BREAKFAST WITH "RUSLANA" LYZHYCHKO, FAMOUS
UKRAINIAN SINGER, ON NEED FOR UKRAINE FLOOD
DISASTER ASSISTANCE INITIATIVES & PROGRAMS
"THE CARPATHIANS.FLOOD.SOS.2008"

Thursday, August 14, 2008, 9:00 a.m.
USUBC Office in Washington

You are invited to a continental breakfast meeting with "Ruslana" Lyzhychko, famous Ukrainian signer from Western Ukraine, who together with world famous boxer Vitaliy Klitschko and their respective foundations, the Ukraine Sunrise Foundation, and the Klitschko Brothers Foundation, have organized a major, on-the-ground flood disaster assistance program in Western Ukraine,
"THE CARPATHIANS. FLOODS. SOS. 2008" (http://karpatysos.info/en/).

 

 

 

 

 

The continental breakfast with "RUSLANA" will be held on Thursday, August
14th, from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in the USUBC conference room, 1701 K.
Street, N.W., Suite 903, Washington, D.C. The breakfast with "Ruslana"is
sponsored by the Ukraine Disaster Assistance Fund, Washington, D.C.,
http://www.usubc.org/news/ukraine_disaster_assistance.php.

"Ruslana" will be in Washington for one day to talk about the major disaster
that occurred in Western Ukraine and the critical need for short-term and
long-term rebuilding support. "Ruslana" has been working full-time on flood
disaster assistance in Western Ukraine since the flood hit in late July.

EUROVISION CONTEST WINNER "RUSLANA"

"Ruslana" won the Eurovision Contest in 2004 as the representative from
Ukraine, has been a member of Parliament and has been very active in
supporting programs for the development of civil society, new sources of
energy and environmental conservation (http://www.ruslana.ua/en/). She
is one of the top national leaders of a new generation of Ukrainians.

PLEASE RSVP ABOUT YOUR ATTENDANCE FOR THE 
BREAKFAST WITH 'RUSLANA" TO THE E-MAIL
ADDRESS ON THIS E-MAIL.

WORST FLOODS IN TWO CENTURIES

Heavy rains and floods over two weeks ago left more than 30 people dead,
dozens missing and forced 30,000 to flee their homes. "These are the worst
floods in two centuries," said Joe Lowry, the representative in the region for
the Red Cross.

"I've worked with the Red Cross for 40 years and no one I know has ever seen anything like this, nor have their parents nor their grandparents," Alexandra Biltsan told Lowry in the village of Chernohusi in western Ukraine.

"People are in desperate straits, food is urgently needed as well as clean
water. Many people have lost crops, gardens, livestock, poultry as well as
their food reserves." In western Ukraine, some 40,000 houses were flooded,
and more than 30,000 hectares (74,000 acres) of croplands and nearly 700
kilometers of roads were severely damaged, the federation said.

UKRAINE DISASTER ASSISTANCE FUND

The "Ukraine Disaster Assistance Fund" has been created by the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC), Ukrainian Federation of America (UFA), Ukrainian-American Coordinating Council (UACC), U.S.-Ukraine Foundation (USUF), Ukrainian American-Environmental Association (UAEA) coalition, to raise money and in-kind support from individuals, institutions, organizations and businesses for the people, homes and villages in Western Ukraine.  

For more information about the fund or to donate go to: 
http://www.usubc.org/news/ukraine_disaster_assistance.php

NEWS CONFERENCE "RUSLANA" 11 A.M. THURSDAY

"Ruslana" will hold a news conference on Thursday, August 14th, at 11 a.m.
at the USUF/USUBC Conference Room, 1701 K Street, NW, Suite 903,
Washington, D.C.  The news conference will be webcast by USUF. To see
the webcast go to www.usukraine.org on the day of the webcast for instructions on how to sign-up.

PLEASE RSVP ABOUT YOUR ATTENDANCE TO THE
E-MAIL ADDRESS ON THIS E-MAIL.

DO NOT MISS THE CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
MEETING WITH "RUSLANA"

Thursday, August 14th, from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
USUBC Conference Room, 1701 K. Street, N.W., Suite 903,
Washington, D.C. 

Please RSVP your attendance to Morgan Williams, as soon as
possible at: mwilliams@usubc.org.