Mrs. Kateryna took a tour of the exhibition, talked to its organizers and the museum management, and visited other rooms of the National Arts Museum.
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Mrs. Kateryna described the Ukraine 3000 Fund’s medical programs, in part, the Children's Hospital of the Future, Hospital to Hospital, and Joy of the Childhood: Free Movements programs. In her turn, Mrs. Bush spoke about medical projects she is supervising. The first ladies agreed to cooperate in the fight against breast cancer.
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Mrs. Yushchenko spoke about the Special Olympics movement in Ukraine, embracing 17 of 25 Ukraine’s oblasts and participated by 14,000 mentally retarded people. Mrs. Kateryna also shared the pans for future cooperation between the Ukraine 3000 Fund and Ukraine’s Special Olympics.
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Mr. Maksymchuk emphasized the importance of the topic discussed at the Forum and proposed to the organizers to resume the discussion at the events scheduled by the Ukraine 3000 Fund as part of their educational programs: the Generations’ Dialog, Cultures’ Dialog International Forum to be held in May and the Global Educational Forum to bed held by the Fund and UNESCO in September 2008.
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Cherkasy oblast presented 38 works, 19 of them on humanitarian topics, 15 – economic, and 4 – social. Among the participants were 26 high school students, 9 college students, 3 professors, and one head of a hobby group. The works were submitted in the following cities:
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“We are grateful to those who have been making efforts for many years to reveal to the world the truth about the scale of the Holodomor famine,” Mrs. Kateryna said addressing the visitors of the exhibition. She also spoke about the events dedicated to the 75th anniversary of Holodomor, in part, the international conference scheduled for late November 2008 in Kyiv.
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Mrs. Kateryna and Prof. Novick discussed the further development of the Ukrainian Initiative project, within whose framework American children’s cardio surgeons perform complicated surgeries in Ukraine and conduct educational programs for Ukrainian doctors.
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The parties agreed to launch special educational programs in the sphere of medical institutions management, in part, MD programs, and also trainings for Ukrainian doctors at the University by the Children's Hospital of the Future program. Representatives of the Emory University, Ukraine 3000 Fund, and Ministry for Healthcare of Ukraine agreed to create a workgroup to elaborate priorities for the educational programs and select doctors to take part in the joint program.
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The Holodomor in Luhansk Oblast: 1932-1933 collection of research papers and documents was published in 2008 by the Ukraine 3000 International Charitable Fund and Luhansk Oblast State Archive. The collection includes 143 documents from state archives of Luhansk and Donetsk oblast, SSU special archive, and photographs of the 1930s from the Pshenychny Central Archive of Video and Photo Documents of Ukraine.
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Prof. Ballard spoke about the research programs at the Black Sea, aimed at seeking the sea bottom for items of historical value, and the plans to create an undersea museum, which the Black Sea is due to its unique conditions for sunken objects preservation.
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February 20, 2008, reviewing the regional selections will start, to be completed by March 20, 2008. The results of the contest on the national level will be announced March 28-29 in Kyiv.
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Please note that the grant competition is aimed primarily at rendering support to children with consequences of organic disorders of the central nervous system (cerebral palsy). Thus, we give preferential treatment to the proposals, most efficiently considering these children’s needs and suggesting realistic ways to help them.
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Ms. Pavliuk and Mr. Lazoryshynets visited one of the University’s educational centers where future doctors perfect their skills in diagnosing and emergency aid. The center’s equipment simulates various pathologies, on which students have to take correct medical decisions. The Ukrainian experts also met with Professor of Medicine and Neurology H. Kenneth Walker and the School of Medicine faculty and administration.
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The participants of the meeting discussed the events dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Manmade Famine in Ukraine. The Diaspora representatives told Mrs. Kateryna about UCCA effort to popularize the truth about this tragedy in the US. In her turn, Mrs. Kateryna described the Ukraine 3000 International Charitable Fund’s programs and projects dedicated to Holodomor, in part, the Lessons in History: Manmade Famine of 1932-1933 program.
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In course of the meeting, Mrs. Yushchenko and Mr. DeGioia discussed Georgetown University’s cooperation with Ukrainian educational institutions and the possibilities for enlivening student exchange programs between the two countries. Besides, Mrs. Yushchenko descrived the Ukraine 3000 Fund’s educational programs and projects.
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Lev Dobriansky is famous mostly as a politician dedicating himself to the fight against totalitarianism and communism. Dr. Dobriansky was the author in 1959 of the Captive Nations Week Resolution, celebrated annually by Congress and the White House for nearly five decades. He was the first President of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America and was a strong advocate for Ukrainian independence. He also played a leading role in having legislation passed to erect a statue of Taras Shevchenko. In his last years he was involved in establishing the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation and a memorial to the victims of Communism.
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They discussed issues related to the cooperation between the Ukraine 3000 Fund and Luhansk Oblast Children’s Clinical Hospital, in part, the participation of Luhansk doctors in the Fund’s educational programs within the framework of the Hospital to Hospital and Children's Hospital of the Future programs.
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Mrs. Yushchenko told Mr. McAndrews about the Ukraine 3000 Fund work, in part, its medical projects and programs: Children's Hospital of the Future, Joy of the Childhood: Free Movements, and Hospital to Hospital. Discussing the Children's Hospital of the Future, Mr. MacAndrews described major trends in creating modern patient care institutions for children.
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