Last summer, a group from my church (mostly teens) went to Jamaica and
helped a local church with Vacation Bible School, etc.  The slides the
group showed our church on their return were all nice except one that
made me absolutely sick to my stomach--you guessed it--our members
handing out free powdered formula to the poor, smiling Jamaican children.
 I was absolutely *outraged* and my stomach was in knots, but for several
reasons decided to wait until another trip was planned somewhere before
saying anything to the folks in charge of the trip.

Well, now I see that another trip to Jamaica is planned and I'm gathering
up information.  I searched the archives and found a wonderful post by
Chonyi Glassman from October of last year giving several links.
Unfortunately, only one of them, the ILCA relief policy, still works.  I
would like to have statements from more organizations than ILCA.  I have
searched the WHO site and waded through a lot of info, but haven't been
able to find what I am looking for.  Does anyone know of more links that
work?

If anyone on this list from Jamiaca wants to write me privately with
their take on this, I would also welcome it.

Thanks for any help!

Chrissy
P.S.  I am sorry to have offended you, Jennifer D., by my signature line.
 I know you are certified by another organization as a doula, as are
others on this list, but I never dreamed my CAPPA signature would be
taken offensively. My apologies.

________________________________________________________________
GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO!
Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less!
Join Juno today!  For your FREE software, visit:
http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

             ***********************************************
The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned
LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM)
mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to:
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html