[ BREASTFEEDING KIT ]

Perfect for Mother's Day

Breastfeeding has been called "a natural safety net against the worst effects of poverty."

But breastfeeding rates are alarmingly low in one place where that safety net is needed most: downtrodden neighborhoods in Jakarta — Indonesia's sprawling, 23-million-person capital.

The Breastfeeding Kit covers the cost to train a breastfeeding counselor to support mothers and their families at a neighborhood health clinic in Jakarta. Proceeds from the kit fund Mercy Corps' Healthy Start program, which works in 270 of Jakarta's poorest neighborhoods to protect and promote breastfeeding by:

• training health providers and clinics
• creating neighborhood support groups
• organizing awareness events
• lobbying policymakers

Improving early and exclusive breastfeeding in Indonesia would help reduce the country's high rates of neonatal mortality and malnutrition among children under five.

Help Indonesian mothers give their children a healthy start with the Breastfeeding Kit — the perfect gift for Mother's Day.

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