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Anna Krawczuk , UNWLA Honorary President When the UNWLA was found - ed in 1925, its main goal was to help Soyuz Ukrainok of Ukraine, whose members were restricted from leaving occupied Ukraine. Post-World War II, Ukrainian sur - vivors scattered among Europe - an Displaced Persons camps had different needs. With Ukraine part of the USSR, they could not return to their homeland be - cause the borders were essential - ly closed. Some were deported from the camps by force, ending up in Siberian gulags. In response to these circumstanc - es, the UNWLA’s Social Welfare program became very active both in the U.S. and overseas, and re - lated activities flourished. As the organization grew, attracting and enrolling new members, its Social Welfare initiatives became of great interest to both new and older members. Those involved began by helping orphans, students, and the elderly, as well as hospitals stateside and overseas. They also provided much-needed assistance to new immigrants to the U.S. In 1967, Nadia Shulhan from Brazil visited UNWLA headquar - ters in Philadelphia, PA. She had come to the U.S. after attending a teachers’ convention in Mexico and was the first to inform the UNWLA about the educational work of catechists of Ukrainian descent in Prudentopolis, Para - na, Brazil. Two years later, in October 1969, UNWLA National Social Welfare Chair Maria Chymynec, with the approval of UNWLA President Ste - fania Pushkar and VP Lidia Bura - chynska Rudyk, organized a Social Welfare Committee that included a newly designed Scholarship Pro - gram. Branch 28 member Sofia An - drushkiw was elected Scholarship Program chair in 1970. Branch 28 had established the Olena Hor - dynsky Memorial Scholarship Fund (in honor of the first president of the NJ Regional Council) in 1961 to help Ukrainian girls get access to education in post-World War II France and Belgium. At the UNWLA Convention in 1971, Dr. Teodozia Sawyckyj was elected Social Welfare Standing Commit - tee Chair, a position that includ - ed oversight for the Scholarship Program. In 1973, after Dr. Sawy - ckyj and her daughter Handzia returned from a trip to Brazil, the Scholarship Program was expand - ed to include Brazil, beginning with the Colegio Santa Olga in Pruden - topolis, Parana. Dr. Sawyckyj ap - pealed to Ukrainians worldwide to sponsor female students in Brazil. Priority was given to orphans and those in need. Eventually, boys and young men were added to the list. Dr. Sawyckyj developed proce - dures, requirements, and account - ability measures to ensure that all financial and professional stand - ards were adhered to. In 1981, Dr. Sawyckyj was elect - ed UNWLA First VP, and Anna Krawczuk was elected to serve as Social Welfare Standing Commit - tee Chair for 1981–1983. At the 1984 convention, Mrs. Krawczuk submitted a proposal to separate the Scholarship Program from the Social Welfare Program, creating a separate entity. The proposal was accepted, and Mrs. Krawczuk was elected the first UNWLA Scholar - ship Program/Student Sponsor - ship Program Chair for Europe, the U.S., and South America. In 2017, the Scholarship Pro - gram’s 50th anniversary was celebrated at the UNWLA Con - vention in Tampa, Florida. In her keynote presentation, Anna Krawczuk noted that 5 million students worldwide had been educated, and 5,000 had become professionals (see the booklet In Celebration of Our Golden Anni - versary published that year). Since its inception, the Scholar - ship Program has been led by five Soyuzianky: Dr. Teodozia Sawy - ckyj, Anna Krawczuk, Luba Bilow - chtchuk, Maria Polanskyj, and Nadia Jaworiw. UNWLA SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM CELEBRATES 55 YEARS 8 OUR LIFE • December 2022
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