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ACWW CONVENTION MARTHA BIELISH President Federated Womeri s Institutes of Canada " Come, see and you will never forget," were the words spoken by Jane Kiano, the Maendeleo ya Wanawake member from Kenya at the Perth conference in 1974, when issuing the invitation for the 15th triennial conference of the Associated Country Women of the World . Who could ignore that challenge and resist that invita-tion' Delegates came from many countries, from all parts of the globe . And true to Mrs . Kiano's promise no one was denied entry! Looking back, what made this confer-ence unique and why has it made such a terrific impact upon those of us fortunate enough to attend? Perhaps at the outset there was a combi-nation of apprehension about going to Africa in unsettled times, combined with eager anticipation and the challenge to " come and see" . It was also the first time that ACWW met in Africa. and the first time they met in a developing country where the majority of people are of a racial and cultural background different from our own . There was so much to learn, to see, to taste. t o hear and to experience . A session . with a difference, called Dia-lwogeue was under the direction of ACWW's committee . Only one member per society was permitted to attend . Members from developing countries discussed their problems and placed their re nests for assistance directly on the table to e picked up by those who could assist . It was here that I met the Lesotho delegate and heard first hand that the Landrover FWIC had provided following the Oslo conference was in the garage waiting for repairs more often than it was on the road. After a Gnick poll of the Canadian delegates, FWIC agreed to provide a new Landroverso that the homemaker and nutntion education programs in the more remote areas may continue. p Save the Land Harambee is a program sponsored by National Council of Women, ( 30 women's organizations in Kenya) to push back the desert by planting trees, shelterbelts and windbreaks and to keep the rivers blue . We were invited to plant a tree, or have a tree planted . I responded for FWIC with an order for a long living protected Mguma tree and for my home WI branch, I selected a beautiful ( lowering lacuranda . For $ 3 in United Slates cur-rency or the Canadian equivalent a tree is planted and care ensured for five years . I think this involvement will continue . [ Nationally, we are committed to pro , cing the Landrover and I expect the first thing local branches will ask " How can we help?" '. Some will want to have a tree Planted, and others will choose to . contribute toward wells and water lines to villages . These will help make the lives of people in developing countries easier and more tolerable . Through reports and stones and letters the links in that chain of friendship that binds us together will be reinforced and strenglh-ned as we continue to build bridges of understanding around the world . Lightening the burden Representatives of rural women's or-ganizations attended the Associated Country Women o~ the Warld confer-ence held in NairoDI Kenya in October. Leaders of Western Canadian organiza-tions have been asked to consider the impact of the conference on themselves and the effect then expect it will have on their organizations . The concept of women around the world Working to lighten each others burdens presents a unique Christmas niP, ce : Cr BETTE BALLHORN President Alberta Women's Institutes S The privilege of attending the 15th trien-nial conference in Nairobi, Kenya will be the highlight of my term as president of the Alberta Women's Institutes. Working together in the International Decade for Women 1976- 1985 was to me a most impressive session as we listened to first chairman, Dr. Julia Ojiambo MP followed by a panel giving first hand information on help they had received through the ACWW. The study sessions unfortunately had to be missed by those of us required to attend conference meetings . However, I was able to attend the Dialogue session where there was an excellent exchange between devel-oped and developing countries . At their June 1977 convention, Alberta Women's Institutes had stated they wished to help with water for Kenya . Through this session we were able to meet personally with the African women who are striving so desperately to make " water in every home in Kenya by year 2000" a reality Iong before that time . Contacts established will be pursued . For Albertans this was a major achievement, the start for next years proj-ect . It was also my good fortune to contact a leader from the Gilbert and Ellice Islands where Alberta members had contributed so generously to the UNESCO Gift Coupon 569 in 1977 . Those attending the conference were hosted and shown the sides of African life not generally seen by the average tourist, their schools, churches and missions, train-ing schools, hospitals and home hospitality . The government were also most generous with their hospitality . We were taken out into the countryside to villages where tree planting . ceremonies took place . They have an ongoing project that for every tree cut down, five seedlings will be planted. We were also able to purchase a tree in the name of our organization which will be planted in a green belt and cared for, for five years . The conference to me was very well organized, excellent speakers on very time-ly topics . The host country made one feel really welcome and organizers went out of their way to provide everything possible for our enjoyment . The one disappointment was that Can-ada was not chosen as the next host country - but there is always a next time . Iberta Women's Institutes members were easily picked out in their Iberia tartan . They pose in the Kenyatta Conference centre . Front row, aft to right : Martha Bielish, Warspite, Federated Women's Institutes of Canada, president; Ethel Morrisroe. Red Deer ; back row: Patricia Young, Compeer; Marion Alexander, Cayley ; Bette Ballhorn, Wetasldwin, AWI ` resident; Margaret Henderson, High River, Mary Mercer, Strathmore; rarie Plaiyier, Peace River and Elizabeth Lefsrud, Edmonton . Missing from the picture is Stella Pekse, Calgary. x ct « ~ ~ ' Rae floe of Australia, left, was elected president of the Associated Country Women of the World for the next three years ; Ellen Mcl, ean, right, past president of the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada is Canada's new area vice- president . Deputy presidents are Mrs. Z . Westebring- Muller of Holland and Mrs. I . K. Wood of New Zealand.
