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UNWLA SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM December 22, 1983 Dear Benefactors — UNWLA and my Dear sponsors, Mr. & Mrs. Omelan Lesiuk, I am happy to let you know that I graduate this year from teachers seminary. At the present time I am with my parents, in the village (colony) where I will stay for a while and then I will go and teach the children catechism, Ukrainian lan guage, customs, songs and dances. It is delightful to know that our people wish to learn and enjoy Ukrainian culture so much. Next year I hope to continue my education and prepare for university entrance exams. I thank you with all my heart for all that you have done for me and wish you a Merry Christmas. Lucia Sayevich Dear Friends, Thank you so much for the stipend. This year I am working as a practice teacher and I also teach thirty Ukrainian children in a Saturday school. Right now we are preparing for pysanka and I also teach them Ukrainian songs for Mothers Day. At night I am taking a course for college entrance exams and hope to be accepted. This course is not easy and I have to study late into the night. Again I thank you and wish you many God’s blessings. Lucia Sayevich Ivaipora, Parana, Brazil We are happy to share Lucia’s letters with you, for she has been our scholarship recipient since 1975. Mr. & Mrs. Omelan Lesiuk from Ohio have been sponsoring Lucia all these years and watched her grow through her letters to them. We know that they are happy for her for in their letter to us they expressed their desire to help her achieve higher education. We are very grateful to them. We have many similar letters, many letters of thanks, many letters of appreciation. But who are the children that we help? They are the children of Ukrain ian descent (at times fourth and fifth generation born in South America — Brazil and Argentina) parents — par ents that live on colonies, mostly farmers and mostly very poor. In order to give their children even middle education — high school — they must send them to the cities, for in most colonies only education to the fourth grade is offered. Fourth grade education will not better their lives or their future. The future is in higher educa tion! We help students, grades 5-12, who live in dormito ries run by Ukrainian nuns during the school year; we help seminarians who express a desire to become pri ests; we help university students who work during the day and attend school in the evening; we help students in trade schools; we care also for the orphans — moth erless, deprived, poor, abandoned and children from very large families. In 1983 we helped 289 students in South America and Europe. Total stipends paid then were $49,097.00. So far in 1984 we already sent 326 stipends to Brazil and Argentina and our European pay outs are just starting. Most of our students do have sponsors but to some we paid a smaller amount of $50.00 —from the fund with hope of finding a sponsor. And our sponsors are so generous! Many take more than one student — we have two cases of twins sponsored by one person, one set of twins in Brazil and another in Europe. We have spon sors that prefer seminarians, others want girls in high school. And one generous benefactor, Mr. Mykola Bojc- zuk from New Jersey, who in 1983 aided 22 students, this year sponsored 30 students in Brazil and Argentina. Also, memorials in lieu of flowers have helped us help orphans, seminarians and other students. Without such generosity and support from Ukrainian communities we wouldn’t be able to help so many students in need. In order to become a sponsor a person can donate $200.00 annually for a high school student; $250.00- 350.00 for college student. Benefactors can contribute any amount and will not be assigned a student. A spon sor may indicate whether he wants to help a boy or a girl and a few weeks after receipt of donation, he will be given student’s family history and photo. The student in turn will be notified of his sponsor and his main obliga tion is to write to his benefactor. REMEMBER, ALL YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNWLA INC SCHOLAR SHIP FUND ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE! We now have UNWLA INC. SCHOLARSHIP PRO GRAM COMMITTEE chaired by Anna Krawczuk. We also have UNWLA Inc. Scholarship bureau where com mittee members work free of charge and help with office work. Taissa Turiansky is the treasurer of UNWLA INC,Scholarship Fund — she is a member of UNWLA INC. Br. 86, as is Vera Mycio, whose responsibility is European scholarships. Our administrative costs are minimal for all committee members contribute their time. We are proud to be able to help so many needy Ukrainian students and again we anticipate their number to grow. For information please write to the address listed below. Please make checks payable to UNWLA INC. Mrs. Anna Krawczuk UNWLA INC. SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE Chairwoman 26 William Street Maplewood, NJ 07040 The Executive Committee of the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America, Inc., wishes to inform subscribers of the reason for the delayed publication of Our Life. Ulana Lubovich, editor of the magazine, retired from the position on her own initiative. Until a new edi tor is appointed, Our Life will be issued by an ad hoc editorial board. The Executive Committee is making every effort to ensure the continued publication of Our Life, the only Ukrainian women’s magazine in the Uni ted States. The understanding and patience of our read ers will be appreciated while we resolve editorial matters. НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ЛИПЕНЬ-СЕРПЕНЬ 1984 29
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