Association of Ukrainians in SA

Beautiful photos! Ukrainian Women's Association in South Australia at the multicultural festival 💛💙

💛💙HOPAK - Ukrainian Dance School 💛💙Ukrainian School - Adelaide

Thank you community members and all those who have supported our fundraising efforts - the community is doing an incredible job to continue to support those who are risking and giving their lives defending Ukraine against the continuing russian aggression. What is happening in Ukraine at the hands of russia angers us all. We thank you all sincerely and sadly we still have to continue our efforts and help is vital and urgent. You can help by donating directly to Defend Ukraine Appeal and by supporting fundraising events that are organised by or partnered with the Association of Ukrainians in SA.

“Finance Friday” - November 2023

As we begin the last month of 2023, we want to again acknowledge last month’s donations.

Last month, we received 51 individual donations, collecting a total of $62,498.36!

This is an incredible feat. We are very grateful for all the groups, teams, allies & individuals who have donated any and all amounts to fund our important mission. 💪🏻

And of course a special shout-out to our top 5 donors for November 2023:

1) Association of Ukrainians in South Australia
2) Association of Ukrainians in Victoria
3) Blue and Yellow Hearts / Синьо-жовті Серця
4) Canberrans
5) Ukrainian Council of NSW - ОУГ НПВ

Our Finance Friday’s are important to us to do, as all of the non-lethal assistance DefendUkraineAppeal has provided to our Brave Defenders on the frontlines has only been possible with your donations and support. 🙏🏻

Дякуємо всім за підтримку!
Переможемо!

Слава Україні 🇺🇦

We Remember, Unite and Shall Overcome.

Today is the 90th Anniversary of the Holodomor-Genocide of the Ukrainian People by Famine. Many of the victims were Ukrainian children and infants. We gathered this morning to commemorate and remember this tragedy, which affected and continues to affect millions of Ukrainian families.

The Holodomor of 1932-33 was carried out on Soviet dictator Stalin’s orders, by the leadership of the communist party and government of the USSR in 1932-1933, who organized the artificial famine that caused the deaths of millions of Ukrainians in rural areas of the Ukrainian SSR, and in Kuban (Northern Caucasus, modern-day Russia), where the vast majority of the population was Ukrainian. Ukraine lost millions of human lives to the genocide of 1932-1933, and to other man-made famines in 1921-1923 and 1946-1947.

The goal of the Holodomor-genocide was to eliminate the Ukrainian people as a national group. Through forced confiscation of food, blockades of villages and entire districts, travel bans outside of famine-stricken Soviet Ukraine, curtailment of rural trade, and repression of dissenters, the communist totalitarian regime created “conditions” for Ukrainians that were “incompatible with life.” Moscow was counting on the physical destruction of our nation.

Ninety years after the Holodomor-genocide, Russians are once again employing genocidal methods against Ukrainians to destroy our identity, culture, and language, to destroy the Ukrainian nation as such. In order to accomplish this, the occupiers are killing and deporting Ukrainians en masse to remote regions of the Russian Federation, destroying Ukrainian cities, imposing forced assimilation and artificially changing ethnic compositions in the occupied territories.

As Russia continues its military aggression, the collective memory of the Holodomor of 1932-1933 is a force for social mobilization of Ukrainians and the international community to fight the aggressor state. That is why Holodomor commemorations are being held under the slogan "We remember, unite and shall overcome!"

Today we remember the victims of the Holodomor - Where millions of Ukrainians died through a cruel, man-made famine that was orchestrated by Stalin’s regime. It is the 90th anniversary of this genocide.

Our joy. These young people are a ray of sunshine ☀️ Congratulations to all students from Ukrainian School - Adelaide and HOPAK - Ukrainian Dance School on your achievements this year. A big thanks to all teachers for their incredible dedication
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Congratulating our young community member Kalani Pryzbylo on his selection to the Ukraine Tridents National Rugby League Team! Well done to Kalani, we wish him and the team the best of luck for their game this coming Saturday in Sydney

🇬🇧Ukraine Rugby League will take another step forward this week, making its Australian debut with the newly named Ukraine Trident’s Rugby League side; a team of eligible Ukrainian players based in Australia.

The side will take on South Sudan this coming Saturday 25th November 2023 at Terry Lamb Oval in Chester Hill in Sydney, New South Wales.

Head Coach Dan Beardshaw said this; “I’m really excited to see the boys take the field this coming week, we have a great mix of youth and experience who are really embracing their Ukrainian culture. Not only have the players been working hard on the field, a large number of them have begun studying the Ukrainian language and other aspects of their Culture headed up by Manager Peter Kobryn”.

“I think it also shows what an amazing group of guys we have, as current injured players Zayne Sluvinsky (South Sydney Rabbitohs) and Jett Cleary (Penrith Panthers) have committed to run water for this game and we have had Owen Hromow (Canberra Raiders) doing the same role in the Heritage 9’s a few weeks back.”

Saturday not only marks the day of the first 13 a side Rugby League game for the Ukrainians, but it is also a day of remembrance of the Ukrainian Holomodor. This was also known as the Great Ukrainian Famine which lasted from 1932 to 1933 and killed an estimated 4 million people through starvation.

