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ality seeds and ed- , ' ‘ ’ hirh u . through distributing a, q fific and intenswe treating the women in scien method of cultivation. The organization has participation in cultural npment of human pers _ _ ' aged rural Women to partrcrpate tn essay conâ€" tt:\ts. drawing. folk songs. dance and other forms of art. The Institute has given spectal to the development of traditional realized the value of activities in the develâ€" onality. It has encour- emphasis .It'ls, > ' the production of handicrafts is a major source of income to the rural women and in ttus eonneetion the Women's Institute prevtdes its best assistance to the rural women through channeling the services of the personnel of the island's department of cottage industries. Lo- L'nllt. found twine. fibre and reed are used to produce most of the handicrafts. Someof the items produced by the rural women include twine motifs. hand bags, purses. baskets. mats and lili‘lL‘ mats. 'Ihe Women‘s Institute is the centre of social lite in the Village and it is the place where the rural thtltcn get together at regular intervals hir mutual help and friendly cooperation. I dilor's note: This story of the work of the l tlllkn Mahdi Samiti was .sent to the office of Home and t'nuntry by a \Vomen's Institute tttcmhcr lrtun Ceylon who receives copies of Home and Country and tells its that she enjoys tending Hi the (Jntaritt “"nmen's Institutes. NORWAY l'he ettioytttent of spectacular mountain and l|t'ltl scent-rs Will he :t letttttre for Women‘s Institute tttettihers and others who visit the lrtettnial ('onfetencc of the Associated Coun- tr't' \Vnttien til the World in Oslo. Norway in ‘\tl_L'l1\l l't7l. the delegates will also see thou‘ sands of sparkling lakes and modern cities. lites utll eliiot eseellent food and first class ulk'Ct‘lllIlll'tlnlllll'l'lS. the elitnate of Norway is surprisingly mild thanks to the intlttenec of the Littlf Stream and the tune stltlltl nights of the summer season. l‘ten tn \ttgttst the temperatures are comfort- .thle because the httntidttv is low. VI he .treu I‘ll Noruus‘ is Ilillftll square miles with ,l population of “it-t million people. King may \'. is the head ot the government. The cits ut (No. where the Conference will he held is the capital. Delegates will have little Lttlgltugc trouble since l'nglish is spoken in all parts of the country. * it * Yin-tor Hugtwr'WV'nods and fields make the rtlntttmri of J” great men." 72 A NEW SECRETARY GENERAL FOR A.C.W.W. It has been announced that Miss Eligt at] O'Kelly has been appointed General See.â€" for the Associated Country Women l» World, succeeding Mrs. Stella Bell who . M the organization so faithfully for years, Miss O‘Kelly is a Life Member of A.C t. and those members of the Ontario Wt Institutes who attended the Dublin Cont} in 1965 will remember her as a speaf that Conference. She has had long exist in Community Development work. 0 2 ticular interest to A.C.W.W. is her wt a the Cameroons and Sarawak. From I“ 1961 she worked as an Adult Educatio Welfare Officer in the Cameroons, first responsibility for a large-scale literacy paign in the interior and then as head Division of Community Development part of her work in this connection sh responsible for the inception and devel., of the ‘Corn Mill Societies’, an imagi education and agricultural ptogramn. African rural women which is well t to A.C.W.W. In recognition of her .si. in the Cameroons Miss O‘Kelly was as the M.B.E. by Queen Elizabeth II and a Queen Mother of the Nsaw tribe |' Fort of Nsaw. From 1962 to 1965 she was Adviser Government of Sarawak, specially com with the setting up of the Sarawak Wu Institutes. For this work she was av. the Star of the Order of Sarawak (Ahli B. Sarawak). She was largely responsihl organizing the A.C.W.W. Regional (. once and Seminar held in Kuching in 1964. Miss O'Kelly is thus no strong A.C.W.W, In addition to her work in eroon and Sarawak, she has paid it advisory visits (as well as those on our it to Ceylon. Sabah, Brunei, Sikkim. .'\l Northern Nigeria, and Greece, and hat visited Australia, Thailand and Input 1955 she drove across Africa from P- West and has travelled extensively in ‘ Africa and in Western Eur0pe and the \i East. She has also published articles: it work in community development and experienced speaker. Miss O'Kelly takes up her work AiC.W.W. at the beginning of August leave following a 21-month period of we Saigon with the Asian Christian Service ~ East Asia Christian Conference. A.C.W.\'l count itself fortunate to have secure.’ services of such an outstanding ll‘llel‘n‘di personality and we give her a warm Wei. to our A.C.W.W. family. HOME AND cow. t