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Home » About
Our Patron is The Honorable, Joan Marie Aylward, Lieutenant Governor of NL
Mission Statement
The NLWI's mission is to enhance personal, family and community development.
Vision Statement
The NLWI has a vision of an ever growing membership of women who collectively support and encourage each other, their families and their Communities. It is a vision of women actively educating themselves, accepting new challenges and readily collaborating on the Provincial, National and International world levels to achieve an acceptable quality of life for everyone. is an organization that focuses on personal, family and community development.
History
The Newfoundland and Labrador Women's Institutes grew out of a Service League that was formed following the great tidal wave that swept the South Coast in 1929. The original objective was to help victims of that disaster. The Jubilee Guilds of newfoundand was formally organized from that Service League. The objective of the Jubilee Guilds was to help improve the quality of life in rural areas through education, crafts and service. Jubilee Guilds joined the Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW) in 1945 and the Federated Women’s Institutes of Canada (FWIC) in 1951.The name changed to Women’s Institutes in 1968 and the emphasis changed to include more educational programs targeting both rural and urban women.
Aims and Objectives
The present day Newfoundland and Labrador Women’s Institutes is an informal, educational organization for women to work together to expand their skills, broaden their interests, plan meetings, workshops and conferences, and strengthen the quality of life for themselves, their families and their communities. The NLWI is a non-partisan, non-sectarian, non-racial organization.
Structure
The structure of the organization begins in the Branches at the Community level and in the Districts at the Regional level. At the Provincial level, the organization Is governed by a twenty member board who are voted into office by the membership for a period of three years. Also, a NLWI Representative is a member of the FWIC National Board.
The whole structure rests on the following:
Individual Member
Branch(s)
District(s)
Newfoundland and Labrador Women's Institutes
Federated Women's Institutes of Canada(FWIC)
Associated Country Women of the World(ACWW)
