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as an association of voluntary agencies. does not conduct programs of direct relief. But its work is of importance to refugees in that it bears upon their admission to this country and integration. once they are here. The AICC is a coordinating agency for over 90 nonprofit and nonpolitical agencies interested in promoting a nondiscriminatory immigration policy. Standing committees initiate and carry out studies on immigration legislation. immigrant integration. citizenship preparation. international migration affairs and immigration research. AICC acts as a clearing house for information. stimulates conferences on immigration and refugees and provides the means for joint action by its member agencies. AICCs work is bolstered by its numerous publications. American Korean Foundation (AKF). 345 East 46th Street. New York. N.Y. Although the four million refugees who fled from North to South Korea are listed as "officially integrated." more than one million are still unemployed and live in shacks. The Foundation is fighting this poverty through village development programs which include bench terracing eroded hillsides for food production. building earthblock houses for families given the terrace land by the Government of the Republic of Korea. and providing sanitary wells. latrines. community houses. schools and clinics. Last year. refugees also benefited from AKFs agricultural aid and assistance to hospitals. clinics. laboratories. medical schools and orphanages. Destitute Koreans. refugee and nonrefugee. were assisted by AKFs provision of scholarships. medicines. vocational training. and educational and medical equipment. American Middle East Rehabilitation. Inc. (AMER). 777 United Nations Plaza. New York. N.Y. AMERs aims and objectives are threefold: (1) to help provide vocational training for Palestine Artmb refugee youths. (2) to provide emergency relief when needed in the Middle East. and (3) to promote and help support projects designed to help raise the standards of living in the Middle East. Chartered in New York in 1948 as American Middle East Relief. Inc.. AMER changed its name in 1963 to more .ccurately reflect its present emphasis on rehabilitation. AMER solicits cash donations which are used to provide scholarships. chiefly in UNRWAs vocational training schools and. also. at the Arab Development Society. It also solicits giftsinkind from American manufacturers. prepares them for shipment overseas and donates them to UNRWA. who uses the money. originally budgeted for the purchase of essential supplies. to provide additional vocational training opportunities for Palestine refugee youths. Brethren Service Commission (BSC). 1451 Dundee Avenue. Elgin. Illinois 60120 BSC. cooperating with Church World Service and the Mennonite Central Committee. serves refugees in South Vietnam through the Vietnam Christian Service program. BSC also operates most of the service centers across the United States where material aid. clothing. blankets and medicines are processed for Church World Service. InterChurch Medical Assistance. and some for Lutheran World Relief. BSC works with CWS in resettling refugees in the United States. including those from Cuba. Catholic Relief Services (CRS). National Catholic Welfare Conference (NCWC). 360 Fifth Avenue.