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10 ХХХI Конвенція СУА UNWLA Scholarship Program 1967–2017 Our thanks and greetings to all UNWLA members, all spon- sors of individual students, and all benefactors for your generosity and financial support, without which we would not have been able to con- tinuously function for the last 50 years. Because of you, the UNWLA Scholarship/Children-Student Sponsorship Program has enabled Ukrainians or young people of Ukrainian descent to achieve their dreams of a higher education in Brazil and other countries with Ukrainian diaspora communities. In 1991, the fall of the Soviet Union and Ukraine's independence finally allowed us to expand our program to help students in Ukraine. Short History of the UNWLA Scholarship Program (1967–1971) From 1967 to 1971 the chair of the Social Welfare Standing Committee on the UNWLA National Board was Maria Chymynec. One member of this committee was Sophia Andrushkiw, who was respon- sible for matters concerning scholarship aid to Europe (Poland). In 1967, during a meeting with Nadia Shulhan, a catechist of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and director of the Institute of Santa Olga in Prudentopo- lis, Parana, Brazil, we learned about the institute’s educational work and its boarding school for girls (Co- legio Santa Olga) from grade 5. These girls came from poor families in the Ukrainian colonies settled by immigrants in the 1890s. The objective of the catechists was, and continues to be, to give the girls of Ukrainian ancestry the opportunity to obtain an education in a country where mandatory schooling at that time was provided only for four grades. They paid special attention to Ukrainian cultural heritage; the curriculum included the study of religion, language, traditional customs, and folk art. Each girl at the Co- legio had to embroider a blouse for herself! Many Colegio graduates became mothers who then raised their own children in the Ukrainian spirit, passing down Ukrainian traditions to their offspring. Other Co- legio graduates became professional women who held government positions, particularly as educators. Some graduates became catechists of the Sacred Heart of Jesus at the Institute. One of these was Olga Korczagin; another is Filomena Procek, the current leader of the catechists. We are grateful to the direc- tors of the Institute for their cooperation and for their good work. In 1991, a proposed bill by then State Representative Deputy Vera Viximicen Albert (another former graduate of the Institute) was passed, formally designating the Ukrainian language as a second language, a mandatory subject for all students (in grades 5 through 12) in Federal schools, in the Brazilian states of Parana and Santa Catarina, where a majority of residents were of Ukrainian heritage. That same year, Maria Magdalena Lozovei, another UNWLA Scholarship Program alumna, was named Federal Di- rector of Ukrainian Language Studies in those two states. The History of the UNWLA Scholarship Program Dr. Teodozia Sawyckyj (1971–1981) "Ukrainians — helping Ukrainian students" In 1973, after a trip to Brazil with her daughter Handzia, Dr. Teodozia Sawyckyj, the Chair of the Social Welfare Standing Committee, initiated the Scholarship Program for Brazil with a phrase that was to become the program’s slogan: "Ukrainians — helping Ukrainian students." The directors of the Insti-
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