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THE ADA SUNDAY NEWSState ClubdWomen Attackr-s.*1idWorld HungerCrisis face over 30 nations and concerned Federated Women all over Oklahoma are joining together during the next two years to combat these signs of crisis.Mrs. John F. Fitch. El Reno, president, Oklahoma Federation of Women's Clubs, announced that her clubs are working jointly with Federated Women's Clubs throughout America to battle the tragic phenomena of world hunger.Mrs. Fitch stated, “We can no longer accept the fact that more than half the world is hungry. The situation is serious, now. in 1968, and the experts predict that it will becime crit-i ical within the next decade unless long-term food production plans are implemented at once. When we help people, we must do so within the framework of helping them to help themselves. We must offer tham a ‘HAND UP’ rather than a ‘HAND Out'.”This massive humanitarian effort will be carried out throuch CARE, the international relief, agency, and the program em-, phasis will not be on feedinghungry people. jRather, it will be directed at supplying the needy nations of the w'orld with some of the ba-; sic tools, materials and methods needed to implement their own food production programs. Ag-' ricultural tools for small farmers in Hong Kong and Korea;! I seeds and tools for school gar-• den programs in Sierre Leone t and Ecuador; livestock and ! farm equipment for training cen-! ters in Honduras and Tumaa: help build a farm-to-market I road in Liberia; food presen’a-1 uon projects in Turkey and5 much, much more.- Mrs. Betty Hoffmeyer, Assist-• ant Director of CARE's South- west Division and Mrs. George Starr, Ponca City, Oklahoma- Federation CARE Chairman, will be working very closely with federated clubs throughout Oklahoma to promote the 1968-70 CARE project, “TheSigns of Crisis.The Oklahoma Federation of Women's Clubs are compelled to personally attack one of the greatest problems facing mankind - WORLD HUNGER .Theyfeel the time to act is NOW.SMILI by tig unabli first c
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Ada Sunday News
Ada, Oklahoma, US
Sun, Sep 22, 1968
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