Dear friends, the below is a freely done translation of a note from Denise Arcoverde to the Portuguese network, FYI. BREASTFEEDING ****************** http://www.elogica.com.br/aleitamento Dear friends: We are pleased to inform you of many new items on our site. We are updating BREASTFEEDING ONLINE daily. Visit us all the time to appreciate all that we can offer you so that you also help us to promote, support and protect the right of the mother and baby to breastfeed. > There are a number of educational materials in Portuguese online for your portuguese speaking clients, mothers, etc. "Women, Breastfeeding and Work" and the Brazilian Marketing Code for Infant Foods. The text is simple and there are lots of illustrations. We also have Breastfeeding and Legislation and WHY and HOW to Breastfeed SOFTWARE - AMAMENTAR E' UM ATO ECOLOGICO > >* We produced software to be distributed for free, illustrated, in color and with cartoon figures so that children could participate in our struggle to rescue breastfeeding. HUMOR * O lado engracado da amamentacao There is also a BREASTFEEDING ART GALLERY that is available for all languages with three new pictures by Renoir, Charles West Cope and Fred W. Elwell. > >CLIP ART > >* There are also black and white clip art images that you can use in your bulletins and educational materials. > VIRTUAL GREETING CARDS > >* New images and music so that you can send a special message to a special someone. > BABY FRIENDLY HOSPITAL INITIATIVE > >* A new page with EVERYTHING about BFHI in Brazil and in the world. EDUCATING GIRLS * There are pages about Nisia Floresta, a early feminist from Brazil and her writings about maternal love and breastfeeding at the end of the last century (material written by Constancia Lima Duarte). BREAST CANCER - ENTER OUR STRUGGLE > >* New text about phytoestrogens and how food containing them can help prevent breastcancer. This site is also among the 10 best in the SAUDE, (HEALTH) category in the IBEST 98/99, not forget to give us your vote! IBEST CONTEST! As you know, the site AMAMENTACAO ONLINE (BREASTFEEDING ONLINE) is in the competition for the 10 best health sites in the HEALTH category of IBEST 98/99. The participation in this contest is very important to promote breastfeeding and other issues related to women's health rights. Collaborate with our struggle. This is the only women's site in the contest and produced totally by an NGO. Please vote for our site before its too late: www.ibest.com.br (if you have problems in voting, try again after a couple of hours). And now, in addition to promoting breastfeeding, you will be able to win prizes when you vote for IBest! In the promotion of IBest Friends, you, together with whoever you choose, could win prizes, such as trips to Cancun, workstations from Silicon Graphics, a trip for two to Los Angeles (Santa Monica & Hollywood) and to see the Silicon Graphics Studio and two Corsa cars! >Its very easy to participate: to be an "IBest Friend" & be able to participate in the contest, all you need to do is vote in at least one category in the IBest site (http://www.ibest.com.br) Respond to the question, "What is the best prize in Brazilian Internet?, and give the name of four friends, the - "IBest Lucky" - who will also receive prizes if you win. Also, you can say who can be your companion if you win one of th trips. To begin, go to http://www.ibest.com.br/ibestfriends. And don't forget to vote for Amamentacao Online!!! > >**************************************************************** If you are having difficulty in finding the page that interests you on BREASTFEEDING ONLINCE, GO TO THE SITE MAP AT: http://www.elogica.com.br/aleitamento/indice.htm >***************************************************************** >Denise Arcoverde >**************** >World Breastfeeding Week International Coordinator >WABA site: http://www.elogica.com.br/waba >Breastfeeding Online: http://www.elogica.com.br/aleitamento >Personal site: http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Spa/3176 >Telefax: 55.81.4327701 >ICQ: 4127955 > >WBW'1999 - Breastfeeding: Education for Life. > >---------------------------------------------------------------- "La Lactancia Materna: Educación para la Vida " Semana Mundial de Lactancia Materna, 1999 Judy Canahuati, MPhil, IBCLC PO Box #512 San Pedro Sula, Honduras Telephone: +504-550-9737 Fax: +504-550-7482 mailto:[log in to unmask] "The future is not some place we are going to, but one we are creating. The paths are not to be found, but made, and the activity of making them changes both the maker and the destination." John Schaar