Become a volunteer @ ClickUkraine !
06/23/2003 | Serhiy Hrysch
Ця тема мені близька ще й тим, що пару років тому я пожертвував $20 для Kobzar Society для проекту комп"ютеризації шкіл в Україні...
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New IT project brings computer literacy to Ukraine's youth
From: ArtUkraine.com Information Service
NEW IT PROJECT BRINGS COMPUTER LITERACY TO UKRAINE'S YOUTH
By Miriam Bates,
U.S.-Ukraine Foundation (USUF) Washington, D.C.,
Friday, June 6, 2003
Washington, DC, June 9. --The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation (USUF) announced a new IT collaborative project this week called ClickUkraine. ClickUkraine is hi-tech initiative that seeks to connect Ukraine's youth to the world through computer literacy. ClickUkraine, a collaborative effort of USUF, the Kobzar Society, Dan River Region Rotaract Club, and the Capitol City Rotaract Club, will promote the technological development of Ukraine through three project components: supply second-hand refurbished computers to Ukrainian educational institutions; launch Internet connected computer labs across Ukraine; and establish a free educational IT program at labs for Ukrainian youth in themes such as Introduction to Computers and Win95, MS Word, Excel, Computer troubleshooting, and the Internet.
Kobzar Society
The project will first send much-needed refurbished hardware to educational institutions in Ukraine through the assistance of the Kobzar Society, a nonprofit located in Lehighton, PA. Since 2000, the Kobzar Society's "Computers for Ukraine Program" has maintained a database of educational institutions, including high schools, universities, and libraries in need of computers. To date, the Society has collected over 500 computers, 200 of which have already been shipped to Ukraine. The cost of upgrading and shipping a single unit to Ukraine is approximately $250. The Foundation met with Kobzar Society President Orest Hanas and Vice President Daniel King in February 2003 and has secured their full support and participation in ClickUkraine.
U.S. Rotaract Clubs
Several U.S. Rotaract clubs have selected ClickUkraine as their "international service project" for the year and will therefore provide initial funds for the refurbishing and shipment of the second-hand computers and for the first steps toward the establishment of computer centers. Rotaract, a worldwide Rotary-sponsored young adult organization committed to service and international peace and understanding, will facilitate volunteer recruitment that is so essential to the programs development. From over 350 chapters in the United States and nine in Ukraine, Rotaract members will volunteer at recipient schools and educational institutions as IT trainers, will secure and maintain computer centers, and will encourage further volunteer involvement. Program Coordinator, Vadim Ostrovksy (see below), will attend a national Rotaract meeting in Little Rock, Arkansas in June 2003, where he will solicit the support of Rotaract clubs from around the nation.
U.S.-Ukraine Foundation
The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation will head project and financial administration, marketing, networking, and computer placement. ClickUkraine will benefit from the Foundation's wide base of resources and experience through its Community Partnership Project (CPP), a U.S.A.I.D.-funded project which partners 14 Ukrainian local governments with 14 U.S. cities for public administration education, training, and internship exchanges. CPP also operates five Regional Training Centers (RTCs) in Cherkasy, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, and Lviv which offer additional training to partner communities and other local governments (more than 925 cities and villages) across Ukraine. CPP has also created a network of forward-thinking cities through the publication of its monthly Partners and quarterly Aspekty Samovriaduvannia. With a wide network of contacts in Ukraine and the United States and years of experience of project administration, the Foundation will be key to ClickUkraine's success. USUF will attend the upcoming Sister Cities International Annual Conference in July 2003 where Foundation staff will present ClickUkraine to a number of sister city representatives in Ukraine. The Foundation has already met with Timothy Honey, Executive Director of Sister Cities International (SCI), to discuss SCI's future collaboration with ClickUkraine.
Vadim Ostrovsky and Lesyz Chornohuz
Two Ukrainian students studying in the United States and interns at the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, Vadim Ostrovsky and Lesya Chornohuz, designed and launched the project in spring 2003. Vadim, USUF intern and project coordinator, created the project with the vision that Ukraine's technological development is "the future of Ukraine" helping Ukraine turn from an agricultural and manufacturing based economy and towards an IT service driven economy. Vadim hails originally from Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine and will complete his undergraduate degree at Averett University in Danville, VA in December 2003. Vadim was also a participant in the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation First Annual Youth Leadership Program 2002 and is the newly elected director of Rotaract International's Northern Virginia District. Vadim plans to attend law and business school in the United States and to pursue a career involved in U.S.-Ukraine relations. Lesya, originally from Kyiv and former student at National Agricultural University, moved to Washington, DC in November 2002. Lesya will continue her undergraduate studies at The George Washington University in fall 2003.
ClickUkraine needs you
The Foundation invites individuals and institutions to join the ClickUkraine alliance and to help connect Ukraine's youth with the world. The Foundation is grateful for the support of the Kobzar Society and Rotaract International which will make the initial progress of this project possible. Sustained and expanded project activities will however need the support of volunteers, private donors, and institutions. USUF hopes that ClickUkraine attracts the support and enthusiasm of volunteers of all ages in the United States and Ukraine. If you would like to donate to ClickUkraine, please send a check to the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation with a note indicating ClickUkraine in the memo line.
Interested volunteers can contact:
Vadim Ostrovsky
vostrovs@averett.edu
Call the Foundation
(202) 347-4264
You can read about ClickUkraine on the USUF website: http://www.usukraine.org/education/clickukraine.shtml
UKRAINE REPORT 2003, no. 55
Ukraine Market Reform Group (UMRG)
ArtUkraine.com Information Service (ARTUIS)
Kyiv, Ukraine and Washington, D.C.
