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ACWW Keele University. Staffordshire. England was the setting for the first residential Councd Meeting‘of ACWW. Also for the first time. Life and Contributing Members. upon application. were able to attend as Observers. Mrs. R. Roe. World President. preSIded and expressed disappointment that ol‘ the 200 attend- ing only 64 represented Societies. and only 43 ol those were direct representatives. There are now [8| Constituent. I8 Associate. and IQ} Corresponding Societies, a total of L7” Life and 3.807 Contributing Members. After the Dialogue Session at the Nairobi Confer- ence. :1 Projects Committee was set up to match Mem- ber Societies’ offers to help with requests for aid and also to administer the three Trust Funds, Mrs. E. Couldrey. who has given 12 years of valued service as Deputy General Secretary. has been forced to retire on doctor's orders. Three Administrative Secretaries have been hired to assist the General Secretary. Miss H. McGrigor. Tribute was paid to Mrs. S. Gibson. edi- tor of “The Countrywoman". who retires next year. It was shocking to learn there are only 3.648 indi- vidual subscriptions to "The Countrywoman" among more than eight million members in the world. Of these only I79 are from Canada Let us have a camâ€" paign for subscriptions to the Countrywoman at one pound per year in 1979, With more groups from all parts ol‘ the world turning to ACWW for help and guidance. ll is not good enough that so I'cw of our members read our International magaline and know ol'activities' with which their contributions play a part. All subscriptions must be in ACWW office by March lsl. In reports given by the World President. Deputy President Mrs. Wood. and the Area Vice»Presidents. there was one fact repeated that the right to l‘ood is the most basic of all human rights. In Asian lands we learned there are millions ol‘childreri weaned between l and 3 years who subsist on what they can then get. in some places one out of‘ 1000 children M AY get one cup ol‘ milk in a lifetime. Efi'orts' are being made to in- clude nutrition education in program classcs. In the Seychelles ACWW provided a Home Econo- mist to try to eradicate malnutrition. It is even more diflicult when 90? of water is polluted to start with. Since Nairobi Conference there has been an upsurge of interest. National Health and Socral Schemes have adopted theme of “Shared Responsibilities”. Natal’s 50111 Anniversary project is “Literacy. Child Care. Nus trition etc." In East Africa women wtilk 20 miles morn- ing and evening looking for water so they arc trying to raise money to bring it within 3-5 miles of villages. Mrs. Wood described the exciting communications system “Peacesat” in South Pacific. A satellite station in Hawaii. it permits pupils to receive lessons. ask questions and get answers. ACWW had permission to 30 arrange a meeting for organizations in the islands While discussing common interests. their one-hear V05: sion was interrupted by an urgent call for Australian doctors to give advice on a cholera outbreak in Glil‘icn Islands. Twenty minutes later. mission accomplitilcd and medical instructions given, the ACWW senior; continued. In Fiji there was a ten-month trait m course teaching how to live together. money man menl etc. They made their stoves out of‘ petrol I and utensils from tin cans. ii I it» it» Honorary Secretary Mrs. Wildblood had bee. i Germany re plans for the 1980 Triennial Conl‘ert to be held May II-23. I980. The theme is to be "‘ r. ward Together" and time table is being set up to a. .i overlapping ofsessions. Registration fee will be 1“ . pounds and is nonâ€"refundable. Competitions are I ' for (1) Children's Song for WC; (2) Wall Poster turing Golden Jubilee of ACWW; and (3) E. marker featuring |980 theme. A pre-Coni‘ert Workshop will be organized by Dtitch Societie participants from within Europe. U Mrs. Wood Outlined the world totir of the AC" flag prior to Conference. At the ACWW Cori Meeting. July 9-12. 1979. each Area Vice-Prey; will be presented with an ACWW flag. This flag i be passed on from one Constituent Society in ‘ Area to another using all the ingenious ways poss to collect Pennies For Friendship at the same It Then in [980 the well-worn flags and Pennies collet i will be taken to Hamburg. Germany and it is ho: I that the goal of one penny For every one of the fit than eight million members will have been reached l ring of Pennies around the world. ACWW COMPETITIONS HANDWORK Wall Poster Publicizing the ACWW Golden Jubilee Using white and one other colour only Sizeâ€"limited to 30cm by 40cm. Book Marker Incorporating ACWW and I980 in the design Any mediaifabric. leather. embroidery. etc. Sizeilimited to 5'vécm by 24cm WRITTEN WORK A Children’s Song As a unison song. accompanied or unaccom pa rt Three verses only. with optional refrain; the word English. Suitability of the words will be taken inltv count for a performance by a children‘s choir al . Triennial Conference. The composition may b5 ~‘ work of one or two people. Each song should be submitted with the fall it. and address of the composer and the name ol’ L ACWW Member Society. Competitors are advise .0 keep a copy of their work. but every care will be la n of the songs received. Entries must be written eh i} on manuscript paper. with the words ol‘ the first M written under the vocal stave. Send three Coplfl‘ i‘l ‘n.