Sabre Foundation's Tania Vitvitsky honored at White House event (12/08/96)

Sabre Foundation's Tania Vitvitsky honored at White House event

by Marta Baziuk

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Tania Vitvitsky, project director of the Sabre Foundation, was honored at the White House on October 21 for her work in replenishing libraries destroyed during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina and for initiating a program to make children's books available in Romania.

The Sabre Foundation specializes in providing books and information technologies to countries in transition. Sabre, which has ongoing programs in 15 countries, is also active in Ukraine, with book donation and Internet training programs.

The White House event had its beginnings in Mrs. Clinton's visit to Eastern Europe over the summer, where she noted the desperate need for teaching materials, especially for children. It happened that Sabre was increasing its efforts to solicit donations from publishers of materials for children in response to requests from the field.

Sabre was able to make a special donation of children's books in commemoration of the first lady's visit to schools and orphanages in Bosnia and Romania. The shipments are Sabre's first to these countries.