JUNE 7-8, 2003
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New IT project brings computer literacy to Ukraine's youth
From: ArtUkraine.com Information Service
NEW IT PROJECT BRINGS COMPUTER LITERACY TO UKRAINE'S YOUTH
By Miriam Bates,
U.S.-Ukraine Foundation (USUF) Washington, D.C.,
Friday, June 6, 2003
Washington, DC, June 9. --The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation (USUF) announced a new IT collaborative project this week called ClickUkraine. ClickUkraine is hi-tech initiative that seeks to connect Ukraine's youth to the world through computer literacy. ClickUkraine, a collaborative effort of USUF, the Kobzar Society, Dan River Region Rotaract Club, and the Capitol City Rotaract Club, will promote the technological development of Ukraine through three project components: supply second-hand refurbished computers to Ukrainian educational institutions; launch Internet connected computer labs across Ukraine; and establish a free educational IT program at labs for Ukrainian youth in themes such as Introduction to Computers and Win95, MS Word, Excel, Computer troubleshooting, and the Internet.
Kobzar Society
The project will first send much-needed refurbished hardware to educational institutions in Ukraine through the assistance of the Kobzar Society, a nonprofit located in Lehighton, PA. Since 2000, the Kobzar Society's "Computers for Ukraine Program" has maintained a database of educational institutions, including high schools, universities, and libraries in need of computers. To date, the Society has collected over 500 computers, 200 of which have already been shipped to Ukraine. The cost of upgrading and shipping a single unit to Ukraine is approximately $250. The Foundation met with Kobzar Society President Orest Hanas and Vice President Daniel King in February 2003 and has secured their full support and participation in ClickUkraine.
U.S. Rotaract Clubs
Several U.S. Rotaract clubs have selected ClickUkraine as their "international service project" for the year and will therefore provide initial funds for the refurbishing and shipment of the second-hand computers and for the first steps toward the establishment of computer centers. Rotaract, a worldwide Rotary-sponsored young adult organization committed to service and international peace and understanding, will facilitate volunteer recruitment that is so essential to the programs development. From over 350 chapters in the United States and nine in Ukraine, Rotaract members will volunteer at recipient schools and educational institutions as IT trainers, will secure and maintain computer centers, and will encourage further volunteer involvement. Program Coordinator, Vadim Ostrovksy (see below), will attend a national Rotaract meeting in Little Rock, Arkansas in June 2003, where he will solicit the support of Rotaract clubs from around the nation.
U.S.-Ukraine Foundation
The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation will head project and financial administration, marketing, networking, and computer placement. ClickUkraine will benefit from the Foundation's wide base of resources and experience through its Community Partnership Project (CPP), a U.S.A.I.D.-funded project which partners 14 Ukrainian local governments with 14 U.S. cities for public administration education, training, and internship exchanges. CPP also operates five Regional Training Centers (RTCs) in Cherkasy, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, and Lviv which offer additional training to partner communities and other local governments (more than 925 cities and villages) across Ukraine. CPP has also created a network of forward-thinking cities through the publication of its monthly Partners and quarterly Aspekty Samovriaduvannia. With a wide network of contacts in Ukraine and the United States and years of experience of project administration, the Foundation will be key to ClickUkraine's success. USUF will attend the upcoming Sister Cities International Annual Conference in July 2003 where Foundation staff will present ClickUkraine to a number of sister city representatives in Ukraine. The Foundation has already met with Timothy Honey, Executive Director of Sister Cities International (SCI), to discuss SCI's future collaboration with ClickUkraine.
Vadim Ostrovsky and Lesyz Chornohuz
Two Ukrainian students studying in the United States and interns at the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, Vadim Ostrovsky and Lesya Chornohuz, designed and launched the project in spring 2003. Vadim, USUF intern and project coordinator, created the project with the vision that Ukraine's technological development is "the future of Ukraine" helping Ukraine turn from an agricultural and manufacturing based economy and towards an IT service driven economy. Vadim hails originally from Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine and will complete his undergraduate degree at Averett University in Danville, VA in December 2003. Vadim was also a participant in the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation First Annual Youth Leadership Program 2002 and is the newly elected director of Rotaract International's Northern Virginia District. Vadim plans to attend law and business school in the United States and to pursue a career involved in U.S.-Ukraine relations. Lesya, originally from Kyiv and former student at National Agricultural University, moved to Washington, DC in November 2002. Lesya will continue her undergraduate studies at The George Washington University in fall 2003.
ClickUkraine needs you
The Foundation invites individuals and institutions to join the ClickUkraine alliance and to help connect Ukraine's youth with the world. The Foundation is grateful for the support of the Kobzar Society and Rotaract International which will make the initial progress of this project possible. Sustained and expanded project activities will however need the support of volunteers, private donors, and institutions. USUF hopes that ClickUkraine attracts the support and enthusiasm of volunteers of all ages in the United States and Ukraine. If you would like to donate to ClickUkraine, please send a check to the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation with a note indicating ClickUkraine in the memo line.
Interested volunteers can contact:
Vadim Ostrovsky
vostrovs@averett.edu
Call the Foundation
(202) 347-4264
You can read about ClickUkraine on the USUF website: http://www.usukraine.org/education/clickukraine.shtml
UKRAINE REPORT 2003, no. 55
Ukraine Market Reform Group (UMRG)
ArtUkraine.com Information Service (ARTUIS)
Kyiv, Ukraine and Washington, D.C.
JUNE 7-8, 2003