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Open World delegation from Ukraine’s Ministry of Education visits Rochester
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Our annual Open World program was exceptional when five representatives from the Ukrainian Ministry of Education visited Rochester, N.Y.
The Open World Program, which is sponsored by the U.S. Congress, was administered locally by Josephine Perini, board chairman/director of international programs, and by Amy Gambino, executive director of Rochester Global Connections, a not-for-profit organization. Tamara Denysenko, the retired CEO of the Ukrainian Federal Credit Union, and presently the UFCU Foundation chair and a director at large of Rochester Global Connections, planned the visits to Ukrainian churches, fraternal groups and organizations. Prior to their arrival in Rochester, the delegates met with personnel in Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand’s and Rep. Louise Slaughter’s offices in Washington. Our visitors were met at the airport in Rochester by their host families. Ihor Adamczuk and his wife, Karen, hosted Andrij Hevko, the deputy minister of education and science.