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Karleen Gribble <[log in to unmask]>
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World Vision in Australia have produced a Christmas gift card that centres around early nutrition including breastfeeding support!!! A great gift!! 
https://gifts.worldvision.com.au/#!/product
Healthy start for babies
Help give precious infants and children the best start in life. A gift of healthcare includes breastfeeding and nutrition training for new mothers, as well as nutritional supplements for children.

This is only the second aid org I am aware of that has produced a breastfeeding centred gift, the other is Mercy Corps Indonesia http://gifts.mercycorps.org/gift/donate-breastfeeding-classes 
Nutrition by nature Breastfeeding has been called "a natural safety net against the worst effects of poverty." But breastfeeding rates are alarmingly low in one place where that safety net is needed most: downtrodden neighborhoods in Indonesia's capital, Jakarta. In Jakarta's poorest neighborhoods, Mercy Corps promotes the practice and benefits of breastfeeding — by fostering neighborhood-level support groups, creating training programs and promoting events that raise awareness about its advantages.

The importance of breastfeeding to the health and wellbeing of infants is often overlooked in the promotion of aid and means that support for appropriate infant feeding doesn't get the attention it deserves. If you purchase one of these products, please call the aid org and let them know why you have done so and how much you appreciate them giving you the opportunity to support the health of mothers and babies in this way. If you support an aid org that does support breastfeeding women but doesn't allow you to donate to support their work in that area contact them to ask why!!

Karleen Gribble
Australia


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