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UKRAINIAN WOMAN OUR ENGLISH COLUMN * n ї ї i ■ ■■ і и ii ■ її — її — її і »о-«ш»чьа» CARE FOR CHILDREN OF THE HARD CORE DP'S After the Mother and Child Committee, under the supervision of WFUWO, had successifully concluded 'the action of resettle ment in America, it faioed a new and difficult task — to aid those who remained in Germany and Austria and who were denied to emigrate to the United States. At the beginning efforts were made lo bring about assistance through shipping food to various places of their halbitancy in Germany and Austria. However, owing to tlheir dispersion it was impossible to en fold all hard core DP's. Subse quently an effort was made to find a way to aid their children. The solution was found in organizing patrons for kindergartens and evening schools. This relief action was support ed again by both organizations: The Ukrainian. National Women’s League of America and the Asso ciation of Ukrainian Women in Germany. As the dwellings of the Hard Core DP’s are small and dark, and the wanit o>f material goods depressed their minds — it seemed be sit to organize for chil dren kindergarten's or evening schools wihere they -could play and learn. They could leave tlheir mis erable lodgings', play among the children of tlhe same age under the care of experienced teachers and could have be titer food to make them stronger and healthi er. In the sp r in g of 1953 the Moth er and Child Committee could car ry out these plan's. Branches of Yihe Ukrainian Naitional Women’s League in America had the pat ronage over a Care Centre in DP camps of Germany or Austria and were depositing a certain amount of money every month for this pu-rpo.se. The local branches of the Association of Ukrainian Wo men in Germany organized such Care Centres in tlhe camps. They are the owners of those centres and repont about their work to their cenitral organization as well as to their patron — the Ukrain ian National Women’s League of America. Ulp to date the following cen tres have been organized: Augslburg (17 cihildren—Brandi UNWL in Minneapolis, Miinn. Er langen (21)—Branch UNWL in New York City. Ingolstadt (45) —Branch UNWL in Newark, N. J. Koihlbrueh-Passau (40)—Maria Sodality in Philadelphia, Pa. Kuf- stein (24)—Branch UNWL in Ro chester, N. Y. Mu nchen-Ludwigs- feld (30)—Branch UNWL in Hannt raniiok, M ich. Munchen- Moosach (34)—Branch UNWL in Chicago, 111. Neii Ulrn (50)— Branch UNWL in Cleveland, O. Re g e lTsfburg (33) —Bra mdh UN - WL in Amsiterdam, N. Y. Sdhon- gau (28)—Branch UNWL in Cleveland, Ohio. The monthly salary sent by a UNWL Branch is about $10—$30 and i:s a voluntary gift according to their possibilities. The total amount spent for children o-f the Hard Core DP’s is ail)out $300 monthly. The patronizing action is not yet finished. We hope that some time in the an turn n the pat ronages will be stabilized. The practical organization of Care Centres took a good deal of work. Very often there was no room ait the camps for such centre and then one had to clean and furnish it. To find experienced persons to work in those centres, was also very difficult. There was a total lack of manuals and books. For this reason the Association of Ukrainian Women in Germany published a small collection of stories for pre-school children. Then they worked out a simple system of bookkeeping, caluculat- ed the costs of food for a child and worked out a menu. The supervision of Care Cen tres is a hard task for the Associa tion of Ukrainian Women at Mu- iu;ch. The camips of the Hard Core No ’s< are scattered all over the American Zone of Germany. And this work requires a constant communication with people, and consequently — frequent trips. For this reason ,the Mother and Child Committee assigned mean while $10 monthly for correspon dence and business trips. Al though this s'Uin is very scanty, the Association of Ukrainian Wo men in Germany is trying to do its best in order to increase and develop this action. And we can tell — for all that this action lasts only one year —■ that the success is quite obvious. For instance, the kindergarten at Ingolstadt (itlhe lodgings have been, built by the campers them selves)’ brought very good resullts in the behaviour of children as well as in their physical shape. In Schonigau the children took part in Christmas festivities and got a prize from the German pres's. Pa rents also welcome this help giv en to their children. t the present time this relief action develops only in 11 camps and embraces 341 children. We do not expand it ‘because it would require more workers. Compared with the whole number of chil dren in the Hard Core DP camps — it is a very small fraction. But we do hope — other relief organi zations will also follow onr exam ple. Amalia Rubel Chairman of the Mother and Child Committee
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