The World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) is a global network of individuals
& organisations concerned with the protection, promotion & support of breastfeeding worldwide.
WABA action is based on the Innocenti Declaration, the Ten Links for Nurturing the Future and the
Global Strategy for Infant & Young Child Feeding. WABA is in consultative status with UNICEF & an NGO
in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC).
 
 
 
 

Networking and Coordination 

The first thing to do is get your group together and identify potential partners in your city or region. This year's WBW theme, for instance, leads us to look for allies among teachers, youth and children; but it is important also to involve your neighborhood association, women's groups, NGOs, government, church groups, etc. Next, choose a person or a group of individuals to coordinate activities. Then, make an inventory of existing and potential resources your group has. Use your creativity to plan activities.  

Finally, get in touch with your state, regional or national coordinator or, even, the international coordinator of WBW, so that your work links in with that of others and results are multiplied.  


Communication 

This is one of the most important parts of your work. We must make your actions visible, using the mass media. It is essential to appoint a Media Officer who will keep TV, radio, newspapers and magazines informed about your activities and will supply them with statistical data on "breastfeeding and education".  


Reports 

Often we do excellent work, but few people outside our immediate circle know about it, because we don't write down and disseminate what we do. It is important that you write reports about what you did, with photos, newspaper clippings, etc. and that you send them to the WBW coordinator. Thus we will be able to record the history of the WBW in our city, state or country, and will give new ideas to other groups ALL OVER the world. This is how networking works: Gathering information, reporting, sharing.  
 
 

  

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