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>I live in a rural city in Australia - population 32000.  A group of us in
>the community have formed a committee, a co-op to establish a
>breastfeeding centre for our community.
>Our committee consists of  Breastfeeding counsellors, LCs, midwives,
>child health nursesa bank manager and an obstetrician.  We are trying to
>develop a new model for breastfeeding support - well not entirely new, we
>have taken ideas from the Breastfeeding cafe and similar movements.  Our
>hospital was Baby Friendly until recently, but this has been let lapse
>and management will no longer accredit as baby friendly.  I guess we are
>tired of waiting for government and the health system to provide support
>and have decided to take matters into our own hands.
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>We have a strong ABA group in our area, nearly 200 members, but we feel
>that the work is beyond the scope of volunteers in many cases.  We want
>our breastfeeding centre to be a centre for education and a resource for
>families and health professionals.  A place where mums can come to see an
>LC, or a breastfeeding counsellor, or hang out with other mums, hire a
>breastpump or get info on lactation aids.
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>Has anyone tried to establish something like this?  We welcome any
>experiences or tips from anywhere around the world.  We are not
>completely green or starry eyed ( I was a director of ABA for 7 years,
>and work as an LC at our local hospital)
>
>Your thoughts appreciated.  BTW, we have a 3 part funding strategy - you
>can see our current crowdsourcing campaign at
>http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/211675.
>Warm Regards
>Barb Glare, IBCLC
>Warrnambool, Australia.
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