Word: aids
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...prominent Palestinians to determine just what form peace negotiations should take, and what they should lead to. His compatriots still disagree about whether to hold out for full independence, try to become part of Jordan again or accept Israeli citizenship in return for full local autonomy and Israeli economic aid. No date has yet been set for the conference, but Ja'abari expects it to appoint an Arab Palestinian to begin negotiations with the Israeli authorities...
Known as Bonabond, the 14-month-old agency was formed primarily to aid former offenders from whom pro spective employers demanded a fidelity bond as a condition of employment...
...agency supports such projects as 200 schools, 30 hospitals, 77 orphanages and ten old-folks homes. Operating independently of CRS is another Catholic organization, Caritas International, the Vatican's worldwide relief agency, which since 1965 has sent to Viet Nam more than $3,000,000 worth of aid, from food to fishnets...
...that the low-paid militiamen are often away on duty and unable to provide sufficiently for their families. Because of the well-established Roman Catholic structure in Viet Nam, CRS is able to ensure that the food reaches the villages far more effectively than could Government agencies, such as AID...
...Politics. Religious Samaritans in Viet Nam are largely dependent upon U.S. military assistance to get food and medicine to those they hope to aid. Nonetheless, most of the church-sponsored volunteers seek to be studiously neutral in their attitude toward the war and its outcome. "We are social workers and Christians and, as such, do not get involved in political questions," says Neil Brenden. "We're here to do a job." Adds Father Robert L. Charlebois of Gary, Ind., Viet Nam director of CRS: "We are here on the invitation of the government of Viet Nam to help needy...