 Ukrainian Genocide Famine FoundationThe Ukrainian Genocide Famine (Holodomor) is one of the least known tragedies of the 20th century... At the height of the Genocide Ukrainians were dying at a rate of 25,000 per day. Nearly 1 in 4 rural Ukrainians perished as a direct result. The Soviet Union dumped 1.7 million tons of grain on Western markets during the Genocide. Nearly a fifth of a ton of grain was exported for each person who died of starvation. Over 3,000,000 children born between 1932-1933 died of starvation. The US Congress 1988 Commission on the Ukraine Famine concluded: "Joseph Stalin and those around him committed genocide against Ukrainians in 1932-1933". There were over 10,000,000 victims of the Ukrainian Genocide of 1932-1933 The Mission of the Ukrainian Genocide Famine Foundation - USA, Inc. is:- To plan a yearly commemoration to both remember those who perished in the 1932-33 Genocidal Famine against Ukraine and to honor those who are living Survivors and Witnesses of the Genocide; - To further public awareness of the Genocide of 1932-33 through educational programs, lectures, public exhibits, media presentations, internet resources and cooperative ventures with governmental and education institutions, libraries and museums; - To provide materials for use in school curricula and academic research; - To provide for posterity a variety of documentation regarding the true circumstances and effects of the Genocide, and most urgently, the proper documentation of Survivors’ oral histories; - To support, via the granting of academic stipends or scholarships, scholars (at the MA or PhD level) in both Ukraine and/or the Diaspora, who are concentrating their studies on some aspects of Ukrainian Genocide Famine-related research; - To foster, support and encourage study of the Ukrainian Genocide in both American and Ukrainian schools; - To work to have an accurate curriculum regarding the Ukrainian Genocide included in school programs in Illinois and throughout the nation; - To seek justice through international venues for the barbaric crimes against humanity perpetrated against the Ukrainian nation resulting in the death of over 10 million innocent men, women and children in violation of the ideal of the dignity and rights inherent in every man, woman, and child on the planet, as outlined in the UN Declaration of Human Rights; - To establish and maintain a perpetual care fund for the purpose of maintaining and insuring the Chicago Ukrainian-American Genocide Monument. Phone: +1 847 699 9484 (U Kievska oblast Other Categories: Non-profit organizations in Ukraine |
