with thanks to Perry Snow and the BRITISHHOMECHILDREN list Muriel M. Davidson <davidson3542@home.com> psnow@cadvision.com wrote: Hello: When I met with Dave Lorente a few months ago, I discovered that very few BHC have benefitted from he Travel Fund. One significant problem with the fund is that so few are aware of it. Dave took my suggestion that perhaps Canada Pension, Veterans Affairs, etc could put a notice in a mail-out along with pension cheques to all pensioners in Canada notifying them of the terms of the Travel Fund. At least this would help to make any surviving BHC aware of it, and perhaps some of them could qualify. Dave passed my suggestion along to the ISS (Canada) and I hope they follow through as the Travel Fund is only available until 2002. "In April 1999, the British Health Minister announced that £1 million ($2.23 million) was available to Canadian Home Children to reunite with close family in Britain (British High Commission 1999). The Canadian Government did not match this offer. As always, they assume no responsibility for the British Home Children whom they imported to Canada." "The aged British Home Children and their descendants will have a short time to trace relatives, as money will only be available for three years. The Travel Fund administrators argued that "one or two individuals" might trace relatives after this time, but this is insufficient reason to keep the fund available on an "unlimited basis" (British High Commission 1999)." Neither Waif Nor Stray: The Search for a Stolen Identity http://www.upublish.com/books/snow.htm 2000 p 193-194. Hopefully, some of the younger Australian Child Migrants will qualify and benefit from the Travel Fund. I would be interested to know how these funds were ultimately spent and how many Canadians were able to avail themselves of it. Best Wishes Perry Snow Listowner ----- Original Message ----- From: Marj Kohli <marj@ist.uwaterloo.ca> To: <BRITISHHOMECHILDREN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 7:42 AM Subject: Message for Surviving Child Migrants I would like to pass along a message -- but it is only for surviving child migrants: If you know of a surviving child migrant healthy enough to travel with a companion please have him or her get in touch with Dave Lorente (613) 432-2486 or Agnes Casselman of International Social Service Canada at (613)236-6161. The notice also says you should not be scared off by the terms they impose because they may be able to wave them. This is in regards to a fund set up by the Gov. in the UK to assist child migrants to return to England. Also of note is the fact that any living child migrant may now contact the British Central Index people to obtain their records. (If you qualify, ask Dave or Agnes about this.) Unfortunately, this index only contains the names of the children who came 1920 and later. Regards.. Marjorie Kohli Waterloo, ON Canada http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/