I have permission to post. A friend and fellow member of LLL:s  
Swedish equivalent, Amningshjälpen, donated money for a goat through  
an aid organization as a Christmas present for someonte. Recently,  
she got a reply from the organization. It tells about how a 22-year- 
old mother of three from a poor village in Mozambique got  
breastfeednig problems and the hospital advised her to use powdered  
milk instead - but it was too expensive.
- Oh, good, then a village midwife came to her help, my friend  
thought. But instead the e-mail goes on about how the mother was told  
that she could receive goat's milk for her infant from the aid  
organization. I translate, as good as I can:
"Already after one month my son began to gain weight and today he is  
healthy.  Without the help from [the organizaton] he would have died  
from malnutrition.I've seen many children do that in my village." and  
below, my translation. Goat's milk for infants is only one effect of  
[the organization's] goat project. There are more ...
She has written back to the organization, among other thing reminding  
the organization that 1,3 million babies die yearly due to lack of  
breastfeeding and asked them if it really took a whole month before  
her baby started gaining weight. I can let you know if she gets an  
answer.

Marit Olanders
editor of Amningsnytt and bf counsellor in Amningshjälpen, Sweden
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