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.