20 February 2014
MEDIA RELEASE
Ukrainian World Congress calls on the Ukrainian diaspora to provide urgent humanitarian aid for Ukraine
With the death toll continually rising and facilities overflowing with the injured as a result of the violence incited by Ukraine’s governing authorities, the Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) renews its call for the Ukrainian diaspora to provide urgently needed humanitarian aid.
The aid is being coordinated by the United Ukrainian American Relief Committee (UUARC) in the U.S.A. and the Ukrainian Canadian Social Services (UCSS) in Canada, that are accepting donations for medication, clothing and food products.
For more detail on the aid programs visit the organizations’ web sites: United Ukrainian American Relief Committee http://www.uuarc.org/contact-us/ and Ukrainian Canadian Social Services http://www.ucss.info/ .
United Ukrainian American Relief Committee
Cheques can be made payable to United Ukrainian American Relief Committee and mailed to:
UUARC, 1206 Cottman Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111, U. S. A. Please designate your donation as Humanitarian Aid for EM. Donations can also be made directly to UUARC at Ukrainian American credit unions in Yonkers, New York, Philadelphia and Chicago.
Donations are also accepted online – Donate Now – Online Credit Card Donations: www.uuarc.org .
For further information contact UUARC: tel. – (215) 728-1630, fax – (215) 728-1631, e-mail – [email protected] , web site – http://www.uuarc.org/contact-us/ .
Ukrainian Canadian Social Services
Cheques, along with your name and address, can be made payable to Pomich Ukraini Fund and mailed to: Pomich Ukraini Fund, PO Box 74529, 270 The Kingsway, Etobicoke, ON M9A 3T0. Donations can also be made directly to Pomich Ukraini Fund Account N 6588D1 at Buduchnist Credit Union.
For further information contact UCSS: tel. – (416) 766-5812, fax – (416) 766-9916, e-mail – [email protected] , web site – http://www.ucss.info/ .
