Education Program The UFA Education Committee is chaired by Dr. Volodymyr Bandera. It undertakes various projects to assist schools, colleges and universities at all levels in Ukraine with their efforts to improve the level of education in the country, including the building of library collections, assistance with the distribution of computers and other technology for schools and libraries, and the translation into Ukrainian of key English-language textbooks and reference books that would otherwise not be available to readers in Ukraine. Publication and distribution of such books is done cooperatively with copyright holders and the original publishing companies. The UFA Education Committee also coordinates the organization's efforts to assist college and university students from Ukraine to study in the United States. Our educational programs rely on the support of the donors. In 2008-9, we received generous donations from H. Malynowsky and from SUMA Credit Union. Previous donors include S. Romanko, Z. Chernyk and V. Bandera. UFA supports the purchase of copyrights, subsidizes the translation, assists in printing, and promotes distribution of books to libraries. In 2008-9, we were able to provide 40 gift subscriptions for Scientific American for libraries in Ukraine at a cost of $2,800. Our partnering with the Foundation Sable-Svitlo is supporting the distribution of Ukrainian and English books with a support of $5,200. Also, we are supporting the publication of a book by V. Pedak, Ostarbeiter: Victims of Two Dictatorships, as well as the translation of a book by T. Hunczak, Russian Imperialism. Past projects have been carried out in partnership with various educational and humanitarian institutions, which include: • Sabre-Svitlo Foundation in Lviv and Kyiv
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More than 30 book projects have been
completed. Examples include the richly illustrated books, Mother and Baby Handbook (70,000 copies!),
The Human Body, The Mayo Clinic Heart Book, and R. W. Ganong, Medical
Physiology. The list of 18 books in economics and business includes R. W. Griffin and W. Jatsura.
Fundamentals of Management, and G. Mankiw, Macroeconomics. A special series of
translated international best-sellers (published by Kyiv Mohyla Academy) includes O. Havrylyshyn,
Divergent Paths in Post-Communist Transformation, and Z. Brzezinski, Ukraine in Geopolitical
Context."
The Ukrainian Federation of America and Sabre-Svitlo Foundation were also involved in an exciting
project called RIDNE SLOVO. As an affiliate of a global foundation, Sabre in Ukraine has distributed over 10,000
books over the past 15 years, among them various encyclopedias, scientific textbooks and children's books. The
Ukrainian Federation of America supplemented this activity with the purchase and distribution of Ukrainian
books, especially in Eastern Ukraine and Crimea.