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The Salvation Army. 120130 West Fourteenth Street. New York. N.Y.: The Salvation Army is engaged in programs of direct service to refugees. One of the major areas of its concern at the present time is the Northeastern India Territory. which has received many thousands of refugees from East Pakistan whose needs have taxed the resources of governmental and private agencies to the utmost. The Salvation Army. while administering to the needs of these refugees to the limit of its resources. has taken a special interest In a group known as the Chakma Buddhists. numbering some 13.000. These refugees present special problems to which the Salvation Armys officers and staff have given sustained attention for many months. Another area of major concern to the Army is Hong Kong where it sustains programs of assistance to refugees through medical clinics and private schools. One of the medical clinics operated by the Salvation Army is located less than a mile from the border of Red China. The staff of this clinic attended 6.270 persons during March 1965. Additional services to Hong Kong refugees are: nurseries. vocational training centers. a young mens hostel and a convalescent home for children. Save the Children Federation (SCF). Boston Post Road. Norwalk. Conn.: Although the Federation has no specific programs for refugees. its work inevitably affects them. The agency conducts a worldwide program of child. family and community sponsorships and community selfhelp projects. In giving aid. the Federation does not distinguish between refugees and nonrefugees. Therefore. no refugee figures are available pertaining to the Federations operations in the Far East. Near East. Europe and South America. Spanish Refugee Aid. Inc. (SRA). 80 East 11th Street. New York. N.Y.: The refugees of the Spanish Civil War are still the main concern of Spanish Refugee Aid. Its adoption program has been expanded and now has 220 Americans and Europeans who make monthly contributions and correspond with a Spanish refugee family or individual. Through the Foyer Pablo Casals. a center for refugees In Montauban. France. 218 men and women over the age of 60 receive monthly food packages and clothing. an increase of 18 over the previous year. A number of European committees are contributing to SRAs work. making it possible to increase its general aid to the most needy. but 10.000 refugees still need help. either on a temporary or permanent basis. Since 1963. SRA has encouraged a program of grants to provide food. clothing. books. and transportation for able teenagers who would otherwise be forced to leave school to help support their families. SRA now plans to conduct a drive to get increased aid for refugees in hospitals and oldage homes. The Tolstoy Foundation. Inc.. 989 Eighth Avenue. New York. N.Y.: The Tolstoy Foundation is in continuous contact with some 20.000 refugees and escapees. registered with the Tolstoy Foundation offices in the United States and overseas. Assistance continues to be given in counseling in emigration. supplying affidavits and connecting processing in all countries of the West. continued emphasis on legal counseling in Belgium and Latin America. and assistance in local integration through establishment of small business enterprises. cooperative agricultural projects. workshops. etc.. in conjunction with programs sponsored by the UNHCR. Still a major objective of the*Tolstoy Foundation is the establishment and maintenance of homes for the aged and infirm. In 1964 two new homes were established in West Berlin and in Santiago.