I hope this conference will give you the opportunity to discuss these many issues, stimulate the large organizations to design and implement effective, large-scale programs, and the individuals and small organizations to find their place in Ukraine’s development. Ukraine – as a state, but more importantly, its people --are waiting for your involvement.
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That when we help the hungry, the thirsty, the lonely, the naked, the sick and the imprisoned, when we show compassion, we are serving God, we are bringing ourselves closer to his presence. That there is a rent we pay for our place in this world, and that is the service we render others. That, as a great businessman and humanitarian once said, “The human being who lives only for himself finally reaps nothing but unhappiness - selfishness corrodes, unselfishness enobles”.
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And today, I often find myself marveling how much the world has changed in our short lifetimes. And how Dr. Lev Dobriansky knew it would happen so many, many years ago.
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150 women from Ukraine and many other countries will discuss how to create opportunities to realize the tremendous potential women today have throughout the world.
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75 years ago a horrible tragedy took place on our land. Millions of Ukrainians were murdered in a famine which was intentionally organized by Stalin’s regime.
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Around the world, both large multinationals and small local companies are reassessing the way they interact with their communities and formulating new strategies to better respond to the needs of consumers, partners, society and the environment alike.
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In today’s world knowledge has become the most important economic resource and the most developed countries progress as a result of intellectual capital and technology transfer. This makes education a strategic priority in the development of any nation. Together we will do all we can for our children to grow up in the world in which they have opportunities to completely realize themselves.
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I am sincerely grateful to you for your tremendous work in studying, protecting, and popularizing the Ukrainian people’s cultural heritage. This mission, which you carry out with honor, is extremely important for our country.
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«Due to the consolidated efforts of the Ukrainian society and our friends’ help, Ukraine will get rid of its image of a country delivering white slaves. Ukraine is becoming an effective center of the fight against modern slaveholders».
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It is my pleasure to be here at opening of the 10th annual conference of the Grant makers East Group. I am very flatted that you made a decision to conduct the Tenth Conference in Ukraine. It is another sign of the world’s newly awakened interest in our country.
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I would like to sincerely greet all participants of the Children Should Hear Their First Bell project. Let me thank all partners that are taking part in this program. I hope it will draw people’s attention to the necessity to help the children who have hearing and speaking problems.
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I would like to say there are not better presents than those you gave me. These are your smiles, dances, songs, and drawings. They are precious. I am grateful to you for everything you did.
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I think I will not err to say each of you in this hall has at least once in life thought about what he or she could do to make our life better for all. Our country went through hardship and despair. It is time we restore it spiritually and materially. It is time we look around and help those in need. There are many such people in Ukraine.
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