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It's evening in West Bengal village. Supper‘s over. the pots are cleaned and all is tidy. In the village .Lluure, under shelt6rtng trees. are tables and benches hum the mobile van. Womenfolk start to gather_ some m- worried. others barely hide their excitement. tonight. after the cooking demonstration, they‘ll begin 1. read and write. lt’s evening too. in a village in North-East Brazil. \iiithers come bringing their babes. babies that are i tprCCanS to leave. One out of every three die in the i- at year. The nurse will be here tonight. she‘s bring the needle to keep them from getting sick. She’ll l. about proper foods so they can grow healthy and ing. lt‘s morning in the western lowlands of Lesotho. cady the sun is trying to outdo yesterday's ninety rees. Angeline moves briskly. getting out the sup- _\ for the nutrition class. The road to the high lintain village is treacherousâ€"it can scarcely be :d a roadibut with the landrover. she’ll make it. Wow what do these three groups of people have in linon? Well. they‘re all women. being helped by l women. who are members of Associated Counâ€" Women of the World. or us it’s more commonly ‘-Tl ACWW. This organization represents nertrly 3 ion countrywomen and housewrves in 69 coun- it all began 80 years ago in Stoney Creek. Ontario. ‘ the death ofa Child. The child‘s mother was Ade- le Hunter Hoodless. She wanted to know why her , had died. why were there so many deaths? When learned it was caused by impure milk. she headed impaign to have it made clean: she began a cruâ€" ~ for ‘domestic science‘ to be taught to all the girls hool, and she founded an organization which was we the first Women‘s Institute. The movement spreadinationallyiinterâ€" vinally. Their first objectiveato raise the standard ornemaking. As this became a reality in developed itrtES. women turned their eyes to their less l'ortuâ€" sisters. They were appalled by what they saw: king rates of infant mortality; those that did surâ€" hecoming blind by the thousands: illiterate moth- unable to learn new ways, clinging to the old. trene Spry. the Canadian economist and former RVW Deputy President. has said. “Mother love »n’t know of the invisible dangers of bacteria; nor inborn commonsense tell a mother how the Food to of coca cola or a pot of tea. compares with the Hi value of the eggs that were sold to buy thal COla tea." All this must be learned. So ACWW wasted no time. In 197]. at a World nt‘erence in Oslo, Swedish housewives initiated a we Sight“ resolution. And three years later at their :tl‘erence in Perth. members heard the Campaign re~ in. It had begun in Madurai in southern India where rithers brought their tiny children. They learned that ~l one cupful of green vegetables a day will protect ilx'lt‘ child’s sight. ACWW made a further plan. With ludurai College as its base. they would take nutrition lucation out to the people. They bought a van. and i it a driver. a cook demonstrator. a paediatrician and t nurse. With the help of the State Government and he UNICEF organization, village centres were set up. Here. mothers came every day for a lhree "'10th course, Using locally grown food to prepare the meals. they could see at the end of the course. the happy reâ€" sults. This project is in operation right now. It‘s proved so successful that it‘s encouraged others in other parts ofthe world. Education is the key. ACWW doesn‘t apâ€" proach problems like a ‘lady bountil‘ul‘ giving handâ€" outs. but like colleagues. working together to fulfill :1 common goalithe health and well being at all the peoples of the world. LET'S PULL TOGETHER The motto of the Kenya people and the Govern- ment is “Harambee” which means “let's tall) pull to» gether”. This word appears on their national crcst along with their country'\ colors of black. green and red; black for the people. green for the Country and red for the blood they shed for it. Harambce is what Presi- dent Kenyatta catlled for when Kenya gained its in- dependence in I963 and he became its first president, Harambce is what most of the l4 million people in Kenya seem to be doing whether they are black (975’ l. Asian. Arab or European. They have all had their part in making Kenya a modern country with a healthy grewing economy. This is certainly true of the women who have joined Maendelco ya Wanuwake meaning Women's Progress which was started in 1954 and has grown to 5000 groups with a membership of half a million. Although most MYW members are unaware of the fact. the women of Kenya have inherited it great deal from the East Africa Women‘s League which celeâ€" brated its 60th Anniversary in [977. Started in [917 by European women. the League has been over the years devoted to the welfare of women and children. It has been very active in helping to secure social legislation so necessary for the progress of women. and the pro- tection ot‘the rights ofchildren and the family unit. lls motto is "Build for Kenya". In a country where polygamy is still practised. and many mothers are single parents in need ot‘ assistance the government is doing mtich to help. Through U.N. agencies and A.C.W.W. Kenyans are now in position for grants. The UN, demands plans for specific needs and the people know what they need. Under the self-help plans women decide what they wantâ€"schools. piped water or tin roots for their homes and the government or UN. agencies helps. But the women do the work, Members have dug ditches and made reservoirs for water. For schools and hospitals they have made a countless number of ce- ment blocks. purchased and raised livestock and conâ€" tributed money from the sale of produce and handi- crafts. Many groups have their own retail outlets. One such shop is the Maendeleo ya Wanawake shop in Nairobi which many of the conference dele- gates visited. The most popular handicrafts at this shop are baskets, clay work, carvings. calabashes. gourds. trays and sisal mats. 23