Karen:

Emergency Relief in Sri Lanka
First Phase: As an example, our  emergency kits contained biscuits, =
lentils, tea, a tin of mackerel, soya  meat, dried lentils, coconut milk =
powder, protein drink powder, a baby's  bottle, baby milk powder and pain =
relief  tablets.



Save the Children is a NonGovernmental Organization that is highlighted as  a 
UNICEF partner in their now-being drafted MidTerm Strategic Plan. UNICEF has  
its own pamphlet on Emergencies which nowhere says that bottles and powdered  
milk is part of a package, however it does say... under Health and Nutrition 
-  first 6 to 8 weeks: " based on rapid assessments, provide child and  
maternal feeding and support therapuetic and supplementary feeding programs with  
the World Food Programme and NGO partners." Save the Children is one of those  
NGO partners. Breastfeeding is mentioned in the Beyond Initial Response as  
something UNICEF and partners would provide "messages" on: " Provide health and  
nutrition education, including messages on the importance of breastfeeding and 
 safe motherhood practices." My point, which I hope a group of us from  
LLLI/WABA/ILCA will make in our statement to UNICEF in June, is that this is  sort 
of both backwards and too little too late. It is also out of line with the  
Global Strategy on Infant and Young Child Feeding and probably AFASS guidelines  
as well. I wonder if the aid workers are actually doing those rapid 
assessments  well enough to determine whether Acceptable, Feasible, Affordable, 
Sustainable,  and Safe conditions are met. Now if the thought is that the infant has 
been  orphaned, and there is no family member to nurse them, etc. it does get 
tricky,  but a broad assumption that every family with an infant gets this 
stuff is  something else. Thanks for your post, can I use that info as we work on 
our  statement? If this is an education package for Teachers and it reflects 
what  they are actually doing, then the babies are at risk and the kids are 
getting  bad info...
Judy  

Judy LeVan  Fram, PT, IBCLC, LLLL, Brooklyn, USA


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