Author takes a stand

I have boycotted Nestle since before I knew what boycott meant - my mother just told us that we didn't buy their products. I later discovered what boycotting meant, and why Nestle was a good candidate to remain on my list of boycotted companies. They are the world's largest multinational corporation which continues to violate the WHO's (World Health Organization) International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes
I was delighted to receive this news flash in Midwifery Today's E-news

Author Sean Taylor refused to accept his half of 32,500 pound prize money after winning the 2007 Nestle Children's Book Prize. Taylor's picture book, When a Monster Is Born, illustrated by Nick Sharratt, took the Gold Award in the under-fives category. Taylor cited "questions surrounding Nestle's marketing of breast-milk substitutes" in his refusal to accept the money. He said: "When a Monster is Born is a book that has something to do with choices. Some of these choices seem to be life-giving and some of them seem to take life away. I hope that I have made a life-giving choice. I have decided to refuse this check and ask that it goes back where it came from." www.thebookseller.com/news/49893-author-refuses-nestl-prize-cheque.html, 14 Dec 2007

Nice to see someone putting their money where their mouth is.