Photo by John Rundall

Patti Rundall OBE outside Buckingham Palace after the investiture, with staff and volunteers from the Baby Milk Action office.

Baby Milk Action was started in 1978 as a coalition of NGOs (such as OXFAM, War on Want and NCT) and individuals including Gay Palmer, Jean Rowe, Andy Chetley and Sadru Kheraj. Initially work was co-ordinated from the War on Want office in London and by Sadru Kheraj, who was a medical student at Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1980 Ms. Rundall joined as a full-time volunteer and for the next few years it was run from her kitchen and then from a neighbour's spare room. From this modest start Baby Milk Action has grown and now has an office in Cambridge, five paid staff and many more volunteers. Over the years Ms. Rundall has developed an extensive knowledge, not just about infant feeding, but also about legislation, development issues, politics and company marketing strategies. She is also on the Humanitarian shortlist for the European Women of Achievement Awards 2000, organized by European Union of Women.

--By Lisa Woodburn, Baby Milk Action

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