Friday, August 1, 1980 15 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Nobody s 1 diamo for les- gh ORT Seeking Village Blacksmith NEW YORK (JTA) — If the village blacksmith once celebrated in verse is still at the forge, an American Jewish organization wants to post him — or her — to a South Sea island kingdom. The organization is the American ORT Federation, the kingdom is Tonga, and the job, to train farmers in the use of plows, shoeing horses and repair of small farm equipment. Smith skills are missing in Tonga, where, whith small farm plots and an abundance of horses, plowing is best done bv animal. the seeks T smith-trainer at the request of the Foundation for the Peoples of the South Pacific (FSP), a fellow pri- vate voluntary organization under a grant from the United States Agency for International Development (AID). The Tonga project fits a well-established ORT ac- tivity. For 20 years ORT's Technical Assistance Department has con- ducted development and training programs in the Third world, with an emphasis on "training trainers." Local person- nel called "counterparts" are involved in projects which they eventually take over, allowing ORT to "phase in-phase out." ORT technical assistance programs are funded largely by governmental and non-governmental bodies like AID and the World Bank. They started with a call from the State Department requesting ORT to study manpower needs and the feasibility of meeting them in eight Afri- can countries. The reports led to opera- tions in Guinea and Mali which later became pioneer- ing case book studies not only for ORT and what later became the Agency for In- ternational Development of the State Department, but also for other practitioners in the field. Altogether, 50 countries in Africa, Asia, South America and the Middle East have been reached by ORT technical assistance programs, including the training of teachers at the Central ORT Institute in Switzerland. Examples of current programs are mainte- nance of port facilities in Burma, micro-electronic and data processing de- -lopment in Turkey, a year program for managers and techni- cians in bauxite mining in iinea and maintenance 1hp, Zaire's roads and road - - equipment. Also, in Zaire, on-the-job training in running that country's 243 ferries. The blacksmith who takes on the Tonga project will work under the aegis of the prime minister, Prince Tui'pelehake — brother of the king — according to Stanley Hosie, FSP execu- tive director. Graduates of the program are entitled to a cart and horse, which are not always where they should be. In one demonstration by an FSP officer, there was only one horse for nine students. The Tongans worked the animal so enthusiastically that a second had to be substituted before class was over. Tonga (population 92,000) is a stretch of Polynesian islands in the South Pacific between Hawaii and New Zealand. Every male there over 16 is entitled to land, which is generally arable, but in short supply, and some of which is volcanic. Also for the Founda- tion of the Peoples of the South Pacific, ORT supervised design and construction of two mobile agricultural stor- age vans for Western Samoa, another island kingdom. The vans are spit. p it V I 4i; fl* 1 04 Shop around and compare. Then bring us your best price. We'll beat it! You will soon discover who has the lowest price and the largest selection of diamonds anywhere. • Hundreds of settings to choose from • HOWARD S. NISKAR • WA ACCREDITED DIAMOND APPRAISER You'll Need Him — To Be Sure! 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Cemetery Closed LONDON — Czechos- lovakia has displaced the Jewish cemetery of Hur- banov, according to the In- ternational Council of Jews from Czechoslovakia. Hurbanov marks the 21st Jewish cemetery in Czechoslovakia to disman- tled since 1977. furnished with storage bins and audio visual equipment and will travel over rough roads to demonstrate for local farmers the use of im- proved seeds and grow- ing techniques. The vans will be mounted on GM diesel trucks and were hand-crafted by Richard Byers in his work shed near Paw Paw, Mich. They are scheduled to ar- rive in Western Samoa in early August to a reception attended by representatives of both the United States and local governments, as well as of the participating organizations. • •