#ADDforBreastfeeding Hashtag Lights Up Twitter In Support Of Infants' Breastfeeding

Twitter users were welcomed by the #ADDforBreastfeeding hashtag as one of the top trending Philippine topics the morning of Oct. 24 (today).

#ADDforBreastfeeding is the 2nd most talked about topic on twitter Philippines.

Supporters and participants of the event organized by Nurturers of the Earth together with Member Church of God International (MCGI) light up twitter with a wave of tweets about the campaign.

The simultaneous breastfeeding will be held today in a target 1,000 venues all over the Philippines. Each of the venues will be connected via satellite technology to the primary location of the event which is the Marikina Covention Center at Marikina City.

• "The Caviteña mommies and babies are here! owyeah! :))" says @Jushierl

• "Moms are blessed with the best source of sustenance for their darling babies. What's amazing is it doesn't cost a cent!" #ADDforBreastfeeding says @polarellano

• "We have a Simultaneous Breastfeeding w/ Nurturers of the Earth, today over 1,000 sites in the PH.Join us!" #ADDforBreastfeeding says @mamu_alto2011

• "Breastfeeding can protect your baby from developing allergies" ADDforBreastfeeding says @MayTwitz

Twitter users opted to support the campaign promoting breastfeeding by using
#ADDforBreastfeeding hashtag.

The synchronized breastfeeding today could break the earlier world record set by the same group in 2007 wherein they gathered 22,500 lactating mothers in 595 locations.

Bro. Soriano himself, which also uses twitter to answer biblical questions, tweeted in support of the campaign.

let us support the campaign for breastfeeding! be a responsible mother, breastfeed your baby; even orphans
— Brother Eli Soriano (@BroEliSoriano) October 23, 2013

to breastfeed is to love!
— Brother Eli Soriano (@BroEliSoriano) October 23, 2013

This noteworthy project is also in line with the 33rd anniversary celebration of Ang Dating Daan, a religious program hosted by Bro. Eliseo Soriano, Presiding Minister to the MCGI.

MCGI also sponsors several public services around the country to celebrate the more than thirty years of airing of the Ang Dating Daan. 

The same program also now has counterparts in other languages namely: The Old Path for English speaking countries, El Camino Antiguo on Spanish, and O Caminho Antigo for Portuguese speakers.

Update: 10am, #ADDforBreastfeeding is the number 1 topic on Twitter "Philippine Trends"

Post by Abel Suing.