Actress and producer Salma Hayek arrived in Sierra Leone in September 2008, not as a celebrity, but as a humanitarian, to participate in an African charity mission.
While visiting a hospital, she came across a mother whose one-week-old son was malnourished. Hayek picked up the little boy and began to breastfeed him, despite the presence of many camera crews around her.
At that time, the actress had a 1-year-old daughter.
After the event, she admitted that at one point she felt as if she was "faithful to her daughter". However, Salma thought that "her daughter would have no problem sharing the milk".
"I actually think my daughter would be proud. I will encourage him to become a generous and caring person. I think this is the best thing I can give her as a mother," she said.
In addition, Hayek explained that the idea of ??helping a child in this way was a long tradition in her family. In fact, many years ago in a Mexican village, her great-grandmother saved the starving baby of a stranger who was crying inconsolably by nursing the child, who, in turn, immediately stopped crying.
Breastfeeding: a choice, not a stigma
Hayek claimed that her decision to breastfeed a stranger's child was also an attempt to lessen the stigma placed on women about breastfeeding.
And with this act of kindness, she also emphasized loud and clear how women should have a choice about it and not be afraid of their bodies.
Source: Bright Side
