The World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) is the greatest outreach vehicle for the breastfeeding movement being celebrated in over 120 countries. Officially it is celebrated from 1 - 7 August. Breastfeeding has an important link to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which are meant to be achieved in 2015. Although poverty has gone down, 1 in 8 people still go to bed hungry.
To assist us on this program:
• Jane Pitt, former nurse, midwife and lactation consultant (
• Elizabeth Brierley (pronounced Bryley), Director of Milk Matters, a breast milk bank.
• Tshililo Mashamba, gynecologist
• Anne Moosa, mother.
