Save The Children Fund: Increase In Income

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31967, 19 April 1969, Page 19

Save The Children Fund: Increase In Income

There was an increase of mere than 85000 in the New Zealand Save the Children Fund’s Income over the last year, in spite of a special capital gift of 824,000 made during that period, said the Dominion chairman of the fund (Mrs T. L. Fancourt) in her annual report. The report was presented at the twenty-first annual conference of the fund held in Christchurch yesterday and continuing today. “Once again, this shows what an enormous amount of work and effort have been made by countless numbers of people to achieve so magnificent a result,” Mrs Fancourt said. The visit of the directorgeneral of the fund. Sir Colin Thornley, had clarified the policy of the fund in New Zealand, and had resulted in | a fuller participation in the work in Vietnam and a | change in sponsorship policy. “Following the recommen- ■ dation at the 1988 conference 1 of establishment of separate offices for sponsorships, a documented proposal was ■ sent to London setting out the manner In which sponsorships would be handled in I New Zealand. I "Ten months later, no I advice had been received ■ as to whether they approved ■ of a central New Zealand I office, and handling along the ■ lines proposed or not. The I proposals were along similar I lines to those working suc- ■ cessfully for the International I Union of Child Welfare spanI sorship control,” Mrs Fanfl court says. * Formal notice-has been sent,

to sponsorship secretaries advising of the proposed increase which can be implemented, of 880 for a child and $lOO for a family sponsorship. This does not include the cost of administration. ‘The last year has been one of frustration for those involved with sponsorship, but the latest advice from London giving proposals for future Save the Children Fund sponsorship policy indicates that the situation may : be considerably eased in the future," Mrs Fancourt said. An effort has been made to implement a scheme for handling I.U.C.W. sponsorships through a central office, with the aims of relieving the union of as much administra- ; tive work as possible, stan- ; dardlsing branch procedures.' providing a complete set of ; New Zealand records, provid- ' ing a case-history and information centre, and increasing ' the accuracy and speed of ' delivery of children’s letters, reports, and receipts. ' “The number of I.U.C.W. : sponsorships held in New Zea- ' land at present is about 1700. This represents 35 per cent ’ of the total I.U.C.W. sponsorship programme and about 42 per cent of the sponsorship , and sponsors' gift money : remitted from New Zealand,” I Mrs Fancourt said. Guide Activities.—During • the May school holidays New . Zealand guides will run acti- [ vities for girts who are not . guides. They have been planning activities for wet and ' fine days—games of ail kinds handcrafts, outdoor cooking, uand camping—