The game will take place as a part of a great day of Emerging Nations football, kicking off at 11.20am with Philippines v Syria in u16’s, before our Tridents take on Sudan and finishing with Thailand v Philippine Admirals at 2.30pm.

For more information or to enquire about becoming involved please contact [email protected]

🇺🇦Цього тижня Українська регбі-ліга зробить ще один крок вперед, дебютувавши в Австралії з новоназваною командою «Українська регбі-ліга Тризуб»; українських гравців, які проживають в Австралії.

Команда зустрінеться з Південним Суданом найближчої суботи, 25 листопада 2023 року, на стадіоні Terry Lamb Oval у Честер-Хілл у Сіднеї, Новий Південний Уельс.

Головний тренер Ден Бердшоу сказав це про сторону; «Я дуже радий побачити, як хлопці вийдуть на поле наступного тижня, у нас чудове поєднання молоді та досвіду, які дійсно сприймають свою українську культуру. Мало того, що гравці наполегливо працювали на полі, багато з них почали вивчати українську мову та інші аспекти своєї культури під керівництвом тренера Петра Кобрина».

«Я думаю, це також показує, яка дивовижна група хлопців у нас є, оскільки нинішні травмовані гравці Зейн Слувінскі («South Sydney Rabbitohs») і Джетт Клірі («Пенріт Пантерс») взяли на себе зобов’язання пропустити воду для цієї гри, а Оуен Хромов («Канберра Рейдерс») зробив це. та сама роль у Heritage 9 кілька тижнів тому».

Субота є не лише днем ​​перших 13 матчів регбі-ліги для українців, а й днем ​​пам’яті українського Голомодора. Це також відоме як Великий український голод, який тривав з 1932 по 1933 рік і вбив приблизно 4 мільйони людей голодною смертю.

Гра відбудеться як частина чудового дня футболу країн, що розвиваються, розпочнеться об 11:20 Філіппінами проти Сирії в команді U16, перед тим, як наші Tridents візьмуться проти Судану та закінчаться Таїландом проти Філіппінських адміралів о 14:30.

Щоб отримати додаткову інформацію або запитати про участь, будь ласка, пишіть на [email protected]

Singleton Rugby League Aberglasslyn RLFC Leichhardt Wanderers JRLFC Maitland Pickers Rugby West Harbour Rugby Club Queanbeyan Blues Riverwood Legion A-Grade Mona Vale Raiders Rugby League Club Dapto Canaries North Sydney Bears YASS Magpies Senior Rugby League Club Mascot Juniors RLFC Navy Tridents Oysters Rugby Canberra Raiders Penrith Panthers Campbelltown City Kangaroos RLFC Blue Phoenix Health and Fitness

Thank you Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations, Stefan Romaniw and Kateryna Argyrou- for your tireless work.

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Ukraine’s Mental Health: Robust But Care Needed, Say Expert Psychiatrists Two leading Ukrainian mental health professionals training in Australia spoke to Kyiv Post about Ukrainians’ resilience – and the need to for continued prioritization of mental health services.

Your donations and support make a difference. A donation made though the recent fundraising efforts of the Association of Ukrainians in SA enabled the purchase of an ambulance for Ukraine. Thank you SA for your support! Let’s keep the help coming - attend upcoming fundraising events or donate directly to Ukraine Crisis Appeal. 💙💛

⚡🚑⚡ First Ukraine Crisis Appeal convoy of ambulances to be delivered to Ukraine ⚡🚑⚡

The UKRAINE NEEDS AMBULANCES Ukraine Crisis Appeal campaign will be delivering four low kilometre, high grade, fully equipped ambulances to Ukraine next week!

⛑ Each will be packed to the brim with critical medical aid, providing life saving support across Ukraine.

Chris Leptos AO, who has been a driving force for the project, will lead the convoy of ambulances being driven into Ukraine, and will deliver them directly to the Ukrainian Ministry of Health 🩺

👏 The campaign, which has raised A$162,000 against a target of A$250,000, is another great example of how Australia continues to .

This has been achieved only through the generosity of Ukraine Crisis Appeal caring donors. Among them, the Association of Ukrainians in SA with a big-hearted donation of $13,000!

💙💛 We and Ukraine extend our gratitude to each and every one of you.

The next ambulance convoy is scheduled for December, 2023. Please help the Ukraine Crisis Appeal to raise the funds for another four ambulances. What better Christmas gift could you offer the suffering victims of war? 🎄

To make a tax deductible donation, click here www.ukrainecrisisappeal.org

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Events - Association of Ukrainians in South Australia Inc Events MONTHDATE / TIMEEVENTGROUPLOCATIONNovember12th (Sun) 11 am - 5pm. Multicultural Festival - VOLYA Performance & Ukrainian Women's Assoc of SA - food stall Dept of Premier & Cabinet Multicultural AffairsVictoria Square, Adelaide12th (Sun) at 12pmPraznyk (Feast Day)St Michael's Parish 427 Port R...

