UCCA announces availability of containers for aid shipments

NEW YORK - The Ukrainian Congress Committee of America announced that the Ukrainian American Humanitarian Association, a board member of the UCCA's Council on Aid to Ukrainians, has obtained 25 containers for humanitarian aid shipments. The containers range from 20 to 40 feet in length.

All organizations that send or plan to send humanitarian aid to Ukraine or to the Eastern diaspora are eligible to make use of these containers.

The Ukrainian government requires that all transportable materials within one container have a value of no less than $50,000. In order to obtain permission from the Ukrainian government for shipment, the provider must first send a detailed inventory of goods to the Humanitarian Committee within the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine in Kyiv for approval (it is prohibited to send certain goods to Ukraine).

Furthermore, for the recipients to obtain the humanitarian aid container, they must seek government permission and pledge to distribute the goods free of cost.

For more information, please contact the UCCA National Office at 203 Second Ave., New York, NY 10003; telephone, (212) 228-6840; fax, (212) 254-4721.

In an effort to equally distribute the humanitarian aid, the UCCA asks that all organizations and individuals coordinate their shipments through the UCCA National Office.

The Council on Aid to Ukrainians is chaired by Ivan Burtyk; the Ukrainian American Humanitarian Association is chaired by Borys Gulaj.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, January 28, 2001, No. 4, Vol. LXIX

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