Children carried on by the ¥.W.CA., Ju ce-operation with the Chinese Women's Club, has taken care of more than $00 refugees. "Promises on Route de Sieyes were kindly loaned by. MeTyelre Primary. School. In fdldition "to the frst requisites of food and shelter, many other special tentures combined to make this Camp on inthe city, The old clothing mentioned above was remade by the women into suitable garments for themselves and their children, and with the coming of cold weather they Mkewise made quilted cotton blankets, so that each Family wag outfitted with the necessities in clothing and bedding. 'The youngsters had classes each' day, conducted by volunteer teachers; they were also taught singing and simple dramatics, and had regular play hours, Medical euro was. avail-fable when needed, w foreign women doctor giving er services. Relunlons of broken families were offected. Quite a number of women were placed In Jobs us house-servants and amahs in private Chinese famiies. A great many were sent out their homes in other cities or in the eountey, through the ce-operation of the Evacuation Committees.
'This project, was continued for six weeks. Now, because of the resumption of class-work by the MeTycire School, and the impossibility of find. ing other suitable quarters, it with real regret that' the camp has lad to be Tiquidated and: the women distributed among other camps. Tt Ix hoped, however, that this closing is only temper other plang are The plight of thousands of workfers in Shanghai fs more and more forcing itself upon public attention, The Bureau of Social Affairs reports that out of 5.418 factories in the city before August 13, only about 10 per cent. are in operation at present. With the populous factory districts in Pootung, and Yangtzepoo and Chapei made untenable, the hardships of the [Chinese workers from these areas are Indeed acute. Of the many thousands of unemployed women workers, some have evacuated {0 their homes in the country, it is true. But many thousands are still here, in refugee camps, in the homes of equally. poor friends; some are being' gradually absorbed into the newly." opening factories in the Western District. [Scattered among refugee camps are also hundreds of "contract. labour" girls, with their overseers. A regis tration scheme for unemployed wom: en is already under way, 30. that factual conditions and needs among. this group are becoming increasingly known.
Working Women's Service Centre By virtue of its long exper Jonce, and particularly Its ten years' contact with industrial women, through ils evening schools, its girl clubs, Its social centres, the Z.W.C.A. {s) particularly "well qualified and equipped to do something constructive about this problem. "It is proposed, therefore, that a project be lnderiaken, to be known as a "Working Women's Service Centre." This would combine into one large unit refugee camp for unemployed Chi+ nese women, a Hostel for' factory girls already at work but lucking a place to live, and a vocational train-Inge centre.
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