Sebsebie, Girm (BSC, MSC, PhD Fellow)Abdissa, Zelalem2018-12-052023-11-052018-12-052023-11-052018-06http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/14896Background: Human milk is uniquely appropriate to human infant both in its nutritional composition and non-nutritive bioactive factors that promote survival and healthy development. Now a day several well-established breast milk banks exist worldwide to provide donated breast milk, but now when we come to our country, no official breast milk bank or channel for milk donation has been established. Objective: The aim of this study is to explore the perceptions of mothers on breast milk donation and establishment of breast milk banks among breastfeeding mothers Methods: Ethnography, Explorative qualitative study, with in-depth semi-structured interview was conducted. Content analysis was performed for data analysis .Participants were recruited through purposive sampling from those mothers coming to well-baby and postnatal clinic appointment. Results: Most of the interviewees were over twenty One years old, of 20 mothers were interviewed about breast milk donation and bank establishment. All study participant were did not have information about both breast milk donation and establishment of bank ever and majority of mothers positively perceive breast milk donation and its bank establishment but some of them not interested about donation and its bank establishment from religion perspective. Most of mothers who participate in this study were interested to use donated milk to their child and some of them were not interested due to the fear of infection, religion and psychologically difficult to use it. Conclusion and recommendation : This study findings shows that all mothers had no information about breast milk donation and establishment of breast milk bank, but majority of them were perceive positively both to donate and its bank establishment and they were willing to donate and use donated breast milk to their offspring but some mother perceive negatively both donation and utilization of breast milk bank in a country from the point of religion concern .So that over all mothers perception was good and government has its own role and responsibility for the achievement of the bank as blood bank.en-USbreastfeeding, breast milk donation, breast milk bankThesis