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“НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, КВІТЕНЬ 2017 WWW.UNWLA.ORG 3 UNWLA Scholarship Program 1967–2017 Our thanks and greetings to all UNWLA members, all sponsors of individual students, and all benefactors for your generosity and financial support, without which we would not have been able to continuously function for the last 50 years. Because of you, the UNWLA Scholarship/Children-Student Sponsorship Program has enabled Ukrainians or young people of Ukrainian descent to achieve their dreams of a higher education in Brazil and other countries with Ukrainian diaspora communities. In 1991, the fall of the Soviet Union and Ukraine's independence finally allowed us to expand our program to help students in Ukraine. Short History of the UNWLA Scholarship Program (1967–1971) From 1967 to 1971 the chair of the Social Welfare Standing Committee on the UNWLA National Board was Maria Chymynec. One member of this committee was Sophia Andrushkiw, who was responsible for matters concerning scholarship aid to Europe (Poland). In 1967, during a meeting with Nadia Shulhan, a catechist of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and director of the Institute of Santa Olga in Prudentopolis, Parana, Brazil, we learned about the institute’s educational work and its boarding school for girls (Colegio Santa Olga) from grade 5. These girls came from poor families in the Ukrainian colonies settled by immigrants in the 1890s. The objective of the catechists was, and continues to be, to give girls of Ukrainian ancestry the opportunity to obtain an education in a country where mandatory schooling at that time was provided only for four grades. They paid special attention to Ukrainian cultural heritage; the curriculum included the study of religion, language, traditional customs, and folk art. Each girl at the Colegio had to embroider a blouse for herself! Many Colegio graduates became mothers, who then raised their own children in Ukrainian spirit, passing down Ukrainian traditions to their offspring. Other Colegio graduates became professional women who held government positions, particularly as educators. Some graduates became catechists of the Sacred Heart of Jesus at the Institute. One of these was Olga Korczagin; another is Filomena Procek, the current leader of the catechists. We are grateful to the directors of the Institute for their cooperation and for their good work. In 1991, a proposed bill by then State Representative Deputy Vera Viximicen Albert (another former graduate of the Institute) was passed, formally designating the Ukrainian language as a second language, a mandatory subject for all students (in grades 5 through 12) in Federal schools, in the Brazilian states of Parana and Santa Catarina, where a majority of residents were of Ukrainian heritage. That same year, Maria Magdalena Lozovei, another UNWLA Scholarship Program alumna, was named Federal Director of Ukrainian Language Studies in those two states. Наша обкладинка Олександра Ісаєвич Мейсон народилась і виросла у Львові, де розпочала свою мистецьку освіту у Львівському коледжі прикладного мистецтва ім. Івана Труша. Ступінь бакалавра здобула в університеті Тафтса в штаті Массачусетс. Також закінчила маґістерські студії з економічної політики в школі ім. Вудро Вільсона Принстонського університету. У роботах Олександри проглядається її зацікавленість питаннями екології, економіки, психології, суспільного розвитку, середньовічної історії. Вона працює з різними матеріялами та експериментує у використанні відтінків кольорів і ліній. Олександра Ісаєвич Мейсон була стипендіяткою СУА, про що пише у листі-подяці: « Завдяки діяльності Стипендійної Акції СУА я не тільки змогла завершити навчання в університеті, але ... приєдналася до спільноти, ...де взаємодопомога виходить за межі кордонів і поколінь, де допомагати іншим, незалежно від того, чи знаємо ми їх особисто, є глибоко вкоріненим основоположним принципом. Для мене безцінним надбанням стала зміна мого світогляду, в основу якого лягла віра в глибинну доброту людей і усвідомлення великої значимості бажання кожної людини... допомогти іншим ».
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