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Institutes, A. C. W. W. and U. N. Editor's Note: This is taken from the United Nations Supplement to The Cormtrywomcm, written by Beryl Heamden. A Practical Service There is probably more honest-toâ€"God unâ€" selfish work being done in the world today than ever before, and a lot of it is being done bv the Specialised Agencies of the UnitEd Nations. Men and women of all nationalities, doctors, nurses farmers, engineers. teachers, are working in difficult, uncomfortable and nftcn very unhealthy parts of the world. trylng to help build a better life for the people. Many of them could get better salaries and infinitely more climi'urt if they stayed at home. The Unith Nations sounds impressive and imperâ€" swim], but when you get clown tn the practical facts you find the operative factor is the indi- vidual who is dnini: the job in the field, and his or her nUET't'hri depends Un knowledge. and the ability- in pass that knowledge on to other people. For instance, lht‘l'l' was a riceâ€"growing dis- trict in India that was; riddled with malaria. You plant rice in the wet season. slopping about in muddy water up in your ankles. and the rice fields, as you can imagine, breed mus- qLiilni-s likr-iwcll. like flies. In this district the niiisqiiitu was the aiiopheles, that carries malaria, and an everybody developed it, and at harvest time thrce out of every five men were lying on thcii‘ (ULS shaking with fever. The Women and chlldrcn got it too. One of the hIIl'rllJlL' things about malaria is that it causes anaemia, and a lot of women died in child- birth tin-causi- thcy could not survive the slight- cst l‘i‘ai-n‘iiii‘l‘iitigti Well. a 'l‘cclinii-al Assistance team of the United Nations went nut, summed up the situ- ation and decided that the first step was tn get rid iii the innsqiutmss. Aftci' that they could ciii'i- llll' malaria, get thc pciiplc Working again. and tlll'll inipruvc the pi'iidiii-Iiviti’ iii the land. The lill‘i’l was suiind, bill the team that went up with thcir spray guns couldn‘t c\'cn gct started. Thi- pt‘iipil' \i'niildn't lct lhcni They didn't be- lll‘\'l' that a ridiculan little thing like 8 mos- quito maili- thi-m il]. Thcri- had always been {crci', it was a part of life, They didn't like the look iii the spray guns and ihc tubs of disin- fci-tnnt; thi-y didn't want any part of it and “’ht‘n they startcd llll’HWlllt: stones the team rctrcatcd in Dclhi and reported failure, in Delhi lhcrc was a nursc, Working for the World chilth Organisation, which is one of the Specialised Agencies. Her name was Ehza- both Pi'ppci' and she hailed from Essex, in Eng- land._ She asked if she could go up to this district and sec what shc could do, and off She went in a jccp and settled down in one of the villain-s. She gave the women a hand. just as if shc had been a trained nurse in any euumry district anywhere in the world. She .1“. babies into the world and bathed sore t 7,1,: dressed cut fingers and toes and pFGSCE',‘ “ tummy aches and talked to the Gradually she won their confidence, 3;, they found she knew what she was about they believed her when she I“, mosquitoes caused malaria. Then thL. talked to their husbands, and the m" to think there might be something in eventually Elizabeth Pepper sent a m. Delhi, saying: "It’s alright, you cw now,” and the team went into arch. and slaughtered mosquitoes in their Within a year that district had bear, cover, Once the mosquitoes were ; doctors could cure the malaria. OnCc, were well the farming experts could l: improve their land. Rice production 15 per cent and other crops went u; cent. They were well enough to “'i gardens and grow vegetables. How ACWW Helps Does this sound rather remote, jusi story of far away places with strange names? Well, let's get back to our ACWW. We are an association of 140 women’s societies, all over the world lieve that these societies can be a to force for good. Over and over again seen how a few women who really l score can, by persuasion and examp' form a community. People who wot: attention to a stranger are influenc-r practical example of one of their x When we knew that the 1956 Trleil.‘ ference was going to be held in Ct' that a great many observers from :‘ coming we thought it would be 3 gm . hold a Seminar on how a country-inn ganisation can help in the developme country, The women of the East 11km and said they would be glad to send i tatives to the Seminar, Butâ€"the iistr â€"these things cost money, So it UNESCO, the United National Er! Scientific and Cultural Organisation. They knew all about us; ACWW sen sentatives to the UNESCO working i Paris. They knew about our Wort: societies all over the world. They - the plan of the Seminar and gave us a grant towards expenses. We had th dents. from Pakistan, India, Ceylon. Burma and Thailand. It was an ab- interesting school. This is the real practical two-wai- They will help us, because we 81‘L them to build this international high” better world. It is a very long road al- big job. and it needs both of usâ€"thr Nations Specialised Agencies and our we, the people of the world, to carrl' 1‘