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“НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, КВІТЕНЬ 2017 WWW.UNWLA.ORG 5 Anna Krawczuk (1981–1993) "The unifying force of all Ukrainians is the Ukrainian language" In 1981 Anna Krawczuk took over as Chair of the UNWLA Social Welfare Standing Committee, which included the Scholarship Program. At her request a separate UNWLA Scholarship Standing Committee was formed at the UNWLA convention in 1984, one that included the UNWLA Scholarship/Children- Student Sponsorship Program. In 1985, Anna Krawczuk and Ksenia Hapij traveled to Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina to examine the status of the existing program. By this time, the number of students from South America that were assisted by the UNWLA had increased; the program was stable and running efficiently. New horizons beckoned. Through the World Congress of Free Ukrainians, contact was established with Ukrainians living in East European countries, especially in Yugoslavia and Romania. With recommendations from Rev. Petro Ovad our activity increased. In 1986, with the assistance of Ihor Hapij, Nadia Nynka, Luba Sira, and M. Orysia Jacus, the records of the Scholarship Program were computerized and transferred to a borrowed Apple II E computer. Still a high school student at this time, Myron Krawczuk, prepared the data base pro bono. Currently, while working as a senior IT consultant, he continues to serve as our computer consultant, for which we are very grateful. In time, we obtained a used Apple Macintosh, whose operating system included the Ukrainian alphabet and thus allowed us to write on the computer in two languages. The Scholarship Standing Committee grew. In addition to the above-mentioned persons, new volunteers came on board: Dr. Teodozia Sawyckyj, Sophia Andrushkiw, Ksenia Hapij, Marie Hywel, Vera Mycio, Taissa Turiansky, Maria Polanskyj and Odarka Polanskyj. In 1988 M. Orysia Jacus took over the financial responsibility of the Scholarship Program from Taissa Turiansky. That year, the UNWLA Scholarship Program presented 1,000 scholarships to students in 17 countries! In 1989, Anna Krawczuk and Vera Mycio, who took over the responsibilities of Sophia Andrushkiw, visited Ukrainian schools and families in Poland, Yugoslavia, and Croatia. In 1992 Anna Krawczuk, accompanied by M. Orysia Jacus, made the first trip to a now independent Ukraine, and initial steps were made to establish and develop our activities on Ukrainian soil. These trips reinforced our belief that aid to pupils and students is absolutely necessary, and that direction and coordination are unquestionably essential. The political and economic situation in Ukraine had not changed much and had, in fact, become notably worse in the first years of independence. In 1993 Soyuz Ukrainok Ukrainy (SUU) gladly agreed to work with us. Ending her tenure as Chair of the UNWLA Scholarship Standing Committee and de facto head of the Scholarship Program, Anna Krawczuk turned over to Luba Bilowchtchuk 500 files of active scholarship recipients and two Scholarship report booklets covering the years 1981 to 1986 and 1987 to 1992, which contained detailed lists of all donors and graduates of various faculties, master and doctoral degrees, as well as financial reports prepared by M. Orysia Jacus. ______________________________________________________ Our Cover Artist. Alexandra Isaievych Mason was born and grew up in Lviv, Ukraine, and graduated from the Ivan Trush College of Applied Arts in Lviv. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts at Tufts University in Massachusetts, and completed her Master’s Degree in Economic Policy at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University. As an artist, she combines interests in diverse disciplines such as ecology, economics, psychology, social development, and medieval history with artistic exploration in variety of mediums that bridge realms of colors and lines. Note from Our Cover Artist. I am greatly thankful to the dedicated work of UNWLA's Scholarship Program for not only making it possible for me to complete my undergraduate studies, but much further beyond that immediate result, because it has conected me into the circle of interdependence and mutual assistance across borders and generations, where helping others, regardless of whether we know them personally or not, is a deeply held core value. Аnd that is truly beyond priceless, as it has firmly shifted me into having faith in the inherent goodness of people and in the great impact of each individual's caring desire to contribute and to help others.
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