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25 НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ • Червень 2022 DR. MARIYA FURTAK was born in the small town of Rava-Ruska in Galicia, near the Polish border. Her parents and grandparents were repressed. She completed medical school in Lviv and now works at the Western Regional Oncology Center in Lviv, where she is an oncologist, specializing in radiology. Mariya cherishes her family. Her daughter teaches at medical school, and her son is a trained surgeon. Her two granddaughters bring her joy. Her husband, who was a psy - chiatrist, died of Covid in 2020. Mariya has been active in a va - riety of professional and chari - table organizations such as the Ukrainian Medical Association, Catholic Physicians, and Soyuz Our Collaborators in UKRAINE Oka Hrycak , Chair, UNWLA Social Welfare Committee The UNWLA has a long history of providing humanitarian aid to Ukrainians in Ukraine and around the world. We rely on collaborators, especially in Ukraine. They are our loyal friends, patriots who take projects to completion. Today, we’d like to introduce you to three such individuals: Dr. Mariya Furtak, Dr. Oreslava Khomyk, and Father Taras Mykhalchuk. Dr. Mariya Furtak Ukrainok of Ukraine, where she served as vice president in the Lviv oblast. She has been part of the All Ukrainian Society of Political Prisoners and Re - pressed. One of her tasks was to identify elderly women who qualified for a small monetary stipend from the UNWLA Babu - si Fund. She met Marianna Zajac, who served as presi - dent of the UNWLA for twelve years. Mariya quickly became a collaborator and has been the UNWLA liaison in Ukraine since 2014. She has been a fierce and active leader as she identifies needs, communicates them to the UNWLA, and with UNWLA support delivers to those in need. Mariya’s efforts in humanitari - an aid heightened with the War of Dignity. With funds from the UNWLA, she visited wounded soldiers in many military hospi - tals. She has been to the front lines on numerous occasions, bringing medical supplies and hygiene kits. Mariya has visited many orphanages throughout Ukraine, often in areas affected by war. Since the escalation of war in February, Mariya’s level of activity has increased expo - nentially. Her experience as Vanload of medical supplies headed to Mykolaiv organized by Dr. Furtak. a physician who understands the medical system, treatments, and medication has been vital. She dealt with emergencies when hospitals in Mykolaiv and Vasylkiv were bombed by organizing purchases of vanloads of medicine and supplies. When needed, she travelled to Poland with her daughter to acquire desperately needed treatments for wounded soldiers. When young orphans were transferred from eastern Ukraine to a monastery in Ivano-Frankivsk, she found someone to deliver funds for food and immediate needs such as diapers.
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