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/ > >