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OUR LIFE Monthly, published by Ukrainian National Women’s League of America Vol. LXI APRIL 2004 Editor: TAMARA STADNYCHENKO C h r i s t J s ^ R i s e n ! D r u k e d H i t D s Z B i s e n l In the month of April, we gather with family and friends to celebrate the most holy of events in the history of Christianity. Easter brings much joy and harmony in our midst and hope for a better future. Members of our or ganization and the Ukrainian American community at large have much to be thankful for. Christ has been generous to us and has given us many blessings. April brings good weather and good tidings, and I would like to begin this month's message by sharing news of the joy and harmony within our organization: We salute newly reelected Chicago Regional Council President Lubomyra Kalin and the newly elected president o f the New England Council, Dionizia Brochinsky Sadly, this year, April is also a month of concerns about the problems in the world, here in the United States and in Ukraine, a reason to pray and work hard for a better tomorrow, for the peace that still eludes the hu man race, and for a truly democratic Ukraine. For Ukrainians, April is also a month for somber commemorations. The specter of Chomobyl continues to haunt us. It will and must be remembered by us, our children, our grandchildren, and the entire world. Like the Great Famine, Chomobyl is a tragic symbol of the horrors the Soviet regime perpetrated against the Ukrainian peo ple. In his speech at the commemoration of the 10l anniversary of the Chomobyl disaster, Ambassador Yuri M. Shcherbak read an excerpt from a report written to him in 1986 by the head of the shift operating the reactor that exploded at the Chomobul nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine: “It seemed as if the world was coming to an end ... I could not believe my eyes. I saw the reactor ruined by the explosion. I was the first man in the world to see this. As a nuclear engineer I realized all the consequences of what had happened. It was nuclear hell. I was gripped by fear.” The government policy of pretending to the world that the problem was under control and that the danger from radiation was minimal or non-existent was twofold: an attempt to prevent widespread panic and a deliberate attempt by the Soviet propaganda machine to hide its own ineptitude. But hushing up of the danger of radiation produced quite the opposite effects from those intended. The entire world was stunned by the accident and revolted by the government's callous disregard for human life; people in Ukraine were frightened and angry. Many live un der constant stress from the aftereffects even today. Following the disastrous nuclear catastrophe in 1986, the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America began to provide extensive help to disaster victims. This assistance continues in various forms. Our organization, for example, sends children affected physically and emotionally by the aftereffects of the nuclear explosion to summer camps. Such camps give these young victims an opportunity to breathe clean air, to play and be children in an environment that is not tainted by fear and anxiety. It is on behalf of these children that I thank those of you who have sent generous contributions that have enabled us to organize and operate these summer camps. It is for these children that we ask for your continued generous assistance. I would also like to thank those of you that held special programs during the commemoration of the 70lh anniversary of the Great Famine “Holodomor” in Ukraine. Here too, the Ukrainian National Women's League of
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