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â€" -â€" the original Objectives have been updated to meet current needs and are:- (a) to help women acquire sound and approved homemaking skills; (b) to help discover, stimulate and develop lea- dership; (c) to help identify and resolve needs and prob- lems in the community; (d) to help promote the use of available resource materials; and (e) ‘0 help dEVe'OP better informed, happier and more useful citizens. â€" Junior Women’s Institutes, open to young women 14 years of age and over, are organized to assist in personal growih, leadership, responsibility and better homemaking practices? __ the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario pro- mote the courses Provided by the Home Econo- mics Branch, 0"“3in Ministry of Agriculture Food, on NUiriiiOn, Clothing, Home Crafts and House Furnishings to which women of the Com- munity are inViIEd? «324%, _. the Women's Institute has provided leadership for thousands 0‘ 4-“ Homemaking Clubs Senior Training School programmes? â€"â€" programmes for monthly meetings are planned by members and are based on a wide range of topics under Standing Committee Convenerships Of Agriculture and Canadian Industries, Citizen- ship and World Affairs, Education and Cultural Activities, Family and Consumer Attairs and Re- solutions? â€"â€" the Federated Women’s Institutes of Ontario has an on-going Scholarship programme providing as- sistance tor further education at local Universities and in countries needing assistance? â€" the International Scholarship Fund of $50,000.00 was set up to commemorate the 65th Anniversary of the first Women's Institute; with the interest trom this Fund young women from various Asian countries were sent to Mysore, India, to study nutrition and toad preservation, a young girl trom Turkey was trained in midwifery, and leadership training and fresh water supplies have been proâ€" vided in Malaysia, Zambia, other parts at Africa?