2022 Border Latch/ Gran Tetada Fronteriza

August is around the corner and its Breastfeeding month, the Binational Breastfeeding Coalition has partnered with agencies along the border to organize The " 2022 Border Latch/ Gran Tetada Fronteriza" in collaboration with the New Mexico Breastfeeding Task Force, Empowerment Congress- Border Breastfeeding Initiative, the Secretaria de Salud and Naser from Ciudad Juarez. Due to Covid in the past 2 years the event was held virtually, this year we will have in-person events in different sites taking all social distance precautions.

Every year since 2012 this breastfeeding awareness event takes place all over the world where registered sites invite breastfeeding mothers and families to breastfeed in public in an effort to promote breastfeeding, and each year the world record of mothers breastfeeding at the same time is broken.

The World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA), 2022 theme is “Step Up for Breastfeeding- Educate and Promote”. WBW2022 will focus on strengthening the capacity of actors that have to protect, promote and support breastfeeding across different levels of society. These actors make up the warm chain of support for breastfeeding. Target audiences including governments, health systems, workplaces and communities will be informed, educated and empowered to strengthen their capacity to provide and sustain breastfeeding-friendly environments for families in the post pandemic world.

On Friday August 5, 2022 from 9:30 am to 11:00 am Sunland Park New Mexico will host the “Border Latch” at Help NM 1000 McNutt Rd 88063.The countdown will take place at 10:30 am. 

This 2022 also marks the 10th anniversary of the Binational Breastfeeding Coalition