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Etching of me done by Andriy Shabunin, a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine and a recipient of international prizes for his etchings, resides in Ivano-Frankivsk.
Assumptions and Misunderstandings Memoir of an Unwitting Spy
At Risk Children
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Meet the ArtistsWorks of painters Valeri Zhavoronkov and Vasyl Dutka are on exhibit in Kyiv at Horizon Capital. Read more
Other NewsPost election political wrangling has forced the postponement of the planned gathering of individuals and NGO representatives previously scheduled for late October or early November 2007. Details about an alternative date will be available on this website as soon as they become available. |
Based on saved letters I’d written family and friends while in the Peace Corps, I have recorded a short but fascinating period in the history of Ukraine. 
It was in 2000 while teaching English to 9th formers in the Stryi Gymnasium that I first became interested in working with Ukraine’s at risk youth. As part of a class in Environmental Science, I had students do a “re-use” project with donations earmarked for the areas three orphanages. In 2003, I started Friends of the Morshen Orphanage - which in 2006 I expanded to include an Internat (boarding school) in Mykolychin. Since the appointment of a new director, the school’s condition has improved markedly. But to turn a dilapidated warehouse for children of alcoholics into a decent educational facility for children will take time, money, dedication and tremendous energy. Your help is needed! 
Yuri Hnatkovsky's passion for jazz began in 2005 when he began translating well known American jazz and Christmas carols into Ukrainian. His dream: to release his own album became a reality in 2006 when together with Ukrainian singer Yulia Lord, he recorded twelve songs. His CD Snizhnist can be purchased online from Yevshan.com. Yuri graduated from Lviv Polytechnical School and began his career in media as a TV show presenter, director and producer when just 17. His project "Legends of Old Lviv" received a Teletriumph award as the best program on a regional TV channel.Support for Green Tourism
In 1993, Kolomiya was largely litter free. Plastic bags were used and re-used, washed and dried and used again. Then, in the late 1990s, seemingly almost overnight, ice cream appeared in wrappers, single serving packages of cookies were introduced, and even in the bazaar, vendors handed customers produce in small plastic bags. Plastic bottles of Coke, Pepsi and Sprite showed up and the formerly pristine countryside took on the appearance of a garbage dump.
We hope gradually to reverse this trend. Tanya Bovich has not only begun producing cloth bags which are both sturdy and attractive but she has also pledged to contribute $1.00 from the sale of each bag to educating school children about the harmful effects of littering. Read more
