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eight years, Barbara Sieron whose parents came from Poland to Germany. They have been moved from one refugee camp to an- other and now have a flat in the camp at lngolstadt. The father suffering from rheuâ€" matism and now unable to work receives an invalid‘s pension but the income is small “so that", the official report says “there is great need of many things. A sponsorship for the sick little girl would provide her with more nourishing food and help her to get better health." The Perth Centre secretary reports that while the Institutes as a district provide the $60 rEquired to sponsor Barbara, many branches have sent gifts: Gadshill $10 for Christmas, Shakespeare $5 for her birthday; Lilly Dempsey branch held a shower for her and the gifts included a sweater, skirt, slacks, stockings. underwear. mittens. soap. talcum powder, candy and colouring books. When Barbara wrote to thank the district for the sponsoring funds she added: “I am doing well at school and my favorite subjects are drawing and mathematics.“ She enclosed a card decor- ated with one of her own crayon drawings, Of this the secretary wrote: “It would be hard to express my feelings when I received this. As a mother of three children I have always been delighted with the drawings they have presented to me on various occasions and they have been kept with the other treasures a mother collects. When I looked at the drawing this little girl sent I thought the hearts of little children the world over are just like those of our own. And does not the future of the world depend on the children? Surely we couldn‘t go wrong doing something to make their lives happier,” So we have some idea of what it means to Ontario Institute women to sponsor a child in need in another country and what the con- cern and assistance means to the child. It seems an international exchange that brings people in other parts of the world very close to us. F. WJ. C. Is Concerned With Immigration By Mrs. Jas. Haggerty HE HON. Ellen Fairclough Minister of Citzonship and Immigration addressed the F.W.I.C. Board Meeting in rela- tion to a Resolution presented from the Na- tional Convention in June 1961, concerning discrimination in Immigration. Mrs. Fairclough outlined the work of her Department and then explained the new Im- migration regulations. Emphasis is now on the edueation. training, skill. good health, characâ€" Mrsi Jus. Huggerty, President F.W.|.C., and Ho: 'ilen Fairclough, Minister of Citizenship and Immir; ion, photographed at the Women's .lnstitutes' Notio- Ot- fice, Ottawa. ter and security of the immigrant. Ant the aim of the Department is to preserve - lily life and to avoid the separation of fan. a husbands and wives, parents and children The Minister advised that any imru .nt whose application is turned down has the girl of appeal and use of an interpreter at Gr 'n- ment expense. She concluded by saying 1th the New Act is good, but will be revised to the regulations have been tried out for a it. She also invited suggestions at any time, BEGINNING OF THE RED CROSS Over one hundred years ago, a Swiss man. i :5 Dunant, was travelling through Northern .u the time war was raging between Austria 'Itl France. When he arrived at Castiglione he l ml that many dead and wounded were lying i W gutter. He could have passed by on the Other side -r, after all, he was from another country and All no part in the war. Instead, he handed the 1|- lagers together. commandeered the Church hr" is 3* [WSW-'11. and gemly bore the suffering and -. .1; through its doors. Then off he went to brir‘ m more wounded. But when he arrived at the hall he 5a“ 94' soldiers being turned out, although they -’L‘ gravely ill. He asked why they weren't i" ‘RL' alt‘mded to. "They’re the enemy,“ the villa,L i” said. "They're not on our side.” "Take them in again,” Dunant commanded. ‘ll men are brothers." From that moment he devoted his life [0 four “R an organization to look after the wounded or ill battlefields. As a tribute to its founder, the headquarter "l the movement were built in Switzerland, and "-L‘ tolcurs of the Swiss flag â€" a White cross in J red background â€" were reversed to give the lwl’ known emblem in the world â€" the Red Cross. HOME AND comm-Y