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Show Results: Member contributions to the Chinese Nursing Project which has been voted a continu ing Federation Project at ever.y national convention since it began in 1941 have provided young girls in the Republle of National i at China. (Formosa) with the oppor- tuniif'to enter the professional field of nllringo Coordinating our efforts theough the Araerican Bureau tor .Hedical Aid to Ch1na lole havs1 in 18 years of continuing interest and support; made ma.ny contribution by granting subsidies to hospitals, medical and nursing students" and by supplying li!ed ical and hospital equ1ent to schools and health institutions in Free Chinas an initial donation of $700000 started the support or 28 nurses for in yea:r emergencY' m.edical ·trailung in K'tleiya..·ld., Chinao in 1942, one the Iational. Federation BoPollo had contributed expenses of the program a By 1943" In 1944, our $7,150 tor the Eeneral Federation adopted the Kweiyand Nursing Sesoolo Atter the Communists forced the removal or te A Nursing School to Taipei Formosa, the renovation ot the National. Defense i-ledical. Center wa.o made poss ible through generous BPW giftsQ Formosa has bcome a demonstration tor good health tor all or Southeast Asiab the Phill.ppines, and other countrieso \ie, the liational Federation me:lbers , have had JlW.ch to do 'With this very bappy accomplishmento Bur:1J.&, Indo-China, This year the. International Federation Theme tor 1962 is "Promoting l-iutual Respect Among Peoples as the Basis of International Understandingo" Our Chicago National Convention held in Jull" took the action or pledging the - Federation to raise $llOO,OOOf) to build a Chinese Nurses Horne in Formosa. to be named the DBol:lnNIE 1"0 YJ.AFFErT NURSES'HOUo You will note the notice of this tund-raising on page 8 8f !DTIONAL BUSINESS WOI«N tor NOmlBER-DECllBER 19610 w. are each asked to give $1000 to this tundo At the -November meeting of Wasatch BP\j. it was voted to give this $1000 to Chinese lurs1ng Fund at the DeaeBber meeting in leiu ot exchanging UoOO gif't8o |
