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the fall of the USSR in 1991, opened the door to Roma nia and Ukraine. Thus in 1991 we had nineteen students from Ukraine who studied abroad, mostly in Italy, France and the USA under the student exchange program. In 1992 we anticipate over one hundred applica tions from needy Ukrainian orphans in Romania. Again we are faced with the need of funds and now our appeal extends to our institutions, friends and neighbors to help us in this endeavor. We appeal to you to become sponsors of these young people or benefactors of our Scholarship Fund. A sponsor will be given the name, address and photograph of his student while benefactor donations will enable us to help those students who do not have their own sponsors. All scholarship recipients are obligated to correspond with their sponsors and the UNWLA. Some benefactors formed Endowment and Memorial Funds where only the interest from those funds may be used for scholarships: $75,000.00 Memor ial Fund from NN Branch 86 member; $10,000.00 — Neonila Klish Fund; $7,000.00 — Vasyl Papiz Memorial Fund; $5,000.00 — Dr. Bohdan and Maria Cymbalisty Fund; $2,000 — Dmytro Radowycz Memorial Fund; and $3,500.00 NN Fund designated for the administration of the UNWLA Scholarship Program. I wish to share with you some of the successes of our scholarship recipients. I don’t believe that there are any failures, for even those that for whatever reason did not complete their schooling, did not return home empty-handed — they took with them the knowledge they obtained. In Brazil, a proposed bill by then State Representa tive Deputat Vera Viximicen was passed making the Ukrainian language a mandatory subject in Federal schools in the states of Parana and Santa Catarina, from the 5th to 12th grades. In 1991, Maria Magdalena Lozovei was named Fed eral Director of Ukrainian Language Studies in those two states. She is working diligently in establishing the curriculum with the guidance and advice from Dr. Olenka Bilash of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Maria was spon sored through high school by UNWLA Branch 1 and obtained two degrees with the help of Dr. Anna Samo- fal. Her course in Methodology in Teaching the Ukrain ian Language was funded in part by Natalia Chaplenko in memory of Prof. Vasyl Chaplenko. Many qualified teachers of the Ukrainian language are also our former scholarship recipients, only because their teachers: Ukrainian Catholic priests, Ukrainian Catholic nuns of many orders, catechists of Santa Olga Institute, lay teachers in cities and villages, kept the Ukrainian lan guage alive all these years. In the 1980’s Nadia Kere- chuk, then on the faculty at the Federal University in Curitiba, Parana, fought with others to have the Ukrain ian language accredited at that university and taught the Ukrainian language without compensation. For her Master’s degree she translated and published seven Ukrainian fairy tales into Portuguese and they are now used in elementary schools throughout Brazil. Presently, Nadia is completing her Doctorate in Ukrainian linguis tics at the London University, England. Eugenia Mazepa was instrumental in establishing and heading the Saturday Ukrainian Studies School in Curitibia over twenty years ago, and our own Nadia Muzeka is a director of one in Prudentopolis, Parana. Since then others followed. In Argentina Father Joseph Spaciuk, OSBM, the first of our scholarship recipients to be ordained by Pope John Paul II in 1987, was sponsored by Mae and Mykola Bojczuk. He learned the Ukrainian language at the Basilian Seminary, has now organized and strenght- ened the Ukrainian Studies School in Apostoles, Mis- iones. Sisters of St. Basil, Catechists of Santa Olga Institute and Sisters of Immaculate Heart of Mary, tire lessly work as educators and mentors of Ukrainian youth in many parts of Argentina. In Poland where boarding schools existed in Bilyj Bir and Lignica for many years, another such school was opened last year in Gorowo llawecka, near Gdansk. Many of the students under our care are earning degrees in Ukrainian philology, history and pedagogy, some are Ph.D. candidates at this time. From Bosnia (formerly Yugoslavia) many young men completed their studies at seminaries in Rome, some became priests. Father Roman Planchak, whose spon sors were Alex and Iwanna Czajka (Branch 33), was one of the first to be sent to Ukraine in 1990. It is the church and the devoted clergy that helped in preserving Ukrain ian identity. They are faced with extreme hardships at this time of war and unrest there. We are very con cerned for all the people in that country. None of this could be possible if not for UNWLA members, Branches and Regional Councils who whole heartedly supported us, worked diligently and devoted many volunteer hours convincing people to sponsor a child or two. I thank each and everyone of you. I extend my sincerest gratitude to all the sponsors and benefac tors, for without your contributions we could not exist, without your contributions we would not have a scho larship fund and without your understanding and love the Ukrainian needy children would not and could not achieve their goals in education. The success of our program belongs to many people, in numerous coun tries throughout the world. May God Bless! For more information please write to: UNWLA Scholarship/Student Sponsorship Program PO Box 172, Holmdel, NJ 07733 or call 908-888-0494. ‘Our former scholarship recipient, Lidia Stefanowska, (sponsored by Vera Mycio and Natalia Chaplenko), has been accepted on a full fellowship by Harvard University, Slavic Department, for a Ph.D. program in Ukrainian Literature. She will start her doctoral studies in September 1992. ’’НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ВЕРЕСЕНЬ 1992 19
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