Dear all:

Now that the whole ship milk to Africa got my brain working - with memories of what happened to 
items in transit to Africa or within Africa that required cold chains, I'm thinking even more about not 
only empowering our African colleagues to set up milk banks, but why shouldn't we empower women 
to be their own direct milk banks?  We have medical gadgets that can now test blood glucose levels 
without even a finger stick, home pregnancy tests, drug testing for athletes, etc.

Why couldn't mothers with excess and mothers needing milk be empowered by developing a little 
minikit that both parties could use for testing and appropriately storing the milk to ensure it was 
safe?  That to me would be true empowerment. If such a system were in place where purchasing 
mothers could test the quality and safety of the milk they received, who would care if mothers were 
selling their milk on ebay?

Best, Susan.

Since the Bill Gates foundation is more interested in the quick fix style interventions that require 
technology such as micronutrient supplements or immunizations or deworming, perhaps a little mini 
human donor milk kit might better appeal to his technological interests.

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