Kobzar Society continues its mission to provide computers for Ukraine (08/11/02)

Kobzar Society continues its mission to provide computers for Ukraine

LEHIGHTON, Pa. - Another shipment of computers was sent in late June to Ukraine by the Kobzar Society Ltd., of Lehighton, Pa. This time, 54 Pentium computers were shipped from Kobzar's Technical Center (located at and supported by Microapex Computer Systems in Allentown, Pa.) via the Meest Corp., destined to be provided at no cost to 30 educational institutions.

These institutions are situated in 11 oblasts and regions throughout Ukraine. Secondary schools, museums, libraries and academies of specialized learning, orphanages, seminaries and a university will reap the benefits of advancing their computer knowledge and skills. For the majority of these institutions, these will be their very first computers.

These significant gifts for Ukrainian youths were made possible through the generosity of sponsors who donated $200 per computer toward defraying the cost of collecting late model Pentium computers, as well as upgrading, testing, packing and shipping them. The sponsors also provided Kobzar Society with the names and addresses of the recipient institutions. Sponsors who donate funds are honored with plaques located in the rooms where the computers are installed.

The Kobzar Society is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) corporation dedicated to providing modern educational technology to the children of Ukraine - and in doing so, connecting them to the free world. The society is working in concert with the Ukrainian government, which granted Kobzar tax and duty-free importation privileges for these computers.

The Kobzar Society is a cooperative effort of many individuals of good will, who believe that computers in the hands of Ukrainian students can make a difference, however small, in transforming Ukraine into an informed democratic and stable country in the 21st century.

The society has also formed partnerships with charitable organizations such as Rotary International, Rotary Club of Lehighton and Northeastern Pennsylvania Rotary District 7410, the Rotary clubs of Ukraine and the Solidarnist Charitable Foundation of Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine from whom it receives assistance and support.

The many computers that have been shipped to Ukraine were securely delivered to the designated destinations. This past June, Orest J. and Christine J. Hanas, respectively president and a director of the Kobzar Society, spent three weeks traveling throughout Ukraine, visiting some of the institutions to which the computers were delivered. They visited Kyiv, Yalta, Zboriv, Staryi Sambir, Pochayiv, Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk. At each destination the computers were found to have been put to good use and in each case the teachers, curators and students were very grateful for having received such valued gifts. There were very many sincere and urgent requests for more computers.

Many specific requests have come into the Kobzar Society for more computers. To participate in this very worthy program through tax-deductible financial or computer donations, contact: Kobzar Society, P.O. Box 37, Lehighton, Pa. 18235; e-mail, ojhanas@ptd.net; website, www.kobzarsociety.org.

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