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Freshbrook
Evangelical
The woman's position in Nepal Church
Worsley Road
The second part of West Swindon based Health Visitor Janet Asherson's
exclusive impressions for The Link magazine describing her two year posting Will give YOU
with Voluntary Services Overseas in Nepal. UNITED NATIONS a warm welcome
INTERNATIONAL Sunday lOam Family Praise with
YEAR OF THE FAMILY
1994 children's Covenanter Movement
Community practice is an aspect of information are curtailed. Theirlow & creche
health care that can make the most social status means that if anyone In so much interested in the fact that
6.30pm Evening Worship and
difference to the most people. a family is to be educated, it will be her 8 pregnancies producing 5 chil- Communion
The day starts at 8am with a class- a boy. Likewise, the best food is dren (age range 19-1 years), 2 infant
served to the males who are allowed deaths and one stillborn baby, was For details of mid-week meetings,
room discussion and then a 45 house groups and other
minute walk to an outlying settle- to eat until they are satiated. Girls what amounted to a poor obstetric activities, telephone the
ment near the Indian border. It ne- have what is left over. By the time history - she just wanted to be in Church Office, Tel: 873050
cessitates a slow place and use of more control of her destiny.
umbrella for protection against the Janet Asherson With 50% of children protein-mal-
heat. nourished, deaths every day from Parish of West Swindon
People are generally receptive to the tetanus and diarrhea, there's no & The Lydlards
nurses who get to know the fami- shortage of work to be done to edu- Anglican, Baptist, Methodist, URC
lies, their problems and advise ac- cate people in the virtues of nutri-
cordingly. Impromptu baby clinics tion, immunisation, burning rub- All Saints, L. Millicent (1O.SOam)
are held when an interested group bish, handwashing, protecting food (for the village) &
of mothers has gathered. Minor from flies and the building of la- HolyTrinity, Shaw (1 0.30am)
Rev. Andrew Hetherington 770568
wounds and infections can be treated trines.
St. Marys, L.Tregoze (1 O.3Oam)
on the spot. To live with chronic diarrhea and (for Freshbrook & Grange Park)
This type of care can be invaluable worminfestations,tohaveyourchil- Rev. Rob Buries 870244
for rural Nepali women. Having dren die is hard, but it is the norm. Toothili Church (10.45am)
virtually no access to books, radio, It's a way of life that has been expe- Rev. George Gibson 692620
TV ormagazines, healthcare knowl- rienced by these peoples' forebears (also free church minister for parish)
edge is spread by word of mother for thousands of years, and from Westlea Church (lOam)
and administered by dhami they are in their early teens when theirfamiliarity with it, comes a kind Rev. Peter Walker 872932
jhankaris, tradional spiritual heal- they are considered ready to marry of security. It is a brave individual
ers. The 'old wives' tales system of to produce children, they've had a who challenges this by risking the Evening & other services as announced,
full range of children's & other groups
health care dominates. life-time of inadequate nutrition and ways of modern, western medicine.
For women especially, all sources of hard work in servitude to their fa- Habits change slowly.
thers, brothers, uncles. The chances Of course, intractable lifestyles are GUARANTEED
of a healthy pregnancy, childbirth not the only difficulties encountered REPAIRS...
COOKS and baby to result from such a back- by community nurses. Maintaining
ground are obviously slim. To com- audienceattentioncanbehard when SAME DAY
T.V& pound the effects, a woman's worth a charging buffalo, a mad cow, a LOCAL SERVICE
is measured in the numbers of chil- cobra or as on one occasion, a bear, WHEREVER POSSIBLE
VIDEO dren she has, and in particular, boy make an unexpected appearance WASHING MACHINES, TUMBLE
children. Giving birth to girl chil- onto the scene.
DRIERS, TWIN TUBS, HOME
dren is perceived as being only 'par-
REPAIR tially fertile'. Not exactly the kind of occupational DOMESTIC APPLICANCES
LAUNDRY EQUIPMENT &
hazards I would have usually asso-
For Munna, a 35 year old with the ciated with nursing, but a sure way S11116:1 RINURS
SERVICE looks of a 55 year old, the informa- of cutting short the working hours.
tion of a family planning clinic, an Ali well, tomorrow's another day, WA S H CA RE
FREE hour's walk away, that she could as the saying goes.
attend without her husband know-
Home Estimates ing,wasa welcomerelief. Shewasn't The third part of Janet's report from SWINDON
Nepal will appear next month.
Repairs by 0793 - 643785
Qualified
Engineers. Comments of council services welcome
Sales & Rentals Households across Swindon should velopment services are all listed, as DUNCAN
All Work have received their council tax de- are the telephone numbers of de- SELF DRIVE
mand by the end of March. They partments to contact.
Guaranteed will also receive Thamesdown Bor- Thamesdown's leader Coun. HIRE
Tel: Swindon ough Council booklet Setting the Tony Mayer said he was pleased by Vehicles for Hire
825795 council and the new projects to be last year's booklet and commented at Competitive Rates
Standard describing the work of the the number of people who retained
undertaken in the coming year. on council services. "We have been Vans. Lutons• Estates
NO The 1994/95 version reports back unable to achievea 100% target inall Cars Mini Bus
on the work of all the Borough's services, but the targets would have 272 Ermin Street
CALL departments since last year's first been too low if we had. Stratton St. Margaret
edition. It also gives a summary of
"Now that we have brought out a
Swindon
OUT the criticisms and compliments re- second edition I hope more people Tel: 822193
use the comment form printed in
ceived by the council.
The performance of housing, Setting the Standard. We welcome Open Daily 9am - 6 pm
CHARGE roads and transport, planning, lei- the opportunity to improve our per- Sundays 9am - lOam
sure facilities and community de- formance."