WALC has funded a grant for one of our members to travel to Uganda and work with Josephine, our ILCA partner. Josephine has been working diligently to address the great unmet need for breastfeeding training in her part of the world. There are no lactation consultants (hopefully, she will become the first), and health workers receive no training in breastfeeding. Josephine has been training health workers and peer counselors, doing classes for mothers, breastfeeding consults, and has started a Breastfeeding Resource Center – all pretty much on her own. Now we have the opportunity to send one of our members to work with her for a short time! Timing of the visit is flexible, depending on your schedule. Please contact Becky Krumwiede for more information.
#1 by BKrumwiede on February 19, 2013 - 7:56 pm
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The WALC member who will be traveling to Uganda to work with Josephine has been selected. There were several excellent candidates interested in the opportunity, and Angela Lang was chosen. We can look forward to hearing about her trip at one of our meetings later this year. Thank you to all who expressed interest!
Becky
#2 by RSickels-Wahlers on February 21, 2013 - 11:21 am
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I am so excited for Angela to have this opportunity! If I can be of any assistance to you Angela while you prepare, while you are gone, or when you return please let me know! It is a passion of mine to do outreach and the opportunity presented to you through WALC is so amazing. You will accomplish great things! I can only imagine the future success through this outreach program! Again, let me know if I can be of any help to you! May God Bless You on this Journey! Becky Sickels-Wahlers
#3 by ALang on February 23, 2013 - 12:18 am
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Becky,
I would love for you to be involved. My hope is that we can bring more women to help Josephine in the future. It is important to keep building on the foundation WALC has invested in Josephine and to keep this project going.
I would really appreciate any help in planning at this point. Please email me directly and I would welcome your involvement.
Angela Lang
Langangel@gmail.com
#4 by BKrumwiede on March 8, 2013 - 7:22 pm
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A big thank you to all the participants at this week’s WALC Conference who contributed “a little extra” to help finance the trip to Uganda. I just counted it twice and the grand total is $387.53! This will help with any unanticipated expenses and materials to support the breastfeeding women Josephine supports. THANK YOU!
Becky