Last week, women from the Sahiwal district in Pakistan, along with Health Program Assistants and Community Health Promoters from BRAC Pakistan's Health Program, participated in a march in honor of World Breastfeeding Week. With the goal to educate women about the benefits of breastfeeding, World Breastfeeding Week was celebrated in over 170 countries around the world.
The walk in the Sahiwal district was also paired with a seminar at the DHQ Hospital, which emphasized the importance of breastfeeding and reviewed the proper techniques for successful and healthy breastfeeding. The entire event was organized by BRAC Pakistan and the Department of Health Education Punjab. The seminar and walk were attended by the Health Officer of the district, Dr. Sahid Nazeer, Chief Executive Officer of BRAC Pakistan, Mahammad Farid-u-Rehman, and Principal of the Nursing School, Dr. Shama Afroz.
Inspired by the leadership of BRAC Community Health Promoters, the women of the Sahiwal District marched through the streets hoping that other women would see their sign and hear their message. This public display of support for breastfeeding is particularly important given that one of the goals of this year's World Breast Feeding Week is to "bring breastfeeding into the open, to talk about it with all members of society and to show that creating a supportive environment for breastfeeding is everyone's responsibility."
The working environment is extreme pathetic in brac here in Pakistan. The so called worlds largest NGO is highly poor in managing its human resources and providing them a hectic and unconducive working at all branches. . .
ReplyDeleteThe Higher management needs to take some rapid actions in order to be stable and sustainable in Pakistan.....