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Calendar Of Events. ERLAND LEE (MUSEUM) HOME SOUTHWESTERN AREA DAY APRIL 9 ‘ 9.30 am to 4.00 pm This day has been set aside especially to honor outhwestern Area; Members. If coming by bus. please book ahead with the Hostess. ‘ raft articles will be accepted at this time, to be sold uringr Ontario W l Week. Southwestern Area will be credited with the amount of sales during WJ. Week. ONTARIO WJ. WEEK JUNE 1 - 5 9.30 am to 4.00 pm if coming by bus please book with the Hostess. Special Activities and Demonstrations. CHRISTMAS AT THE LEE DECEMBER 2 - 3 The Home will be decorated in the 1897 era. MclNTYRE WI, THUNDER BAY NORTH DISâ€" RlCT, will again sponsor two 4-l-I Homemaking Clubs nd will participate in the Senior Project. Crewel lTIIlJI'OldCl'y. An auction sale of preserves at a regular IBCllng will provide extra funds for the treasury. SAFE DRINKING WA TEEâ€"«GOAL BY 1990. The United Nations sets a goal of safe drinking water r the world by 1990. Half the world‘s peoplei2000 illion men, women and childrenâ€"do not have access a safe and adequate water supply. The United itions wants to give them all safe water and sanitation 1990. To accomplish this goal. the UN has declared the cade 1981 to 1990 as the “International Drinking cuter Supply and Sanitation Decade." To accomplish s task will require an estimated $140 billion US liars. “That cost is less than oneâ€"third of the world‘s annual m5 budget," said Carl Stieren. Executive Secretary of : United Nations Association. Metro Toronto Branch. “It is far less than what U.S. President Reagan plans spend on arms in 1981." "And while the USSR spends less in dollar terms on ms. it spent the same percentage of its GNP on arms. did the US. in the 1970‘s. For the UN Water Decade to succeed, it needs rticipation by the people in communities and villages i the Third World as much as the Decade needs oney. Local participation and approval of new water stems and sanitation systemsg-even local designâ€" ?ety be necessary for a system to be kept up and 'Paired by local labor. To accomplish the goal of the decade. the UN has set P a steering committee consisting of the UN itself. w‘NlCEF, the UN Development Program. the internaâ€" Aonal Labour Organization. the Food and Agriculture Organization. the World Health Organization and the international Bank for Reconstruction and Development lWorld Bank). i \l \t [at WORLD FOOD DAY The first World Food Day will be on October 16. l981, and will become an annual event. FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) has asked all NGO‘s (of which ACWW is one) especially those concerned with food and development issues. to participate in national events and involve their members in the Day. Govern- ments have been asked to set up World Food Day Committees, and FAQ will be issuing promotional materials. The aim is to create public awareness of the long-term world food problem and so strengthen the resolve to Overcome it and end hunger. malnutrition and poverty. Hopefully. Branches will include this in their October programs CHILDREN’S SONGS The four winning children‘s songs in the ACWW triennial competition have now been printed in a limited edition for sale to members. The four songs. ‘By The Way‘. ‘Let's Write a Song‘. ‘The Happy Children‘s Song‘ and ‘Friendship'. are all unison. quite short. easy to learn. and suitable for children 8-l2 years. The booklet will incorporate along with the songs the winning design in the poster competition on the cover. The cost £1 including postage and packing. to ACWW Office. Accounts Department. OFFICIAL EMBLEM The image of a drop. which is readily identified with drink- ing water and sanitation in all a \ parts of the world; within the large drop. signifying the Dec- Q adc as a whole. ten small drops v represent each year within the V Decade; the sprinkling COn~ figuration of drops suggest spreading of drinking water and sanitation services throughout the world. in line with the Decade‘s goal; the encircling olive-branch wreath symbolizes the United Nations‘ supporting and promotional role in the Decade. â€" United Nations agencies actively involved in the Decade â€" United Nations; (UN); Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) United Nations Educational. Scientific and Cultural Organization; (UNESCO) World Health Organization; (WHO) World Bank (lBRD) United Nations Children‘s Fund (UNICEF) United Nations Development Program (UNDP) International Labour Organization (lLO)