N.Y. Selfhelp began aiding the victims of Nazi persecution 28 years ago. Now this agency is working with the holdover more difficulttosettle refugees. Selfhelps program consists mainly of making employment possibilities available to refugees. primarily in the homemaking field. Last year 1.283 such jobs were found. Selfhelp also specializes in aiding refugees of advanced age and last year provided such services as counseling. a summer resort. an arts and crafts center. foster home and nursing home care. as well as placement In homes for the aged. August. 21 Spanish Refugee Aid. Inc. (SRA). 80 East 11th Street. New York. N.Y. During the past year there has been a shift in emphasis in the relief program of Spanish Refugee Aid. Stressing persontoperson aid rather than general charity. the agency is encouraging an adoption program for the children of Spanish Civil War refugees in France. Spanish Refugee Aid has also instituted a new program for helping families with talented teenagers and inadequate income. grants provide food. clothing. shelter. books. transportation and whatever else is necessary to keep the teenager in school. Last year the agency gave help to 1.500 of the 10.000 refugees who need some sort of aid. There are 90.000 refugees who can provide for themselves. Spanish Refugee Aid continued its program for aged refugees through the Foyer Pablo Casals in Montauban. France. Two hundred aged were cared for there last year. as compared to 181 the year before. The agency is also helping with the resettlement of the approximately 100 political refugees coming to France each month from Spain. United Lithuanian Relief Fund of America. Inc.. 105 Grand Street. Brooklyn. N.Y. About 9.500 Lithuanian refugees in West Germany received aid from the fund. Last year the agency did not receive surplus food and had to increase its financial assistance to this refugee group. Some refugees were resettled into the United States. Canada. and Australia. but this was balanced out by new arrivals. Clothing and medicines are the chief items of aid dispensed by the fund.
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