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Ferry gets passionate over breast-feeding campaign
(JP)JAKARTA: Ask actor Ferry Salim what's the most interesting campaign he has been part of in the past five years, and he will answer "Campaigning for breast-feeding"
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JAKARTA: Ask actor Ferry Salim what's the most interesting campaign he has been part of in the past five years, and he will answer "Campaigning for breast-feeding".
For the 42-year-old, campaigning for breast-feeding is nothing tricky even though he is a man.
"I don't find it difficult at all," says Ferry, the Indonesian ambassador for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). "Rather, I think, it's more interesting for such a campaign to be carried out by men."
Ferry based his statement on his own experiences of taking part in breast-feeding campaign events across the archipelago.
"From my experience, I have managed to attract not only mothers, but also their husbands to come to the advocacy events," Ferry says during a telephone interview from Atambua in East Nusa Tenggara, where he is campaigning.
"As a man, it's also easier for me to encourage the husbands to support their wives in breast-feeding," he adds.
The breast-feeding campaign, however, isn't the only advocacy work he has done with UNICEF. Since 2005, Ferry has been campaigning for other issues related to education and health, such as HIV/AIDS and malnutrition.
"I'm so glad this job has taken me to many places across the country," he says. "I'm also grateful for the trust that I've earned from UNICEF since 2005." - JP
