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From the founding of our organization, humanitarian/charitable programs were at the heart of UNWLA. The first Medical fund was established in 1930. This was followed in 1933 by the fund to aid the Famine Victims in Ukraine. During and after World War II aid was given to Widows with Children. UNWLA Social Welfare was always ready to give assistance to Ukrainians when the need arose be it in the USA, Ukraine or the Diaspora. Among its continuous programs is aid to orphans, widows, the elderly, invalids and the infirm. Since 1990 attention was given to Chornobyl nuclear disaster victims by donating medical equipment and sending hundreds of Chornobyl children to health centers in Ukraine. As this is going to print, a huge undertaking by the membership of the UNWLA is underway to help the victims of severe flooding in Transcarpathian Ukraine. The UNWLA Scholarship/Student Sponsorship Program was founded in 1967, although the first scholarship to needy student was awarded in 1932. The key to this program is to provide an opportunity for needy students to receive a higher education thus bettering their lives. From its beginnings in Poland, Brazil, Argentina and Paraquay, in 1989 it expanded to Eastern European countries, including Ukraine. In the course of 30 years over 800 students became productive professionals. Thanks to the generosity of sponsors in the USA, Canada and Australia, UNWLA Branches and members, UNWLA scholarship recipients from seventeen different countries are in this program. For this great achievement, the UNWLA Scholarship Program was awarded St. Wolodymyr Medal at the 7th World Congress of Ukrainians held in Toronto, Canada, in December of 1998. From the Memorial Fund of Eva Stashkiv stipends are awarded annually to UNWLA members. Administrated by the Program, they are approved by the UNWLA Executive Committee. Since 1967 based on competition, annual awards are given from the Lesia and Petro Kovaliv fund for historic and literary works with a Ukrainian theme. In the past three years the authors have been from Ukraine. Although it is administered by the UNWLA Executive Committee, the annual contest is the responsibility of the UNWLA VP for culture and a selected jury of professionals. The UNWLA Education program is geared to preschools and day care centers. During the course of the years, books and proper materials were administered by our organization -The Year of the Family 1994 and Nature and US in 1998. They gave an insight into family values and ecology, as seen through the eyes of the younger generation. Booklets with the same titles were published by UNWLA. The UNWLA has always been part of the Ukrainian and Ukrainian American societies. In 1932 the First Women’s Congress in the USA was called into action by the UNWLA. In 1940 it was a cofounder of the Ukrainian Congress Committee and was a member until 1983. The Ukrainian Museum in New York was founded by the UNWLA in 1976. UNWLA is a coowner of the building at 203 Second Avenue, New York, NY - the home of the UM. It was in 1926 that the first exhibit of Ukrainian folk arts and crafts was shown in New York City, followed by many others throughout the Continental USA. In 1933 UNWLA purchased a collection of Ukrainian folk art art and crafts (800 in all), which was part of the first ethnographic exhibit of the UM in 1976. The highest legislative power of the UNWLA is the Convention. Parliamentary procedure shall be governed by Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised, provided they are not in conflict with the provisions of UNWLA BYLAWS. As in prior Conventions reports will be heard and approved, recommendations and resolutions accepted and the UNWLA National Board will be elected for the next three years. All the officers of the National Board, as well as in Branches and Regional Councils are volunteers and work without compensation. This strenghtens our organization a thousandfold for they all work with conviction in UNWLA ideals for the benefit of the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America, the Ukrainian American communities in the USA, and the Ukrainian communities in the Diaspora and in Ukraine. 35 www.unwla.org www.unwla.org
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