About Breastfeeding International

Breastfeeding International® is a social enterprise founded by Dr Magdalena Whoolery with a mission to fight in solidarity for health and human rights of women and children. We empower for survival and thriving by protecting, promoting and supporting health, nutrition and breastfeeding, establishing Nurturing Care safe spaces for mothers and children in emergencies. We aim to sustain our work through our humble online enterprise, so your purchases help us achieve our mission.

Together we save lives!

Here you can find more details of our work…
When World Health Organization (WHO) heard about the success of the Nurturing Care Spaces, as best practice, following the 2021 flood emergency in Timor-Leste, they published our case example in WHO and UNICEF Thematic Brief - Check out page 11: https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/367886/9789240070301-eng.pdf?sequence=1

Dr Magdalena Whoolery, the founder of Breastfeeding International®, regularly provides support for Governments, UN agencies, non-profits and community organizations, some examples of our work can be found below:
WHO – World Health Assembly, Geneva 2024 - Agenda Item: 14.1 WHO’s work in health emergencies - IBFAN Statement delivered by Dr. Magdalena Whoolery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NhZbXumc9g

Agenda Item: 15.4 Climate change, pollution and health - IBFAN Statement delivered by Dr.Magdalena Whoolery https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NhZbXumc9g

UNICEF & WHO Global Breastfeeding Collective - Strategies for Infant and Young Child Feeding in Climate-Related Emergencies https://www.globalbreastfeedingcollective.org/strategies-infant-and-
young-child-feeding-climate-related-emergencies

Global Compassion Coalition – Dr Magdalena Whoolery, founder of Breastfeeding International® Acceptance Speech for Humanitarian Award from the Charter for Compassion with a Call for the Boycott of Nestle and Justice in a Human Rights Court: https://www.globalcompassioncoalition.org/video/accepting-humanitarian-award-with-a-call-for-the-boycott-of-nestle-justice-in-a-human-rights-court/

Timor-Leste – Australia’s Alola Foundation Milk Campaign:
https://www.alola.org.au/milk-2022-event/

Syria Earthquake Emergency Response:
https://www.facebook.com/lalecheleagueinternational/photos/syriaearthquake-emergency-response-dr-magdalena-whoolery-travelled-to-syria-to-
o/578211447678003/paipv=0&eav=Afbwq8dBzAt9PfixixGQ9crn6RCohw3CWKjo0N_DqmgxmNs00nPRLAdWQZron4DlTU&rdr

Turkey Earthquake Emergency Response: https://llli.org/news/lll-today-3-earthquake

Pakistan Emergency Response: https://www.ibfan.org/breastfeeding-international-emergency-response-with-ibfan-pakistan-report/

For more details and comprehensive free resources for mothers, health workers, NGOs, UN agencies and Governments, check out Breastfeeding International®’s website: https://breastfeedinginternational.org/