Moms Donate Breast Milk for AIDS Babies

New mothers in the United States have been donating breast milk for babies in South Africa orphaned by AIDS.

The Ithemba Leptu Home in Durban has received 180 liters (about 190 quarts) since the first shipment in April, the Durban Independent reported.

That’s enough milk to feed 10 babies five times a day for a month, said Jill Youse, executive director and founder of International Breast Milk Project.

Youse, a pharmaceutical representative in Minnesota, started the project after reading about Ithemba Lethu. The organization runs a home for babies of AIDS-infected women who have either died or abandoned their children, and is the only group not based at a hospital or clinic to provide breast milk for AIDS babies.

The project now has 50 donors.