Yes; most NGOs do not know the consequences of introducing formula into Haiti.
Yes; many NGOs are tripping over each other as 95% of the rubble remains in PAP 
and hundreds of thousands still live in squalid tents.  I have seen it personally.
Our NGO is a small one; we trip over no one.
No other NGO will go where we have been and were we are in Haiti.
We did not rush in and out after the earthquake.
We have been and will be there for the long term supporting breastfeeding,
the local economy, and the needs of the Haitian people as they ask us to do.
We hopefully know our place in Haiti, how long to be there,
and when it will be time to get out (and when and when not to use formula).
Most, if not all, of the Haitian children in the orphanage I built with Haitians' 
blood, sweat, and tears in Leon, Haiti have no mother and father.
We house them, feed them, and teach them instead of having them
roam the streets and/or die.  
The Missionaries of Charity (Mother Theresa's group) do the 
same and much more all over Haiti.
They are as close to Saints as you can be here on this earth.
All NGOs are not the same with regards to formulas and a whole 
lot of other issues in Haiti since at least our NGO is not the same.
I did some deep soul searching after the earthquake about our
NGO in light of all the commentary on what is happening in Haiti.
After doing so, I realized I can live with myself and what we are doing in Haiti.
Sorry; it is hard not to be emotional when I have lived in 
the midst of and the outposts (Leon and Carcasse) of this devastated country, 
have had personal friends die, and mothers and babies in our care die 
unnecessarily because the rest of the world knows what is best for Haiti.
 
 


Frank J. Nice, RPh, DPA, CPHP
Check out my Website and Book, "Nonprescription Drugs for the Breastfeeding Mother" at: 
www.nicebreastfeeding.com

 		 	   		  
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