qualified agencies) to distribute the money for saving wildlife and wild places, wherever possible through existing organisations. One third of the funds raised by National Appeals is at the disposal of the National Trustees and may be retained for home conservation. WWF also works in close co-operation with the International Council for Bird Preservation and the Fauna Preservation Society, and so far as conservation in Britain is concerned, with the Council for Nature and the County Naturalists' Trusts. WWF has its headquarters in Switzerland, and is controlled by a Board of International Trustees with H.R.H. The Prince of the Netherlands as President and Peter Scott as Chairman. The President of the British National Appeal (known as "WILDLIFE”) is H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh, who is also a member of the Board of International Trustees. Lady Beit ZEBRA HOUSE COUNCIL 1/3/7 Marloes Road, London W.8 (FREmantle 2127) Viscount Chandos, DSO, MC Lord Fisher of Lambeth, GCVO, RVC, DD Patrons: Lord Walston Oliver Carruthers Council: Chairman: John Sutcliffe Treasurer: Rory McNeile Peter Comyns (Warden) Mrs T. W. Scott (Warden, Impala House) Mrs Jeannine Scott Jonathan Lewis Raymond Montford Zebra House was founded in 1958 by a small voluntary group concerned about the welfare of Commonwealth students in this country, particularly from Africa, and the first house was bought with their own funds. The aim of the Zebra House Council is to provide good accommodation for Commonwealth students at a modest cost, within a student's normal reach. The Council also runs, in Primrose Hill, Regents Park, the first block of flats in London where married students can live with their families-Impala House (q.v.). ZEBRA TRUST 46a Cheval Place, London S.W.7 (KENsington 0852) The Zebra Trust was founded in 1965 to service the Coventry Overseas Students Trust, the Jerome Housing Fellowship, the Malaysia Housing Society and the Zebra House Council (see separate entries), all of which the founders of the Zebra Trust have helped to sponsor. The Zebra Trust also hopes to promote new educational and welfare projects, particularly for the benefit of Commonwealth students at home and overseas. |