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Social welfare is an im portant aspect of the a c tiv ity of every women’s organization. I t is car ried on various levels and sup plements the work o f govern ment agencies. Because i t u t il izes volunteers i t is more adapt able to the needs of the commun ity . The U N W L A is fu lly aware of the value of social welfare work and has incorporated i t in its program. U N W L A social welfare programs are designed to serve the needs of the U krainian com munities in the United States and also to give aid to U kra in ians residing beyond the bounda ries of this country. Some areas o f our social welfare w ork have developed better than others. In general ,our work is carried on in two directions. Pavlo Tichina The f ir s t involves aid to the needy, the sick and the aged. This aid takes various forms. M aterial aid plays the smallest role because i t is easily available from governmental agencies. B u t moral support and physical aid is v ita lly needed because in many instances those requiring assist ance lack a sufficien t knowledge of the English language to apply fo r the financial aid to which they are entitled. In th is respect our social welfare programs have been very successful. In Chicago, Philadelphia, Cleveland and New Y o rk we have estab lished Social Service Offices staffed by volunteers. The U N W L A Regional Council in De tr o it is planning to build a home fo r the elderly and has already formed a corporation to see this project through. Various specific programs geared to the needs o f the mo ment are also being developed. These include “ A id to Grand mothers” and the “ 500 Fund.” The f ir s t involves aid to elder ly women w ith o u t fam ilies who reside in various European coun tries. Separated fro m th e ir fa m ilies and friends by the ravages of the last war, these women are provided w ith financial and mo ra l support through oui> pro grams of assistance. The “ 500 Fund” provides aid to form er political prisoners who are re tu rn in g to th e ir homes. Some of them have been successful in ob taining visas to the Western countries and are in need o f ma te ria l aid in re-establishing th e ir lives. Our second approach to social welfare work involves aid to ch il dren and adolescents. Here, too, our program is not so much geared to m aterial aid as to the building and developing of a core o f U krainian studies which w ill make these youngsters aware of th e ir rich ethnic heritage. The groundwork is laid in the Day Centers where pre-schoolers are instructed in the U krainian lan guage and prayers. The U k ra in ian language school system is well-developed in the U.S. and does not need our support. B u t our Branches are helping such schools in Belgium and Germany where local U krainian commun ities are not finan cially equip ped to support them. In the last few years U N W L A has developed a student aid program. Ukrainian-Am erican youth usually has no problem in obtaining educational aid, but there are many young U krainian people in Brazil who are unable to finance th e ir education. To help them realize th e ir goals our THE SORROWFUL MOTHER She passed down the dreary fields Along the balks and boundaries. And flashing blades of swords of pain Stabbed through her heart in vortices. She glanced — and silence reigned around. A corpse is blackening in the rye The tin y spikes speak in th e ir sleep: Rejoice, 0 M ary, maid most h ig h ! The tin y spikes speak in th e ir sleep: T a rry among u s ! Stay our fears- God’s M other halted in her walk And b urst out in to welling tears. The moon and stars — were they a lig h t ? Even the dawn scarce brought the day. How f r ig h t f u l! . . . F or the human heart Has in a desert lost its way. Translated by C. H. Andruseshen and Watson Kirkconnell O U R L I F E MONTHLY, published by Ukrainian National Womens League of America Social W elfare W ork 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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