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What international opportunities are there for FWIO Members? The following have been described in prevrous Home & Country ROSE Garden ISSUES, - FWIO is supporting Grandmothers in Rwanda (March l, 2007*March l, 2008) through the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s "Grandmothers to Grandmothers” campaign -The FWlOvCaribbean, Central and South Amenca Area small crafts protect wrli continue, as long as there lS need and interest. FWIO Board Directors have the details. They have also been published in "The Connecting Link" - Members may fundraise for ACWW protects in general, Water for All and/or Women Feed the World. (Brochures are available from ACWW on each of these) - There Will be a Canada Area triennial project announced soon, The Tanzania one ended at the June 2007 ACWW Triennial Conference in Turiru, Finland. This column addresses concerns expressed in the recent Branch International Reports. Which countries have Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW) societies? ACWW has divided the world into 9 Areas. The following list of countries is by the ACWW Area in which they are included. You will notice that Africa and Asia are divided into 2 Areas each. Legend for Map of the World I Canada I U.S.A I Europe Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Latvia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Ireland, Netherlands Denmark, Germany, Ireland, United Kingdom. Czech Republic, France, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Albania & Belarus East, West 8: Central Africa Mali, Cameroon, Kenya & Uganda Southern Africa Zambia, Embaime Namibia, Botswana, Republic of South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Mauritius & Madagascar Caribbean,CentIai &South America Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Grenada. Trinidad &Tobago, Jamaica, Kiribati & St. \hncent 8i Grenadines -Members may attend the 26th ACWW Triennial April 20 to 28, 20M] in Hot Springs, Arkansas, US They must be paying Members ACWW It lS now possible to pay ACWW membership fees by credit card, using a form downloaded from the ACWW website wwwacwworg uk - Members may particrpate in the Michigan and New York State exchange programs offered by FWIO, Applications are available at FWlO Provrncial Office in Guelph. South East Asia and Far East China, Korea, Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia & Christmas island Central 8: South Asia Pakistan, Nepal, india, Sri Lanka, & Bangladesh South Pacific Solomon islands, Tuvalu, Western Samoa, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Tonga, New Zealand & Australia