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From left: NN, Iryna Kurowyckyj, Luba Bilowchtchuk and M. Orysia Jacus of UNWLA with children of the Ukrainian Studies school in Curitiba, Parana, Brazil. 2000 Luba Bilowchtchuk, who chaired the pro gram from 1993 to 2002, was instrumental in expanding the program in Ukraine and traveled to Ukraine numerous times during her tenure. In 2000, together with M. Orysia Jacus and UNWLA President Iryna Kurowyckyj, she also visited Ukrainian-Brazilian settlements and schools in the state of Parana. These visits strengthened the re lationships between the Scholarship Program and the communities in which the students lived and assured proper coordination. In 1998, in recognition of its excellence in assisting students of Ukrainian descent for 35 years, the UNWLA Scholarship Program was awarded the prestigious St. Wolodymyr Medal by the Fifth Congress of the World Federation of Ukrainians in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In addition, certificates of merit were awarded to Maria Chymynec, Sophia Andrushkiw, Dr. Theodosia Sawycka, Vera Mycio, Anna Krawczuk, and Luba Bilowchtchuk. Maria Polanskyj took over the chairmanship of the program in 2002. Since that time, she has continued the work of her predecessors. By 2002, the number of stipends to Ukraine had risen, averaging more than 500 annually. Mrs. Polanskyj visited Ukraine in 2003, where she met with many of the students as well as the people who had re commended them for scholarships. As the number of graduates increased, they were replaced by a new generation of students. It became evident that we need to expand our program to countries that were formerly part of the Soviet Union where Ukrainians are considered an ethnic minority, and Ms. Polanskyj established contacts with Ukrainians in Uzbekistan and Georgia. At the same time, sponsorships in Ukraine were increasing while those in South America declined. From the beginning, the UNWLA Scholar ship Program has published reports, which include financial statements, names of donors and amounts donated, names of graduates and their respective sponsors. The sixth report covers activities from 2002 to 2007 and celebrates the 40th anniversary of the UNWLA Scholarship/Children-Student Spon sorship Program. Copies of reports from prior years are in stock and may be obtained upon request. What does the future hold? Although the program is less active in South America than in previous decades, we are still needed in Brazil. As in other Ukrainian diaspora countries, with each new generation it becomes more difficult to preserve Ukrainian cultural heri tage, religion, and traditions. Fortunately, Ukrainian educators persevere, and students continue to enroll in boarding schools and seminaries. Many of these students still depend on our support. We see a brighter future in Ukraine, a future now lies in the hands of a new generation of young people who will become proactive members of their respective communities—educated people with the power to influence and shape social evolution, political stability, and economic well being of their homeland. These future leaders also need our assistance, and our goal is to increase the number of scholarship recipients in Ukraine. To achieve this, we need more sponsors, and we appeal to readers to 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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