Mrs. Kateryna met with the School’s high management, in part, Dean Scott Meadow, Deputy Deans Stacey R. Kole and Caroline Karr, faculty members of the University and School of Business. Also was present Michael Polsky, alumni of the Chicago Graduate School of Business and founder of some of its programs, in part, the Center for Entrepreneurship.
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The parties agreed to cooperate in experience exchange and training programs between Ukrainian and American doctors and also on the program to create the All-Ukrainian Center to Protect Mothers’ and Children’s Health, a.k.a. the Children’s Hospital of the Future.
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Mrs. Kateryna familiarized herself with the lab’s work and exhibits and talked to staff members. Mr. Sereno gave Mrs. Yushchenko an account of his laboratory’s major researches and expeditions, in part, the results of the latest expeditions to Mongolia and Africa. He also described in more detail educational programs for children in which he takes part, aimed at arousing kids’ interest in paleontology and archeological research projects.
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The event was held as part of KMANU graduation ceremony, Convocation, which is traditionally celebrated on Constitution Day. Head of the Supervisory Board of the Ukraine 3000 Foundation Kateryna Yushchenko sent her greetings for KMANU graduates.
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In course of the meeting, Mrs. Kateryna gave Mr. Daley a brief overview of the Ukraine 3000 Foundation’s work, in part, its medical, educational, and cultural programs and projects.
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Head of the Supervisory Board of the Ukraine 3000 International Charitable Foundation Kateryna Yushchenko met with wife of the Mayor of Chicago Maggie Daley for a business lunch. Also present were representatives of Chicago public organizations and City Council working with people with limited capacities, educational institutions, Chicago Sister Cities Committee, Field Museum, and the Chicago 2016 Olympic Committee.
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The subject of the conference was the plans for training Ukrainian professionals for the All-Ukrainian Center to Protect Mother's and Children's Health, a.k.a. Children's Hospital of the Future. In part, the parties discussed one-three weeks trainings for multidiscipline teams of pediatricians, neonatologists, obstetricians, gynecologists, IC specialists, and managers. Ukrainian experts prepared lists of issues which, in their opinion, should be included into the training curriculums in each area.
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Assistant Executive Director Terry Longo presented to Mrs. Kateryna his agency, whose goal is helping people who are blind or visually impaired. Mr. Longo described the agency’s attainments in job placement for the blind people and its programs, encouraging employers to hire people who are blind or visually impaired.
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The Holodomor 1932-1933: Ukraine Remembers, the World Recognizes special project was launched by the Ukraine 3000 International Charitable Foundation as part of its History Lessons: Manmade Famine of 1932-1933 program. It is a special section of the Glavred Independent Analytical Agency’s website, where historical research papers, interviews, informational, analytical, and polemical materials will be published on a weekly basis within the context of the 75th anniversary of Holodomor.
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The program’s key objective is present opportunities for self-fulfillment and development of a cultural sector, independent from the state, which is unable to implement its projects without external support. The program’s range is very wide: from popularizing folk traditions to developing the newest and most unique artistic trends.
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The equipment set includes a diagnostic system for registering brainstem auditory evoked potential, diagnostic audiometer, and extended-range impedance audiometer.
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Currently, during the fifth shift (June 22-July 12) ten winners are staying in Artek. Another 14 are to go there for the sixth shift (July 15-August 4). Among the young contestants are students from schools, lyceums, and gymnasiums from all Ukraine’s regions who have gone through the regional selections and meet certain age criteria.
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Mrs. Yushchenko familiarized herself with the work of the ACIDI departments, in part, the legal and sociological offices. ACIDI staff members described to the honorable guest the work of their institution dealing with integration of immigrants, in part, from Ukraine, in Portugal.
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To the Ukraine 3000 Foundation’s efforts, the Institute for Pediatrics, Obstetrics, and Gynecology received a modern high-quality ALV apparatus to the cost of UAH 168,000, and the OKHMATDYT Ukrainian Children’s Specialized Hospital – a diagnostic EEG system for newborns to the cost of UAH 176,750.
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June 18, 2008, the Second International Scholarly Conference “Diaspora as a Factor in Strengthening the Ukrainian State within the International Community. The Ukrainian Diaspora in the Global Context” opened in Lviv. Head of the Supervisory Board of the Ukraine 3000 International Charitable Foundation Kateryna Yushchenko sent an address to the participants of the conference, which was read out by Head of the Board of Directors of the Foundation Oleksandr Maksymchuk at the conference’s opening ceremony.
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On behalf of the Ukraine 3000 International Charitable Foundation, Mrs. Yushchenko gave the Lviv Oblast State Clinical Hospital Neonatology Dept. an infant incubator to the cost of UAH 60,000.
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Mrs. Kateryna greeted the participants of the Song of Heart Patriarch’s Competition of Contemporary Spiritual Song, dedicated to the Year of Christian Convocation and the 1020th anniversary of the Baptizing of Rus’-Ukraine.
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The medicine was provided by the Bayer Company, a globally renowned producer of medicines against disseminated sclerosis, with the support of the Hanza Closed Corporation. The Association will receive 2,400 packs of Betaferon, which will allow treating over 400 patients in 2008, to the total of almost UAH 18,000,000.
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On behalf of the Ukraine 3000 International Charitable Foundation, Mrs. Yushchenko gave the Center director Myroslav Nykolayev a certificate for orthopedic mobilizers, books, and toys to the total of over UAH 27,000.
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In course of the conversation, Mrs. Yushchenko and Mr. Camdessus exchanged opinions on the events of the Ecumenical Social Week, which is being held these days in Lviv. Mr. Camdessus thanked Mrs. Kateryna for granting her support to the Ecumenical week. He expressed his hope that the idea of Social weeks would find wide support in Ukraine. Also, Mr. Camdessus shared his experience in conducting such events in France.
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Mrs. Kateryna Yushchenko Meets with Experts and Winners of the First Stage of the Grants Program for Small Cultural and Art Projects
In course of the meeting, the experts gave their evaluation of the project submitted to the contest, noting the importance of non-governmental support for cultural projects, since there are no other grant programs of this kind in Ukraine. Representatives of the winning organizations presented their projects to be implemented with the participation of Ukraine 3000 Foundation and took part in their discussion.
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