The head of a breastfeeding charity explains how refugee mothers in Greece are turning their camps into formula-free spaces When my Nurture Project International colleagues and I first arrived at the Eko camp near Idomeni in Greece, it looked like Glastonbury – just a bunch of pup tents. The mothers had no privacy, there was no support for infant feeding, and independent volunteers were going tent to tent handing out bottles of formula. While they thought they were helping, it was dangerous. Women in a situation of poor security will take anything that is offered to them, so even breastfeeding women will take formula milk. Many women think formula is healthier than their own milk and will start feeding it to their babies. Volunteers bring formula but in reality mothers don’t need it. Continue reading...
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