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• M ay 15, 2001. The Ukrainian Institute of America hosted a reception for visitors from the Business Management Institute in Kyiv. Barbara Bachynsky, UNWLA Recording Secretary, represented the UNWLA at the meeting and gave a brief description of the work that the organization is doing. • M ay 19, 2001. The Ohio Regional Council held its annual meeting and Iwanna Shkarupa was re-elected president. Formal greetings from UNWLA President Iryna Kurowyckyj, on behalf of the Executive Committee, were read by Nadia Shmigel, Chair of the Social Welfare Committee. After the annual meeting, a conference on Social Welfare and Archives was conducted by Nadia Shmigel and Archives Committee Chair Olga Trytyak. • May 19,2001. Honorary President Anna Krawczuk represented the UNWLA at a meeting called by the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America to ad dress the unification of Ukrainian organizations in the United States. • May 20, 2001. The President was invited by Branch 19 of Trenton, New Jersey to speak on the 75-year history of the UNWLA. • May 25, 2001. The National Council of Women/USA held its Semiannual Meeting of the Board of Directors. Elections were held and a new president was elected. REPORT FROM ZAKARPATTIA by Nadia Shmigel Social Welfare Committee Chair On April 4, 2001, UNWLA Social Welfare Committee Chair Nadia Shmigel, President of the Zakarpatska region of the Ukrainian Women's League Dr. Oksana Hanych, and Ksenia Marhitych, director of the gymnasium in Berehovi, visited towns which had suffered from the recent flooding. April 4 was the nineteenth day after the disaster. To get to some of the towns, we had to take detours because some of the roads were still closed. Our first stop was the Ukrainian gymnasium in Berehovi. One can feel the care that is taken by those who run the school. Here, as in other regions of Ukraine, there is an ongoing battle for the renewal of the Ukrainian culture and language. Ms. Marhitych gave us a pamphlet about the school, published in Ukrainian. The school has an interesting history and has recently celebrated its 100th anniversary as well as the 75th anniversary of teaching the Ukrainian language. Twenty-eight children whose families have suffered in the flood attend the school, and Ms. Marhitych shared with us the reactions of these children to the trauma. When they came back to school, they were distant and sad. It was difficult for them to participate in lessons. It was as though they were in a fog and at first they did not speak of their experiences. The teachers and other children treated them with understanding and support and eventually helped them open up about what they had lived through. Their stories and those of Dr. Hanych and Ms. Marhitych as we visited the flood-ravaged towns gave us a deep understanding of the difficulties suffered by the people in the region. Dr. Hanych had visited these towns directly after the flood. She brought clothing, medicine, and herb tea, which boosts the immune system. She told us about the poverty in the mountain region. In one family, a mother tried to commit suicide because she was unable to feed her seven children. She thought that if she took her own life, the government would take responsibility for the care of her children. It was agreed that Dr. Hanych will supervise our "Milk and Roll" program in one of these towns. Other assistance will be immediately provided to the children in the Berehovi gymnasium, to be supervised by the school's director, Ms. Marthitych. UNWLA funds earmarked for aid to the region have been transferred from the U.S. by UNWLA President Iryna Kurowyckyj and Nadia Shmigel. The UWL of Zakarpattia will coordinate the aid and will send detailed reports after the disbursement of funds. We visited the Ukrainian town of Svoboda where nearly three thousand people had to be evacuated. The overwhelming impression is one of poverty. Even though the waters had receded from the town, the surrounding fields were still submerged. Approximately forty buildings were destroyed. The older houses were hardest hit. The second town we visited was the Hungarian town of Orosievo. Here the flooding destroyed 84 buildings. Soldiers were assisting with
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