Show Children Are First FirstIn FirstIn In CARE Program The season holiday-season CARE Food today with an appeal to scans to help feed children first in nations beset by hunger and malnutrition MOLLY FARMIN Regional Director announced is needed to complete ye yearlong year yearlong year year- r- r long CARE feeding programs for people of whom almost 94 per percent percent percent cent will be children fed regularly at schools preschools preschools preschools pre- pre schools centers and other in in- Operating support from local governments and United States donations of farm Carm abundance will multiply the public contributions contributions con con- which will provide food packages at 1 each Programs operate in 35 countries from Latin America to Africa and Asia FEEDING children first is not only a matter of compassion compassion compassion compas compas- sion Miss Farmin pointed out Hunger and malnutrition malnutrition malnutrition tion reduce a school school-child's ability to concentrate and may cause permanent mental and physical retardation by the time a child reaches school age Economic efforts in developing developing developing devel devel- nations will be fruitless fruitless fruitless fruit fruit- less if their children lose the capacity to become self self- supporting men and women MANY OF the children will willbe willbe willbe be fed Ced at schools and nutrition nutrition nutrition tion centers built under the CARE Self-Help Self Program and at hospitals where medical teams are stationed by MEDICO a service of oC CARE Adult recipients will include family heads engaged in food- food work for-work projects and victims of wars or disasters Food Crusade packages consist consist consist con con- of U. U S. S commodities donated n-donated aft after r- r dam domestic r welfare wel wel fare requests are filled or foods bought by CARE to match country and nutritional needs UNDER THE direction of American staff members in each area supplies are delivered delivered delivered de de- de- de livered in the name of the American people Contributions may be sent to CARE Food Crusade Market Street San Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco or any regional office of the agency CONTINUOUS feeding programs programs programs pro pro- grams operate in British Honduras Ceylon Chile Colombia Colombia Colombia Col Col- Costa Rica Dominican Republic Ecuador Gaza Greece Guatemala Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Macau India Indonesia Israel Jordan Jordan Jordan Jor Jor- dan Kenya Liberia Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Paki Paki- stan Panama the Philippines Sierra Leone Tunisia misia Turkey South Korea South Vietnam Supplementary or emergency food aid also goes to Afghanistan Afghanistan Afghanistan Afghan Afghan- Lesotho Malaysia N Nf aragua Nigeria Peru Ug da |