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Title | Pine Lake History - 1976 - 1989 |
Subject | AWI; Pine Lake Branch |
Description | Branch History |
Language | en |
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Source | Alberta Women's Institutes |
Identifier | awi0811093 |
Date | 2007 |
Collection | Alberta Women's Institutes - Collective Memory |
Repository | AU Digital Library |
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Title | Page 17 |
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Collection | Alberta Women's Institutes - Collective Memory |
Repository | AU Digital Library |
Copyright | For Private Study and Research Use Only |
Transcript | ACWW CONVENTION MARTHA BIELISH President Federated Womeri s Institutes of Canada " Come, see and you will never forget," were the words spoken by Jane Kiano, the Maendeleo ya Wanawake member from Kenya at the Perth conference in 1974, when issuing the invitation for the 15th triennial conference of the Associated Country Women of the World . Who could ignore that challenge and resist that invita-tion' Delegates came from many countries, from all parts of the globe . And true to Mrs . Kiano's promise no one was denied entry! Looking back, what made this confer-ence unique and why has it made such a terrific impact upon those of us fortunate enough to attend? Perhaps at the outset there was a combi-nation of apprehension about going to Africa in unsettled times, combined with eager anticipation and the challenge to " come and see" . It was also the first time that ACWW met in Africa. and the first time they met in a developing country where the majority of people are of a racial and cultural background different from our own . There was so much to learn, to see, to taste. t o hear and to experience . A session . with a difference, called Dia-lwogeue was under the direction of ACWW's committee . Only one member per society was permitted to attend . Members from developing countries discussed their problems and placed their re nests for assistance directly on the table to e picked up by those who could assist . It was here that I met the Lesotho delegate and heard first hand that the Landrover FWIC had provided following the Oslo conference was in the garage waiting for repairs more often than it was on the road. After a Gnick poll of the Canadian delegates, FWIC agreed to provide a new Landroverso that the homemaker and nutntion education programs in the more remote areas may continue. p Save the Land Harambee is a program sponsored by National Council of Women, ( 30 women's organizations in Kenya) to push back the desert by planting trees, shelterbelts and windbreaks and to keep the rivers blue . We were invited to plant a tree, or have a tree planted . I responded for FWIC with an order for a long living protected Mguma tree and for my home WI branch, I selected a beautiful ( lowering lacuranda . For $ 3 in United Slates cur-rency or the Canadian equivalent a tree is planted and care ensured for five years . I think this involvement will continue . [ Nationally, we are committed to pro , cing the Landrover and I expect the first thing local branches will ask " How can we help?" '. Some will want to have a tree Planted, and others will choose to . contribute toward wells and water lines to villages . These will help make the lives of people in developing countries easier and more tolerable . Through reports and stones and letters the links in that chain of friendship that binds us together will be reinforced and strenglh-ned as we continue to build bridges of understanding around the world . Lightening the burden Representatives of rural women's or-ganizations attended the Associated Country Women o~ the Warld confer-ence held in NairoDI Kenya in October. Leaders of Western Canadian organiza-tions have been asked to consider the impact of the conference on themselves and the effect then expect it will have on their organizations . The concept of women around the world Working to lighten each others burdens presents a unique Christmas niP, ce : Cr BETTE BALLHORN President Alberta Women's Institutes S The privilege of attending the 15th trien-nial conference in Nairobi, Kenya will be the highlight of my term as president of the Alberta Women's Institutes. Working together in the International Decade for Women 1976- 1985 was to me a most impressive session as we listened to first chairman, Dr. Julia Ojiambo MP followed by a panel giving first hand information on help they had received through the ACWW. The study sessions unfortunately had to be missed by those of us required to attend conference meetings . However, I was able to attend the Dialogue session where there was an excellent exchange between devel-oped and developing countries . At their June 1977 convention, Alberta Women's Institutes had stated they wished to help with water for Kenya . Through this session we were able to meet personally with the African women who are striving so desperately to make " water in every home in Kenya by year 2000" a reality Iong before that time . Contacts established will be pursued . For Albertans this was a major achievement, the start for next years proj-ect . It was also my good fortune to contact a leader from the Gilbert and Ellice Islands where Alberta members had contributed so generously to the UNESCO Gift Coupon 569 in 1977 . Those attending the conference were hosted and shown the sides of African life not generally seen by the average tourist, their schools, churches and missions, train-ing schools, hospitals and home hospitality . The government were also most generous with their hospitality . We were taken out into the countryside to villages where tree planting . ceremonies took place . They have an ongoing project that for every tree cut down, five seedlings will be planted. We were also able to purchase a tree in the name of our organization which will be planted in a green belt and cared for, for five years . The conference to me was very well organized, excellent speakers on very time-ly topics . The host country made one feel really welcome and organizers went out of their way to provide everything possible for our enjoyment . The one disappointment was that Can-ada was not chosen as the next host country - but there is always a next time . Iberta Women's Institutes members were easily picked out in their Iberia tartan . They pose in the Kenyatta Conference centre . Front row, aft to right : Martha Bielish, Warspite, Federated Women's Institutes of Canada, president; Ethel Morrisroe. Red Deer ; back row: Patricia Young, Compeer; Marion Alexander, Cayley ; Bette Ballhorn, Wetasldwin, AWI ` resident; Margaret Henderson, High River, Mary Mercer, Strathmore; rarie Plaiyier, Peace River and Elizabeth Lefsrud, Edmonton . Missing from the picture is Stella Pekse, Calgary. x ct « ~ ~ ' Rae floe of Australia, left, was elected president of the Associated Country Women of the World for the next three years ; Ellen Mcl, ean, right, past president of the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada is Canada's new area vice- president . Deputy presidents are Mrs. Z . Westebring- Muller of Holland and Mrs. I . K. Wood of New Zealand. |
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