, and children are all gathered sharing a meal on a blanket on the ground.](/sites/default/files/styles/576_x1/public/2023-11/KR%20Exposure%20story.jpeg?itok=jFibdT53)
Photo credit: Maxime Fossat for USAID/Kyrgyz Republic
Zhannat grew up in a big family in a rural, tree-filled region of Southern Kyrgyzstan, and now has five children of her own. Her youngest daughter, 8-month-old Aitunuk, is the only child that Zhannat breastfed exclusively, and for a whole six months.