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Zambia : Female Firefighter Praised for Rescuing Abandoned Baby from Pit Latrine in Mpika

Summary by LusakaTimes.com
A female firefighter, Felistus Banda, has received widespread praise after bravely entering a pit latrine to rescue a newborn baby boy who had been abandoned in Shanghai Township in Mpika. The courageous rescue captured the hearts of many on social media after a video clip of the incident circulated online. In the footage, Banda is […]
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Silvia García Escribano has become the first female firefighter in the province of Guadalajara after taking up her post with the Provincial Fire Consortium on February 6th. She has thus achieved a "childhood dream" that, she admits, she didn't dare pursue before "because I had no role models and I thought it wasn't possible." "When I was a child, I liked the idea, but I never had a role model. I didn't know any female firefighters; I saw it as a…

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LusakaTimes.com broke the news in on Thursday, March 12, 2026.
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