Fort McCoy offering newborn classes to new Afghan moms
Officials at Fort McCoy say they are now offering newborn classes to Afghan women staying at the base who have recently become new mothers.
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Officials at Fort McCoy say they are now offering newborn classes to Afghan women staying at the base who have recently become new mothers.
"Two of them have a big hole," Baber Shah Dorani said of his teeth. Dorani, a 24-year-old Afghan man, is trying to see the one dentist on base at Fort
For the first time, federal officials allowed media inside Fort McCoy for a guided tour to get a glimpse of life for the nearly 13,000 Afghan refugees housed there temporarily while medical screening and paperwork processing continues--the largest group of Afghan refugees in the country.
In a garage behind the Catholic Diocese of La Crosse, volunteers sort through donations for the thousands of evacuees from Afghanistan, now staying at Fort McCoy in Wisconsin's Monroe County.
Three refugees tell News 3 Now that medical care and a timeline for leaving Fort McCoy are top concerns