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International breast milk project: donate excess breastmilk to the world's most vulnerable children.(Postpartum and Breastfeeding)(i Themba Lethu)
Like many breastfeeding mothers, in July 2006, Jill Youse found herself with a large surplus of breastmilk. Loath to dispose of her excess supply, and believing, as many of us do, that her milk was "liquid gold", she filled her freezer with the excess supply. As her freezer neared capacity, Youse did something that the rest of us never had. She researched and found not only a vast need for her breastmilk, but also a way to get her surplus and the need together.
She found that the orphanage, i Themba Lethu, in Durban South Africa had established a breastmilk bank in 2001. Babies infected with HIV, orphaned and abandoned because their mothers had died of AIDS, are cared for at the orphanage. In sub-Saharan Africa, three million children, age five and younger, are orphaned as a result of HIV/AIDS. Since the virus can transfer through breast milk, and formula is often mixed with unclean water by African mothers, iThemba Lethu relies on donated breast milk to feed the children and boost their immune systems.
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In April 2006, Youse's first batch of her own breastmilk arrived at iThemba Lethu. Through her online journal about her experience, other mothers became interested and wanted to contribute. In May 2006, Youse, in partnership with her brother, Will Harlan, established the International Breast Milk Project. The first shipment from the Project contained 23 gallons of pasteurized, tested, frozen breastmilk that was delivered to Africa free of charge by DHL. Within 6 months, 300 mothers across the United States applied to the Project in hopes of donating their excess milk.
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The second shipment, also 23 gallons was sent to i Themba Lethu in November 2006 compliments of Fed Ex. To date, over 800 mothers have applied to contribute to The Breast Milk Project, with the latest shipment leaving the U.S. on May 11 2007. Quick International Courier donated the shipping which contained almost 42 gallons of frozen milk.
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