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. These were gathered together under the AD OJECTS COMMITTEE. In the past year. r, with so many appeals. contributions to this ‘ad fallen off, At the top ofthe list was a request vehicle for the Lanka Mahila Samiti of Sri We had lost hope of this when to our delight ived a letter from the State Chairman of the .'.I arm Bureau Women saying their Society had his up as their project and negotiations for the ave now started. As in 197] when the Federated n’s Institutes of Canada took up the purchase of {n for Lesotha, this was wonderful news indeed. BLICITY AND PUBLICATIONS COM- _ EE. Whatever is printed. from gummed labels to .wels and including leaflets. booklets and ACWW city. is the responsibility of this Committee as is opular bi-monthly magazine “The Country- " which can keep over 8.000.000 ACWW memâ€" around the world in touch. & P is also responsible for the Triennial Compeâ€" , which must be publicized. work collected, s appointed This Triennium the Essay competiâ€" s to bejudged in London as usual. but the Hand- , entries are going directly to Perth there to be d. so that a display of handwork may be shown LSIE ZIMMERN MEMORIAL FUND COM- EE which was formed at Oslo to provide Lead- tend the ACWW 14th Triennial Conference in th preceded by the Seminar in Adelaide on “Leadâ€" 'p Training in Community Development“ and Folâ€" ed by 10 days spent with a member society, A olar will be selected and societies informed after uary l, l974, which was the closing date for receipt "pplications. ‘The Committee also provides money to help mem- societies run Seminars and Training Courses. ese are becoming increasingly popular as a means reaching more women and in a shorter time. In 3 emphasis was on Training Courses organized by mber Societies in various parts of the world. the CI of instruction varying according to local needs, UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE also plans d administers seminars and Travel Grants with help In the United Nations Specialized Agencies. For exâ€" ple: from 1966 to I969 through a joint O/UNESCO gift coupon project, the Child Care ' (I Home Improvement Training Centre was set up Villa Maria. Columbia, South America. In the auâ€" i mm of [972 seminars were held. with UNESCO‘s as~ tance. at Recife, Brazil, on the “Role of Latin Amerâ€" J“: Women in a Developing World". and in Tunis ! intly with the International Alliance of Women â€"on “1 unctional Education for Women in Rural Develop- fi ent“. ACWW has consultative status with certain mem- 34’ of the United Nations family. Representatives m ACWW attend meetings such as the UNICEF ecutive Board meetings in Geneva, New York, the cond World Food Congress at the Hague and the _onference on Human Environment in Stockholm to Vi ention only a few. The Central Office asks Societies to let it know of their projects. Mrs. Roberts. our UN Representative in New York has stressed the impor- tance of this communication. Our representation at the UN is most important to ACWW. For the business ofthe highest international body in the world is passed to rural women everywhere. and conversely their voices can be heard at international level. THE EXTENSION AND MUTUAL SERVICE COMMITTEE arranges the travel facilities of the offi» cers and coordinates it with the Societies. This means not only planning the President's travels. but also those of Officers coming to the Council meetings with the visits they make on the way. This year our World President travelled to America. Southern Africa. parts ofAsia, New Zealand. Australia and the South Pacific. The Committee, in its Extension work. reported that at the time of Council ACWW had 312 Lil'e Members. 5,070 Contributing Members and 3.671 subscribers to “The Countrywoman". and these num- bers are rising all the time. There are 283 Member So- cieties in 68 countries and the total overall member ship is now well over the 8 million mark. Exchange programs. Letter Friends and Introductions are as popular as ever â€" 1,650 Letter Friends were put in touch in the past year. and there were [23 applications for Introductions. Members are asked. when writing in for Letter Friends and Introductions. please to remem- ber that it takes time to make these contacts. The LADY ABERDEEN SCHOLARSHIP Scheme was set up by the Edinburgh Conference in l959 in memory of Lady Aberdeen. ti founding mem- ber of ACWW and its first Honorary President, Ad~ ministered by its Committee. the scheme has made awards for varying periods ofindividutil study in such subjects as Nutrition. Child Care. Home Economics. Literacy. Conservation and Leadership Training. Scholars have gone from the Gilbert and Ellicc Islands in the Pacific to study in New Zealand: from Greece. Italy. the Cameroons and Jordan to “An Griunain” in Ireland; from Guyana to Jamaica and From Botswana to Zambia. to mention only a few. All must return to their villages to put their training to use and to pass on their knowledge. Recognition at 4»H Homemaking Club Achievement Day was well deserved, Mrs, Garnetl Cowel/ has led 34 projects and received her 15 year leader‘s certificate. (Lâ€"R) Marion Small, Provincial Honours. Susan Campbell, Advanced Honours, Mrs. Garnett Cows]! and Marie Ashton, Provinâ€" cial Honours. 23