“I am proud that Ukraine is one of the world’s top countries in terms of the number of Righteous Gentiles. I am also proud that Ukraine is the only state in the world bestowing state awards upon its Righteous among the Nations,” Mrs. Yushchenko said.
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Kateryna Yushchenko attended the Ukrainian Folk Modern First All-Ukrainian Triennial’s exhibition, dedicated to the Chervona Ruta anniversary and to the memory of Volodymyr Ivasiuk. The event, hosted by Vernisazh Cultural Center, presents 120 works by artists from all Ukraine’s regions: original fancy weaving, embroidery, sculpture, painting, graphic and applied arts.
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For two days the Forum participants had been discussing the White Book of National Education project at sessions and conferences. At the closing plenary session, the Forum’s work was summed up and proposals regarding the White Book voiced.
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The Forum participants worked in three sessions: Quality of Secondary Education, Coordination of the Development Vector of National Education with Requests of the Modern Real Economy, and Lifelong Education: How and What Shall We Teach Adults. Also a round table was held, dedicated to education for handicapped children. The events were held at Suuk-Su Palace, Friendship Hall of the Sea Camp, and Artek ICC school.
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“The Forum has become one of the most welcome events in the educational community,” Mrs. Yushchenko said in her address. “In these years we were able to create an environment enabling the pedagogues to showcase their attainments and familiarize themselves with others’ attainments. We believe that this way – through immediate experience exchange and learning from each other – is the most effective, forming a common understanding of how we should modernize the educational system.”
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The Ukraine 3000 Foundation is planning to purchase a part of the pressrun (to the total of UAH 20,000) to distribute free of charge among Ukraine’s educational and children’s facilities.
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The textbook was complied by leading research fellows of the Banking Business University at the National Bank of Ukraine. The idea to create a textbook on this subject came up in 2007, during Head of the Supervisory Board of the Ukraine 3000 International Charitable Foundation Kateryna Yushchenko’s visit to the university, in her conversation with Rector Smovzhenko, discussing corporative social responsibility in Ukraine.
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“Due to our German partner, the Provincial Rhineland Alliance, all our heroines have undergone treatment courses in Germany,” Head of the Board of Directors of Ukraine 3000 Foundation Oleksandr Maksymchuk said. “They have once again visited places where they had spent their youth, now in another capacity. It was an act of coming to mutual understanding and reconciliation between nations and generations. This sets a graphic example for our Ukrainian society; extending a hand of friendship to your neighbor, finding a way out of any situation, and looking into the future with optimisim and inspiration.”
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The Institute’s President Janusz Kurtyka described its history, major programs, and areas of interest. He, in part, quoted the active and fruitful cooperation between the Institute, Security Service of Ukraine, and Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance.
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Mrs. Yushchenko visited the blackletter books and manuscripts department. She viewed books and documents related to Ukrainian history and familiarized herself with the legacy of Karol Schymanowski, renowned Ukrainian-born Polish composer.
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The Institute Director Slawomir Janus presented his institution’s work. Mrs. Kateryna visited cancer patients’ wards and neonatology unit. She also talked to the management, staff members, little patients, and their parents.
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The Philanthropist 2009 competition will be more transparent compared to the previous years. To this end a series of measures have been taken, the main of them being the creation of the Supervisory Board of the competition.
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September 3, 2009, the Ukrainian Cinema Foundation, Nemiroff Company, and Ukraine 3000 International Charitable Foundation held a joint press conference, reporting on the results of the implementation of the Ukrainian Cinema in the World program in 2008-2009, presenting their first public catalogue-report, and informing the public on their plans for the future.
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September 3, 2009, at 12:00 a.m., at Kyiv Cinema Theater (Kyiv, 19 Chervonoarmiyska St. At a press conference the Ukrainian Cinema Foundation, Nemiroff Company, and Ukraine 3000 International Charitable Foundation will report on the results of the work within the Ukrainian Cinema in the World program in 2008-2009 and present their first public catalogue-report. The partners will also inform the public on further stages of the joint social project implementation.
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Members of the board are VV rock group’s Oleh Skrypka, Olympic champion in artistic gymnastics Stella Zakharova, TV host Andriy Kulykov, People’s Artiste of Ukraine Mariya Burmaka, writers and publishers Vitaly and Dmytro Kapranovs. People’s Artist of Ukraine Bohdan Stupka was unanimously elected head of the Board.
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Mrs. Yushchenko asked the journalists to visit the Center’s construction site on a regular basis to execute civic control over the construction process.
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The All-Ukrainian Center to Protect Mothers’ and Children’s Health, a.k.a. Children’s Hospital of the Future, is being created as patient care institution of the fourth (highest) accreditation level. Seriously ill children, who cannot be cured in Ukraine at present, will be admitted here. The project has become the biggest charitable project in Ukraine’s history.
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