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U K R A I N I A N W O M A N OUR ENGLISH COLUMN Jean W olcott Piper The Refugee Year In June 1959 World Refugee Year was proclaimed. Its purpose is to arouse the Free World to the necessity of solving- this prob lem. Although each country has attempted a remedy, now, four teen years after World W ar II the problem is as alive as at its be ginning. After World War II the great bulk of refugees resettled in other countries. But the “hard core” in Germany and Austria, about 60,- 000 persons, unable to emigrate, because of advanced age or dis ease, are leading there a hope less, impoverished life. In Leban on, the Arab refugee problem is acute. Instead of a cessation, or even an easing of the problem it increases. New centers frantical ly open: in Tunis and Morocco, in W est Berlin, in Shanghai, Tri este. At all borders of the Iron or Bamboo Curtains surge scar ed, desperate people, trying to escape from Communist persecu tion. Refugee Year is designed to stimulate the conscience of the Free World. So long as the world is divided into two parts —- the Free, the Enslaved — the refugee problem will be permanent; and can be solved only by the Free World. If we are inactive about this, their so terrible problem, we discourage these enslaved peoples in their struggles against com munist oppression; and their des peration and disappointment cre ate centers of great tension in our midst. It is a joy to relate the ready understanding of women’s orga nizations. The International Wo men’s Council at its Board Meet ing in Vienna (May 1959) passed a resolution recommending to Na tional Councils planned programs, and funds. In Belgium, a special jcommfittee, under the sponsor ship of the National Council start ed the specific task of resettling 2 refugee camps in Germany (663 families). The World Union of Catholic Women’s Organizations put this theme on the agenda o.f its Study Days to- be held in Oc tober 1959 in Paris. They expect this trend to grow. But in order to achieve a complete solution, the understanding of refugee prob lems must be deepened. It is not only a m atter of money. The Ukrainian National Wom en’s League presents an example of planned help. This organization sponsored several kindergartens in the refugee camps of Germany and Austria, where children re ceive, besides good instruction in their native language, an addition al meal. This work began five years ago, and grows in num bers of kindergartens and chil dren. The Ukrainian Women’s Organization in Germany took over the management. All involv ed factors — the Branches of UNWLA, the Branches of U'WO, the teachers, the parents and the children feel the importance of their work. A year ago a similar action was started among the old, lonely wo men in refugee camps or homes for the aged, who longed for some contact with the world, some kindly attention. The Bran ches of UNWLA founded new sponsorships for them, sending a small amount of money and pres ents at Christmas. A vivid corres pondence grew up among the Branches, and their “Grandmoth ers” that resulted in the old ladies regaining self-confidence, their human dignity, and happiness. These small acts indicate the way we must approach the refu gee problem. Funds are necessary, but not the most important part. Rather it is the person to person human contact, the assurance that someone, out in the happier world beyond them remembers and cares in a very specific way. We must thoroughly appraise the re fugee problem and realize, that in the immediate forseable future it is a permanent problem requiring alleviation of various kinds. Resolution of Ukrainian Young Women at World Congress of Ukrainian Women We, the representatives of Uk rainian Women have reached the conclusion that the educational institutions of the Free World often use outdated or biased in formation about Ukraine. We are deeply concerned with this situa tion and wish to do our utmost to correct it. We therefore consider it our duty to appeal to the World Con gress of Ukrainian Women and the entire Ukrainian community in the free World to sopnsor the publication of informative litera ture which is to cover all spheres of Ukrainian life. We also ask that appropriate steps be taken by our central organs toward ap proaching the Educational Boards in the Free World to correct er roneous data in textbooks with regard to Ukrainian history, lan guage and ethnography. June 26, 1959. Statler-Hilton Hotel, New York City. Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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