Skip to content
Call Us Today! 212-533-4646 | MON-FRI 12PM - 4PM (EST)
DONATE
SUBSCRIBE
Search for:
About Us
Publications
FAQ
Annual Report 2023
Annual Report 2022
Annual Report 2021
Initiatives
Advocate
Educate
Cultivate
Care
News
Newsletters
Sign Up For Our Newsletter
Join UNWLA
Become a Member
Volunteer With Us
Donate to UNWLA
Members Portal
Calendar
Shop to Support Ukraine
Search for:
Print
Print Page
Open
1
2-3
4-5
6-7
8-9
10-11
12-13
14-15
16-17
18-19
20-21
22-23
24-25
26-27
28-29
30-31
32-33
34-35
36-37
38-39
40-41
42-43
44-45
46-47
48-49
50-51
52-53
54-55
56-57
58-59
60-61
62-63
64-65
66-67
68-69
70-71
72-73
74-75
76-77
78-79
80-81
82-83
84-85
86-87
88-89
90-91
92-93
94-95
96-97
98-99
100-101
102-103
104-105
106-107
108-109
110-111
112-113
114-115
116-117
118-119
120-121
122-123
124-125
126-127
128-129
130-131
132-133
134-135
136-137
138-139
140-141
142-143
144-145
146-147
148-149
150-151
152-153
154-155
156-157
158-159
160-161
162-163
164-165
166-167
168-169
170-171
172-173
174-175
176-177
178-179
180-181
182-183
184-185
186-187
188-189
190-191
192-193
194-195
196-197
198-199
200-201
202-203
204-205
206-207
208-209
210-211
212-213
214-215
216-217
218-219
220-221
222-223
224-225
226-227
228-229
230-231
232-233
234-235
236-237
238-239
240-241
242-243
244-245
246-247
248-249
250-251
252-253
254-255
256-257
258-259
260-261
262-263
264-265
266-267
268-269
270-271
272-273
274-275
276-277
278-279
280-281
282-283
284-285
286-287
288-289
290-291
292-293
294-295
296-297
298-299
300-301
302-303
304-305
306-307
308-309
310-311
312-313
314-315
316-317
318-319
320-321
322-323
324-325
326-327
328-329
330-331
332-333
334-335
336-337
338-339
340-341
342-343
344-345
346-347
348-349
350-351
352-353
354-355
356-357
358-359
360-361
362-363
364-365
366-367
368-369
370-371
372-373
374-375
376-377
378-379
380-381
382-383
384-385
386-387
388-389
390-391
392-393
394-395
396-397
398-399
400-401
402-403
404-405
406-407
408-409
410-411
412
UNWLA Scholarship Committee Treasurer M. Orysia Jacus, I visited the cities and colonies where our students live and study. Orysia personally paid for her trip. We had an opportunity to visit - Curitiba, Prudentopolis, Ponta Grossa, Ivai, Mallet, Unioao da Vitoria, and colonies of Parana, Ligacon and Esperanca in the state of Parana and meet with the leaders of Ukrainian Brazilian communities. We met with Bishop Efraim B. Krevey of the Ukrainian Catholic Church for Brazil, and former UNWLA Scholarship Program recipient, Bishop Jeremias Ferens of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church for South America together with other people who recommend students for scholarships to us. The outline I presented for establishing an alumni association was readily accepted and Olga Korczagin was chosen to head a feasibility committee for gathering information regarding the same and for popularizing it in Brazil. Olga Korczagin is a former Director of the Institute of the Catechists of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Prior to that, she was director of the Colegio Santa Olga boarding school for girls for 25 years. Olga was the first university graduate in our program. We also met former and current scholarship recipients, many of whom expressed their willingness to be members of this association. The goal of this association is to increase the scholarships to pupils and students in Brazil by getting former UNWLA Scholarship Program recipients and other Ukrainian Brazilians involved in this task. We saw a great need for more student aid in a country where mandatory education is through and including the 8th grade only. Ukrainian run boarding schools and seminaries give an opportunity for the six generations of Ukrainian extraction Brazilians to learn about their ethnic background, religion and culture. We were amazed at the great effort being given by the teachers (most of whom were our former scholarship reci pients) in Saturday schools, Ukrainian folk dance groups, bandura and church choirs, etc., in order to pass on their knowledge to the next generation. We clearly saw that the leadership of the Ukrainian Brazilian com munities is in the hands of our former scholarship recipients and that was very gratifying. We saw the fruits of our labor wherever we went. Our volunteerism, effort and dedication was not in vain. Our sponsors’ donations were well spent. I believe that in due time UNWLA Scholarship Alumni Association in Brazil will become a reality. No matter where we went, we were greeted with flowers, songs, poems and love. Many scholarship recipients brought small hand made items to take to their respective sponsors. I want to emphasize that for many years, the girls from Colegio Santa Olga have been embroidering (mostly small scarves) to show appreciation for the scholarships received. From the sale of the same we awarded smaller scholarships to those students that did not have their own sponsors. ARGENTINA - the political and economic situation in Argentina is in the state of disarray at this time. Due to this fact, we should continue to help students in that country. Their number has decreased as many of them have graduated. UKRAINE - UNWLA Scholarship Program is expanding very quickly in Ukraine thanks to the Scholarship Committee established by the Ukrainian Nationa I Women’s League of Ukraine - Sojuz Meeting with Dcholarship recipients St. Josaphat's Parish, Saturday Ukrainian School in Prudentopolis, Brazil. Meeting with Scholarship recipients in the Noviciate, Ivai, Brazil. 126 XXVI Конвенція СУА www.unwla.org
Page load link
Go to Top