BANGKOK, 24 July 2014 - About 73.6 percent of mothers in Tambon Baan Phue, Jom Phra District, Surin Province, have been feeding their babies with breast milk for the first six months of birth. The rate is an outstanding rise from 37.8 percent in 2011 before the “Tambon Breast Milk for Family Bonding” Project was introduced to the community.
Her Royal Highness Princess Srirasm, the Princess Consort to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who has been pushing the project for years, yesterday visited a child development center at Baan Phue Village, in Jom Phra District, to witness the progress of the breastfeeding campaign. The “Tambon Breast Milk for Family Bonding” Project is launched under cooperative efforts of various provincial units such as the Jom Phra district hospital and the provincial office of the Health Department. Together, they have instilled the knowledge into local people that breast milk is not only food but the foundation of human life.