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НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ • Вересень-Жовтень 2023 19 UNWLA Babusi Fund: An Update Oka Hrycak, UNWLA Social Welfare Chair At this time of escalated war in Ukraine, the needs of its cit - izens have become greater than ever. Elderly women, espe - cially, have been affected. To ease the hardships of some, earlier this year the UNWLA Babusi Fund donated $14,000 for the cause. To receive the gift of 1,000 hryvni (approxi - mately $27), Babusi needed to meet at least one of the fol - lowing criteria: (1) lives alone, receiving no family support; (2) caretaker for orphaned grandchildren; (3) caretaker for disabled family member; (4) needs one-time intervention for an emergency situation. Approximately 450 women received aid. Distribution began at Easter time, by the All-Ukrainian Soci - ety of Political Prisoners and Repressed Persons (AUSPPRP). The organization formed in 1989 to combine members’ ef - forts with the goals of building a self-governing, democrat - ic Ukraine and providing material assistance to members throughout most oblasts. Many women are also members of Soyuz Ukrainok Ukrainy. The president of the AUSPPRP, Oryna Sokulska, often voicing despair, shared that the distribution of funds was especially difficult this year as attempts were made to deliver funds to branches of the organization in most oblasts. She described some of the issues: • Shelling and air raids prevented Oryna from leaving her 17th floor home in Kyiv. Communication was difficult due to frequent wifi outages. • Banks were frequently non-functional — destroyed or tem - porarily closed without prior announcement, and/or with inconsistent hours, thus impeding the transfer of funds to various oblasts. Cash was not easy to access for those Babusi without bank cards. • Drivers had to be found and hired to deliver funds to re - mote areas. Roads were often dangerous and impassable, washed away or with ruts and possible mines. On many oc - casions, owners could not be found in their homes because they had fled hot spots to a new address. Several Babusi shared their experiences, grateful for the aid, but asked that only their initials be used: MHO was born in 1945; when she was a two-year-old toddler, her family was sent to a “special” settlement with inhumane Two Sisters Thank the UNWLA Babusi Fund for Aid ... A letter of thanks from the two sisters, both clas- sified by Ukraine as “Repressed” persons. The sisters, from Ivano-Frankivsk, appreciate the aid they have received from the Babusi Fund at this challenging time of war. Continues on page 25
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