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Show ELAINE POSEY HAS U N LETTER PRINTED (Following is the text of a Letter to the Editor of the U N Observer, written by Elaine Posey of Milford High School and published in full). Dear Editor: The country of Ethiopia is crying out to the world in behalf be-half of herself and all other under-privileged countries for help. Help, to help us conquer con-quer the vast quantities of disease dis-ease and destruclion. Help, to learn the more modern methods meth-ods of agriculture. Ethiopia is f j ! t seeking our help for knowledge. knowl-edge. The country, itself, is still a primitive country with little means of preventing and controlling con-trolling diseases, epidemics and increased life expectancy. Today, To-day, in Ethiopia, people are expecting to live only 19 to 21 years of age. Three out of every four children chil-dren die before they reach the age of five. People here are suffering from, all kinds of unhealthy surroundings. Just by looking up one side of a street you may see children with swollen joints, protruding stomachs, and rickets, resulting result-ing from malnutrition this is only just a few of the dis- Elaine Posey eases. Yet, what can we do about this serious problem with our lack of medicines, hospitals, and educational facilities? fa-cilities? Could it not be that someone could come to the aid of Ethiopia? Ethi-opia? Surely Ethiopia needs' schools, and hospitals so that the people can help themselves in eliminating medically unhealthy un-healthy conditions, and bs given a change in their future surroundings. This is indeed a serious problem in Ethiopia today, and we do need someone to aid us in our cause. We plead for help with our problems to the Model U N, who could try to help us solve these problems. We propose that the WHO, legislate a resolution res-olution whereby, stating that the people of Ethiopia do need help to conquer their many problems brought forth. And that if the Committee on World Health could provide a program for our country whereby, teams from nations with knowledge and skill could come into our country and have stationed here bases which will teach us how to help ourselves. We realize our country is not as world-wide-known as other countries, but we do feel our problems are disas- trous and we would like to be able to cope with them ourselves. our-selves. So we, the people of Ethiopia, are crying out to you, the world, for more knowledge and technical assistance. as-sistance. Sincerely, Elaine Posey. |