The Council meeting was followed by Area meetings and Marion Fulton was appointed to bring greetings from Canada.

With the Theme BUILDING FOR TOMORROW the 15th Triennial Conference of the Associated Women of the World met in the Kenyatta Conference Centre, Nairobi, Kenya from Oct. 11-21 with the elephant as

the ACWW Symbol.

The opening ceremonies were very colorful with the Kenyan Dancers and choirs performing in their native dress. This was followed by the parade of flags, welcome by Mrs. Jane Kiano, Chairman of the Co~ ordinating Committee, and the official opening by the Vice-Pres. of Kenya, Danill Arap Moi, M.P. who read a message from President Kenyatta as he was unable to be present.

At the first Plenary Session, chaired by Mrs. Olive Farquharson, greetings were extended from member countries and the World President’s Address was given by Mrs. Farquharson who concluded her remarks with “In BUILDING FOR TOMORROW, let us shake off any differences of race and culture that might be thought to divide us and by working together, with the courage of our convictions, strengthen - by

‘Unity in Integrity’ - that sense of purpose which members of ACWW have always cherished and seen as their hope for a peaceful Earth.

Dr. Perez Olindo and Mrs. Joy Adamson spoke on “The Heritage of Kenya”.

The Thursday morning session was ‘Working Together in the In- ternational Decade of Women’ when several U.N. Agency represen- tatives spoke on how Non-Government Organizations work through ACWW in implementing IWY Plan of Action.

Then there were Resolutions, Study Sessions, 3 Conference Survey Committee meetings, and other committees such as Policy, Constitution, Publicity and Publications and Finance. You might be interested to know that I met Mrs. Mary Sobey, a very nice English lady who represents PEIWI at Council, and she was again elected to the-General Purposes Committee and chosen as its chairman. This committee really is the

work-horse of ACWW.

On Sunday morning we attended St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church where the service was conducted by both a black and a white minister. In the afternoon at the Interfaith Service at the Kenyatta Centre Protestant, Catholic, Moslem and Hindu all took part in the service and several choirs entertained us.

On Monday afternoon a Dialogue “New Realities of Partnership” between Developed and Underdeveloped Countries was held when U.N. Agencies told us which channels requests and assistance have to go through. Many projects were presented and assistance offered. In listening to the dialogue, leadership training seemed to me to stand out above all else and I stated that the PEIWI had‘$500.000 for projects in

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