Report to the ... Zionist Congress and to the Council of the Jewish Agency in ... · 1935-08-01 · 8.1935 · p. Seite 260

construction of a new dining-hall and kitchen. Further investments are needed to consolidate these farms finally. Theoretical tuition, which hitherto has been provided by travelling teachers exclusively has been intensified in 1934 by the engagement of permanent teachers in several subjects. The fourth of these smaller training farms, Afuleh, in the Valley of Esdraelon, was limited to its previous size of fourteen pupils pending the outcome of the experimental water-borings which will be decisive for the future development of this institution. 2. Domestic Science. Domestic Science School in Tel Aviv. In accordance with the requirements of the country for fully trained domestic workers, additional courses in cookery have been introduced and the teaching staff enlarged. The building of a new school house on a site outside the town (Nahlath Izhak) has been started and will be ready for occupation in October, 1935. Evening Courses for Working Girls are held in Tel Aviv and Rehoboth, for girls aged 13/17, mostly of the Oriental type. Training in general subjects and domestic work is provided. The number of pupils has increased during the last year to 110. Instruction by Travelling Teachers. New beginnings can be reported in this field of work. In addition to the courses in housekeeping and gardening arranged by the Palestinian Federation of the WIZO, visits of the instructresses to the homes of the new women immigrants have been organised to teach them the methods by which to adapt their households to the conditions of this country. In connection with the large number of new foundations of collective settlements, courses have been inaugurated for the kitchen-managers of a number of these groups where they are taught how to run efficiently, though under primitive conditions,, their kitchens and households. Training in Urban Vocations. The necessity existing for many of the women immigrants to change their profession in accordance with Palestinian conditions, induced the WIZO in co-operation with the Women Workers' Council to tackle a new field of work;- training courses in urban vocations. After careful study of the labour market, courses have been arranged in laundering, cooking, weaving, mechanical knitting, floor-laying, polishing of furniture,, wrapping of citrus-fruit, etc. These courses are held in Tel Aviv, Haifa and six settlements. 350 girls, including a large number of German-Jewish girls attended the courses in 1934. 3. Infant and Social Welfare. Social Work. The Jewish immigration to Palestine during 1934 had naturally a strong influence on the social welfare activities. The WIZO's child welfare institutions, administered to a very large extent by the Palestinian WIZO Federation, have been faced with 260