This newsletter issue focuses on programming undertaken to address the health and educational needs of rural families in developing and developed nations. After examining the nature of rural families and rural poverty, the newsletter discusses: (1) the Mon Women's Organization in Thailand; (2) The "Contact With Kids" parent education project in Australia; (3) the "Preescolar na Casa" television program for preschoolers in Spain; (4) the Mobile Early Childhood Development project in Portugal; (5) the "Learning for All Trust" parent workshop program in South Africa; (6) the development of rural children in Peru; and (7) Colombia: communities helping themselves. Other sections of the newsletter report on educational programs undertaken by the Bernard van Leer Foundation, a survey of newsletter readers, and reviews of resources and books of interest to early childhood educators. (MDM)