Volunteers to Swaziland
Diocesan Press Service. August 7, 1967 [56-9]
NEW YORK - July 12. On Tuesday night, June 20, 28 young people from the US and Canada flew to Portugal and Mozambique, to travel overland to Swaziland. They had just spent three days at the Episcopal Church Center here for a brief orientation before flying to Africa to participate in a workcam. The group was organized by the Office of Volunteer Services of the Episcopal Church.
The Rev. William Blewett of the Diocese of Pennsylvania led the group to Swaziland to work with an equal number of Swazi and South African students. Together they are building a teachers' house at St. Christopher's Boys School in Manzini; a new dining room at St. Michael's High School for Girls in Manzini, and a matron's flat, dining room and dormitory at the Thokoza Girls' Hostel in Mbabane.
The visible evidence of the students' work will be the completed buildings they leave behind. More important, will be the interchange of ideas and the friendships the young people will make with peoples of another culture. By living with local families they will get an every day picture of life in Swaziland and will give the Swazi families a clearer picture of our own culture.
NOTE TO EDITORS
We have decided to send out a brief September DPS, despite our announcement to the contrary. It is largely concerned with non-Convention issues, for you will have more than enough Convention material.
We look forward to seeing those of you who will be in Seattle and will help see that those who cannot attend are cared for.
In this issue you will also find a series from Kerygma Features on the arms race. We felt it was a good series and useful at any time during this year.
John C. Cosby, Jr.
Editor