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<p>The Quezon City government collaborates with the Quezon City Human Milk Bank in organizing  “Gatas ni Mare, Gatas para sa Maremi” milk-letting event at the Fairview Health Center on Friday, May 23..</p><p>Several lactating mothers attended the event to donate breast milk as part of gathering safe pasteurized human milk donations for in-need infants that are sick, premature, or have low-birth-weights.</p><p>Organizers explained the advocacy project also aims to promote the importance of  breastfeeding and milk sharing that is crucial in maternal and health care among Filipinos.</p><p>Donors went through various screening processes and free HIV and Hepa B tests to ensure the safe collection of breast milk.</p><div><strong>CORRECTING WRONG NOTION</strong></div><p>Miriam Mallanao, 54, and midwife of the Quezon City Health. Department for 30 years, clarified the notion that giving out breast milk will lead to a shortage of milk production.  According to her, the more they pump out milk, the more is produced.</p><p>She adds, &quot;Matagal na po naming ginagawa ito hindi lamang ngayon. Ilang taon na rin po kami so continuous lang din ang aming milk-letting saka planned na yan for the whole year.&quot;</p><p>(We&#x27;ve been doing this for a long time, not just now. We&#x27;ve been doing it for a few years now, so our milk-letting is continuous and  it&#x27;s planned for the whole year.)</p><p>Mallanao also notes that more mothers are now willing to donate breast milk for the sake of their health and for charity.</p><p>According to her, &quot;Nagdodonate sila kasi yung iba sobra yung gatas nila at nakakatulong yun sa ibang tao gaya ng mga bata na nasa ospital, sila yung binibigyan natin.&quot;</p><p>(They donate because some have too much milk and it helps other people like children in the hospital, we give it to them.)</p><p>&quot;Masaya ito kasi nakakatulong ka sa ibang tao at nadudugtungan mo yung buhay ng mga batang nangangailangan ng gatas at saka yung mother din na nangangailangan para sa mga anak nila.&quot;</p><p>(It&#x27;s fulfilling because you help other people and you connect the lives of children who need milk and also mothers who need it for their children.)</p><div><br/></div><div>[[PHOTO ALBUM]]</div><div><br/></div><div><strong>CARE TO SHARE</strong></div><p>For Sharmaine Anfone, 19, a mother of 2 and first-time milk donor, it is a fulfilling act to share what you have for the sake of others.</p><p>She narrated, &quot;Ako po kasi bagong panganak din po ako at sobra yung gatas ko. Naiiisip ko lang din po kasi yung ibang nanay baka kailangan din nila ng gatas.&quot;</p><p>(I am a newborn too and I have a lot of milk. I just think about other mothers because maybe they need milk too.)</p><p>She added, &quot;Minsan po kasi may nakikita din kasi akong mga bata na nahihiwalay pagkaanak sa nanay. Mas kailangan po nila ng gatas. May mga nanay na hindi agad nakaka-produce ng gatas.&quot;</p><p>(Sometimes I also see children who are separated from their mothers after birth. They need more milk. There are mothers who cannot produce milk right away.)</p><p>The young mother encouraged all mothers who are willing and capable to do the same as she did as act of service to others.</p><p>&quot;Para sa akin, hindi po dapat manghinayang kasi nakakatulong po sa mga nangangailangan lalo sa mga babies. Hindi din naman masakit, she ended.</p><p>For me, I should not regret it because it helps those in need, especially babies. It also doesn&#x27;t hurt.&quot;</p>

<p>The Quezon City government collaborates with the Quezon City Human Milk Bank in organizing “Gatas ni Mare, Gatas para sa Maremi” milk-letting event at the Fairview Health Center on Friday, May 23..</p>

The Quezon City government collaborates with the Quezon City Human Milk Bank in organizing “Gatas ni Mare, Gatas para sa Maremi” milk-letting event at the Fairview Health Center on Friday, May 23..

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LGU, NGO collect breastmilk to promote breastfeeding, milk sharing

Maria Tan,

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Published May 23, 2025 08:49 PM PHT

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