Zurich Citizens News, 1976-08-04, Page 11Page 12 -Citizens News, August 4, 1976
SeIf.help store unique
Over five years ago an idea was
born in Bangladesh —• an idea to
provide economic opportunity
to village widows and unmarried
girls considered burdens to their
families. The Jagaroni Women's
Cooperative Training Centre in
Dacca was formed by the Sisters
of Holy Cross College to offer
training courses in jute and bam-
boo handicraft, embroidery, doll
making and macrame.
These handicrafts are then
exported and sold throughout
the world. Gerald Gingerich' is in
charge of getting these goods to
market in Ontario and although
most of his business is done as a
wholesaler, there is one self-
help retail outlet in Ontario, and
that store is in Zurich.
The Mennonite Central Com-
mittee discovered Jagaroni and
was impressed with the quality
of the handicrafts and potential
for increasing production by ex-
porting. With the help of several
other agencies they helped
women form a cooperative called
The Jute Works, which is the co-
operative Mr. Gingerich deals
with.
There are few countries where
the plight of women is as poor
as in Bangeladesh. Their role is
to stay in the home and raise.
the children while the male mem-
bers of the family earn the
living. The woman is very re-
stricted in her travel and activi-
ties. When she does go out she
must be accompanied by her hus-
band and veiled according to
Muslim custom.
Girls marry very young, often
at the age of 13 or 14. It is not
unusual for a girl to have a family
of four to six children by the
age of 20 and a family of 18 is
not uncommon. With such a big
family responsibility and depend-
ence on the male member of the
family it is no wonder the widows
and poor women of the country
fare so badly.
It is difficult to price the pro -
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ducts which the women make be-
cause they never work during a
controlled period of time when
their production per hour could be
timed. Generally the women
earn about 12'1 per hour.' The•
women do the crafts in their own
homes. When they have ten
items done, they take them or
send them to the cooperative
where they are paid. In this
way the women receive immedi-
ate reimbursement for their
efforts without having to wait
until the goods are marketed.
For the individual woman jute
handicrafts are providing a better
life for her and her family, and
we can help by making sure there
is always a market for their handi-
crafts.
SS board
•
increase pay
The Huron -Perth County
Roman Catholic Separate School
Board approved an increase of
$1.00 per day in the rates paid to
the drivers of the seven board -
owned buses at a meeting in
Dublin, Monday. The increase
will raise the rate to $17.00 per
day for 187 days during the school
term.
An increase of 9.8 per cent was
approved for the operators of the
buses contracted by the board for
the 1976-77 term.
The Director of Education,
John Vintar of Stratford, had his
salary adjusted upward by $2,400
raising it to $37,800, effective
August 1, 1976, to July 31, 1977•
Trustees Howard Shantz of
Stratford and John O'Drowsky of
St. Marys were appointed to the
committee to arrange the board -
staff banquet in the fall.
The hoard passed by a narrow
margin a motion to pay a rental
fee of $500 for the use of the
Dublin Athletic Association
grounds by the students at St.
Patrick's School which adjoins
the playgrounds.
In a recorded vote, asked for by
Stratford trustee Howard Shantz,
the fee was approved by a six to
five vote and is for the academic
year 1976-77, to be paid in Sep-
tember. In favour were Donald
Crowley of Gadshill, Greg
Fleming of Crediton, Frencis
Hickness of Seaforth, Joseph
Looby of Dublin, Vincent Young
of Goderich and William Kinahan
of Lucknow. Against were
Mickey Vere, Ronald Marcy
and Howard Shantz all of
Stratford; Ted Geoffrey of Zurich
and John O'Drowsky of St.
Marys.
A board owned portable
classroom, rented to the Perth
Board of Education last school
term, has been moved to St.
Patrick's School in Dublin. It will
be used to alleviate the crowded
classrooms in the Dublin school
and to accommodate a additional
enrolment of 20 students from the
Mitchell area who will be at-
, tending school at St. Patrick's,
starting in the fall term in Sep-
tember.
Permission was granted to
Glenn Rittinger of the Lutheran
Church, Berea by the Sea,
Goderich, to hold summer church
school classes in St. Mary's
Separate School in Goderich from
August 16 to August 27.
Play-offs
The playoff schedule to
determine the Huron -Perth in-
termediate league baseball
champion for 1976 was drawn up
at a meeting held Monday night.
The three area teams in the
league, the Dashwood Tigers,
Zurich Mets and Clinton Colts
will meet in a round robin home
and home series with the top two
clubs meeting in a best -of -three
final for the title.
The playoff round opened last
night, Wednesday with the Zurich
Mets travelling to Clinton.
The balance of the schedule is
as follows
August
6, .Clinton at Dashwood, 8 p.m,
8, Dashwood at Zurich, 2 p.m.
11, Dashwood at Clinton, 8 p.m.
13, Zurich at Dashwood, 8 p.m.
15, Clinton at Zurich, 2 p.m.
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