On 21/01/10 6:38 AM, "Rachel Myr" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I can't find anything under the FAQs stating that IMBP has changed management
> or 'processing partner'.  It says they partnered with Prolacta for a shipment
> in connection with World Aids Day, Dec 1 2009.  Naomi, did you get your info
> off their website (and if so, why can't I find it?)
> 
> http://www.breastmilkproject.org/op_prolacta.php
> 
> Rachel Myr
> Kristiansand, Norway

On their web page on Haiti (click on the the banner photo on their front
page) http://www.breastmilkproject.org/haiti.php

IBMP posts this in a Q&A format: "Is International Breast Milk Project
currently collecting any milk for Prolacta Bioscience? No."

Naomi's update provides more information than I have seen publicly.

The new executive director of IBMP is Amanda Nickerson, her bio is here:
http://www.breastmilkproject.org/wwa_ourteam.php

I note IBMP has a new board of directors:
http://www.breastmilkproject.org/wwa_bod.php

The old board can be found here, but it may not be there for long, this is
just a Google cache.
http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:Dl9S-VNxkmQJ:www.breastmilkproject.org/w
wa_advisoryboard.php+david+rechtmann+prolacta+ibmp&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&client
=safari

Also of note, IBMP shipped breastmilk to help victims of the typhoon in the
Philippines in October 2009. Their website indicates the milk was delivered
to "the Philippines General Hospital Milk Bank in Manila, and then
distributed with the help of UNICEF to the evacuation shelters throughout
the Philippines."
http://www.breastmilkproject.org/donation_drive_2.php

I also note that some years ago when founder Jill Youse was first working on
the project that became IBMP, it was reported that she looked at donating to
an orphanage in Haiti run by a Florida man, Aaron Jackson, of Planting
Peace.
http://www.aegis.com/news/ap/2007/AP070331.html

Jackson was profiled recently looking to raise money to buy water for the
orphans in his facilities in Haiti.
http://cfnews13.com/News/Local/2010/1/18/local_orphanage_creator_planting_pe
ace_in_haiti.html

I have lots to say about this but little time today. My very first thought
when I heard about this was "for crying out loud, we can't even get clean
*water* to people in Haiti..."

And I also have thought for some years that it is unfortunate that IBMP
entered into a partnership with Prolacta - I would have preferred a
partnership with HMBANA. The for-profit involvement really muddied the
waters. 

Now we are back to the slightly simpler debate about whether there is more
harm than help in IBMP's efforts to ship breastmilk overseas.

We can't change the fact that currently in North America breastfeeding women
feel compelled to respond to international disasters by offering to donate
breast milk. I note there is some history of recruiting human milk donations
to help with extraordinary circumstances - there was a Canadian and American
appeal for breastmilk donations for the Dionne quintuplets.

I believe the IBMP experience has shown that women are easily be motivated
to donate under certain circumstances. This motivation was successfully
harnessed by Prolacta.

Can this motivation be harnessed positively by HMBANA?


-- Jodine Chase

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