I've been in Ukraine for several days, mostly away from Kyiv, but in telephone contact. With the help of Tanya, our Ukrainian coordinator, Marta, a board member who lives in Ukraine, and Maryna, the head of Priyateli Ditey of Ukraine, we've been getting the ball rolling. Transport has been arranged (a large van and a truck) and supplies are being purchased (the Harry Potter books have arrived, along with many others). More shopping is planned for Friday with Irka, as she is arriving later today in Ukraine.
Peggy and Nellie arrive Friday, and we will all have a route get-together at Marta's house to psyche ourselves up for the trip. Ross and his wife Julianna from Detroit will join us (Ross has been checking out a venue in Chernivtsi for a possible camp next summer, among other things), leaving us one short of a quorum for a board meeting.....
Interviews have been set up with our scholarship students for Saturday and Sunday. Peggy and I will be conducting those with the able help of Ruslan, our good friend and himself once an orphan in the Ukrainian internat system. Ruslan helps the new scholarship students get acquainted with the intricacies of the internet, and sets up e-mail accounts for them to use.
There is lots more to do before the route--lots more shopping, inventorying the items sent ahead, and then packing the truck. The mind boggles.
I have one more day of rain and gloom in L'viv before I return to sunny, warm Kyiv. If I don't melt away completely first.......
---Luba
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