Milkshakes: the space and place for shaking up the infant feeding conversation

"The Fallout: A conversation about malnourished babies in Nigeria and what one nonprofit is doing to right the wrongs"


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In this episode, Nicole sits down with Mandolyn Crotts, educator, Certified Lactation Counselor, and mother, who founded Carry Them Ministries in Jos, Nigeria. She shares how she started her organization and how she and her team support malnourished babies in the region. They'll talk about the high maternal and infant mortality rates, the current state of feeding babies in Nigeria, and how the Nestle Formula scandal of the 1970's still reverberates today.


To find and support Mandolyn and her team, visit

www.carrythem.org

on Instagram at @carrythemministries


Supplies needed: reusable diapers (not disposable), clean (preferably new) baby bottles of any type, and manual (no electric) hand pumps.


Financial support needed: $200 supply bag sponsors, monetary donations towards their direct work with mothers and babies in Jos.

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Milkshakes: the space and place for shaking up the infant feeding conversationBy Nicole Longmire