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hospitals, sanitariums, “Children’s Homes”, schools, and with special emphasis to places where UNWLA provides aid. The Chairman met with members of the Soyuz Ukrainok of Ukraine, with Regional Social Welfare Chairs, who have been cooperating on projects with UNWLA under the directives of the Social Welfare Agency, headed by Olha Danyliak, of the World Congress of Ukrainians in Canada. For several years now UNWLA Regional Councils have been working together with the Regional Social Welfare agencies in Ukraine. In August 1998 the Third Conference of the Social Welfare Agency was held in Kyiv. UNWLA’s Social Welfare Chairman was invited to participate. At the Conference the Chairman had the opportunity to meet with the chairs and representatives of various regions, to share information about current work and discuss plans for the future. Such meeting are very beneficial to our organization and for the continued cooperative efforts between all welfare groups. During this term, the Regional Pediatric Hospital in Lviv, whose director is Dr. Oleksander Myndiuk, received an ultra sound machine valued at $32,500 from UNWLA. Since 1991 the organization has shipped more than $300,000 worth of medical equipment to this hospital. In addition, their laboratory received the necessary supplies to insure the continued functioning of the blood analyzers at a cost of $7,280, and other specialized equipment such as a “thermostat shaker” costing $3,425. The children’s section in a hospital in Pidfamin’ in the Lviv region received $3,000. To purchase food for the children in both aforementioned hospitals, the Social Welfare Program Chairman, during her visit to these institutions, brought a gift of $1,300 from UNWLA. To provide medical treatment to ill youngsters in Ukraine, the organization contributed $6,575. During this term, in a cooperative effort with Soyuz Ukrainok in Ukraine, headed by Atena Pashko, UNWLA was able to help 160 children spend recuperative time in the Dzerelo sanitarium in Truskavec, in Prolisok sanitarium in Morshyna, and in Zorepad sanitarium in the Ternopil region. The children were mainly orphans, between seven and eleven years of age, and from the Chernobyl region. These children were given a month of rest time under the care of members of Soyuz Ukrainok, who deserve our gratitude for their dedication, hard work and concern for the youngsters. This particular project was funded by UNWLA from its Chornobyl Fund at a cost of $45,887. During this term, 861 packages with food, clothing and books were sent to Ukraine, costing $55,494. An important segment of the welfare program is the care for elderly women “grandmothers”. Supervising this area of support is member of the Social Welfare Committee, Irene Russnak, who devotes a lot of time and effort to this project. To help the “grandmothers” $35,017 has been sent. UNWLA has sent $31,815 to provide aid for orphans and children living with only one parent. To the “Children’s Homes” the organization had sent packages with clothing and food costing $4,770. This part of the welfare program is supervised by Committee member Katherine Wolowodiuk, who also devotes a lot of time to correspondence, purchasing supplies and sending the packages to Ukraine. UNWLA’s Social Welfare Program also remembers the Basilian Sisters in Ukraine, whom the Program Chairman visits while in the country, and for whose needs UNWLA sent $2,050. The needy in Brazil received 68 packages with clothing and books at a cost of $7,002. Orphans in Brazil received $9,100. The effort to help orphans is coordinated with Olha Korchagin, who finds the children that would benefit from this help, especially the medical support. The Social Welfare Program continued to help elderly women “grandmothers” in Poland. Toward that end $1,440 was sent. Of special interest is a young girl in Poland, Marijka Valnyska, who has been receiving support from UNWLA since 1985 to remedy her serious medical problems. The organization provided her with prosthesis, following two serious operations on her legs. In 1998 she again required help - new prosthesis and medical treatment, which she received in Germany. The Social Welfare Program, with the approval of UNWLA’s Executive Board allotted $2,625 to this case. Orphaned children in Romania received $7,000 from UNWLA, and those in Yugoslavia -- $3,100. On August 5, 1998 a devastating flood in the Zakarpattia region of Ukraine left thousands of people homeless and destitute. UNWLA’s Social Welfare Program immediately initiated plans to help the victims of this disaster. Due to the cooperative efforts with Soyuz Ukrainok in Ukraine, $5,000 was sent to Dr. Oksana Hanych in Uzhhorod to begin the relief campaign. Branches, distant branches and Regional XXVI Конвенція СУА 115 www.unwla.org
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