Milk Powder
This isn't probably something that has made it to your local news station or newspaper. Romania gives out milk powder for babies. In general this is a good thing as the mothers are encouraged to breast feed at the hospitals from day 1 and the milk powder can be a great help if the breast milk stops or the baby needs supplemental milk outside of what the mother can give.
Both of my children were born here in Romania and we have used the milk powder especially for our six month old who is a chubby fellow and needs lots of feeding. Anyway, I digress. The point is that this week I went to collect the milk powder and they told me that there won't be any for two months. The effect of this is that now lots of mothers who children need milk powder can't get it. The average Romanian earns abut $100 per month (not per week but per month). A box of the cheapest milk powder costs around $3. Our boy needs about 7 boxes per month, so that is $21. That is 21% of the monthly income.
Imagine being told by your local government that for the next two months you would have to spend an extra 21% of you income on something that they were giving you for free. Now think again when you only have $100 to start with.
Both of my children were born here in Romania and we have used the milk powder especially for our six month old who is a chubby fellow and needs lots of feeding. Anyway, I digress. The point is that this week I went to collect the milk powder and they told me that there won't be any for two months. The effect of this is that now lots of mothers who children need milk powder can't get it. The average Romanian earns abut $100 per month (not per week but per month). A box of the cheapest milk powder costs around $3. Our boy needs about 7 boxes per month, so that is $21. That is 21% of the monthly income.
Imagine being told by your local government that for the next two months you would have to spend an extra 21% of you income on something that they were giving you for free. Now think again when you only have $100 to start with.
