On May 12, 2020, unidentified gunmen entered the maternity ward of a hospital in western Kabul and killed 24 women, babies, children, and staff members.
Just hours after her birth, Fawzia, whose name has been changed for her protection, was shot three times in her right leg. Her young mother was among the dead, and Fawzia’s condition was poor. After seeing a Facebook post about Fawzia’s injury, a local dentist, Salima, whose name has been changed, sought out the young girl at a nearby hospital. Doctors planned to amputate Fawzia’s leg. Salima helped move Fawzia to a facility where doctors would try to save it. The following day, when Fawzia urgently required a blood transfusion, Salima used Facebook to find donors with the child’s rare blood type. She sourced enough donations to save Fawzia’s life.
