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 Most
people are surprised to find out the Australian Breastfeeding Association is a
volunteer organisation!
Did you know?
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Our breastfeeding
counsellors and community educators are not paid for any work they do as
Australian Breastfeeding Association volunteers.
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Our volunteers work at
home. When you phone them, whether through the Breastfeeding Helpline or via
your group, they are taking your call in their family home, with their
family right there! That will explain the odd sounds you might sometimes
hear in the background!
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Although our Helpline works
with a roster system, there are times when the number of calls exceeds the
number of counsellors on call, so you might get an engaged tone or message
bank. You might like to try again in a short while.
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When you hire one of our
breast pumps, you will arrange to visit the home of a breastfeeding
counsellor at a time that suits both families.
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Groups are all different,
depending on the needs and resources of it's members. So some will have more
frequent activities than others, or provide services not available from
other groups. It all comes down to (wo)man power!
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Many of our volunteers not
only juggle family life with their ABA work - they also throw in paid work,
study or other community work too! It gets busy, sometimes!
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Just about everything you
see - from our publications to this very website - is the combined work of
volunteer workers!
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