Boycotte Nestle this Halloween

This Hallowe’en, as North American children head out for a night of fun and trick or treating,take a moment to remember young people in other parts of the world. As kids in Canada and the US gobble up Nestlé chocolate bars on Oct. 31st, the company will go on endangering impoverished children’s health and lives in the poor countries of this planet. I am asking that you consider not to giving out any Nestlé products this year, and encourage your neighbours and friends to do the same. I know its hard to not accept them but not buying them is a great start!

Here are a few reminders of the many reasons why it’s so important that you don’t give Nestlé your business:

• Nestlé’s marketing behavour contributes to increased deaths and illnesses of babies around the world.
• The World Health Organization estimates that 1.5 million infants die annually because they are not breastfed. Where water is unsafe, as it often is in poor nations, a formula-fed child is up to 25 times more likely to die as a result of diarrhoea than a breastfed child.
• Despite these facts Nestlé refuses to adhere to the World Health Organization’s International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes. Nestlé tries to convince mothers in the majority world that they should feed their children Nestlé formula, even though formula feeding is often deadly, and breastmilk is free and supplies all the food a baby needs for at least six months.

For more information on the Nestlé Boycott visit http://www.infactcanada.ca/Nestle_Boycott.htm or www.babymilkaction.org.