Sharing with you some of the beautiful faces from our community who attended the Multicultural Festival today. We loved seeing and meeting and experiencing all of the many cultures and also the opportunity to share some of our own traditions. The Ukrainian Women's Association in South Australia did an amazing job cooking up a feast of Holubtsi and other delicious foods and Volya Ukrainian Cossack Dancers entertained the crowds on the stage, performing their 'Hopak'. We are very proud to be a part of this day, celebrating the multicultural values that we share in Australia.

We extend our heartfelt thanks and gratitude to the Minister for Tourism and Multicultural Affairs Zoe Bettison MP, the Premier of South Australia, Peter Malinauskas and the team at Multicultural Affairs SA - for this wonderful event and for their ongoing support for the Ukrainian Community, especially for those who have recently arrived from Ukraine.

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Join in the celebrations tomorrow at the Multicultural Festival in Victoria Square! This is a free family event, with over 75 cultural groups participating. You can experience traditional costumes, food and arts from around the world in the heart of the city! The Ukrainian Women's Association in South Australia will have delicious Ukrainian foods at stall #24 and Volya Ukrainian Cossack Dancers will be performing on stage at 3:30.

Come along, wear your Ukrainian Vyshyvanky and support this wonderfully South Australian event!

Visit the website for more information:
https://www.dpc.sa.gov.au/responsibilities/multicultural-affairs/events/

This month has been a big one for fundraising. On Sunday 22 October the main hall of the Ukrainian Community Centre was the setting for the ‘United for Ukraine’ concert. Three choirs performed at this event - Vocalize (directed by Kerry Polkinghorne), La La Land (directed by Carol Young) and our own Ukrainian choir, Leleki Ensemble (directed by Tania Elbert-Hammond). Well over 250 people attended the event and most were not from the Ukrainian community. The principal organiser of the concert was Kerry Polkinghorne who started the Vocalize community choir in 2012 in Marion. Today, it consists of over 90 choristers aged from 25 to 80+ and is accompanied by pianist Heidi Schutz. All profits from this event will be donated to Ukraine Crisis Appeal. Bravo! and Thank you Vocalize Choir and everyone who came to support!

Fantastic work by Diane Howarth who organized a fundraiser luncheon yesterday for the Rebuilding Schools Ukraine project. Big thanks to Jenny Hurley, the Advertiser Foundation and Arkaba Hotel for hosting and for their huge support for this project. Ambassador Vasyl Myroshnychenko appeared via video to address the 200+ guests and dignitaries. Irmos Choir, Yellow Blue Bus and Volya Ukrainian Cossack Dancers entertained the audience with traditional music, song and dance. Thanks to all of those in attendance, for their incredible generosity.

**Tomorrow **The ‘Rebuilding Ukrainian Schools’ committee led by Diane Howarth has organized a 3-course (with drinks) fundraising luncheon on Friday 3 November at the Arkaba Hotel, 150 Glen Osmond Road, Fullarton, starting at 12:00 PM.

Last Minute Tickets ! There are a handful of tickets still available for tonight's show - A Tribute To Ukraine - Featuring KASHTAN Choir & Orchestra and VOLYA Ukrainian Cossack Dancers - It is going to be a wonderful show !

Lemko Band will be on the main stage at this year’s Polish Dożynki festival! This weekend. Catch them on Sunday at 3:00-3:45.

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Tomorrow, Sunday 22nd October at 5pm, La La Land and Vocalize Choir are holding a fundraiser called 'Unite for Ukraine' at the Ukrainian Community Centre - All funds will be donated to help ease the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. We look forward to hearing their version of John Rutter's "A Ukrainian Prayer". Also on stage will be the beautiful Leleki Ensemble, directed by Tetyana Elbert-Hammond.

Tickets:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/unite-for-ukraine-tickets-618656918497?aff=oddtdtcreator&fbclid=IwAR0UNjjKeljry_ErCwGYDJaTc-yHK08zMUcz5QoxScCYjgAGh6T5Abff5OU

AUSA is extremely proud to launch www.ukrainiansadelaide.com.au - a tribute to the outstanding community promoting Ukrainian culture in South Australia.

Heartfelt gratitude to:
• Katrina from Argon who patiently dedicated her design skills to the website's creation and expertly steered us through the journey
• Bernadette Belej for content creation and project management
• Michelle Gorgula for artistic direction
• Natalya Boujenko, Natalia Petrenko Nina Fernandez and Peter Burak for their brilliant photography and also Peter for his monochrome sketches.
• the many wonderful volunteers at AUSA that make our community great.

Come on in ...

https://ukrainiansadelaide.com.au

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Save the Date !
Everyone is welcome to catch up at our parish Picnic Day, to be held on Saturday 18 November, 2023 at Veale Gardens (entry from South Terrace) starting from 11.00am.
Please bring your own food to share, drinks, chairs, sun protection or anything else to make your day enjoyable amongst good friends. Bring your families, kids and friends. Everyone welcome !
Donations will be accepted on the day to help support Ukraine.

A wonderful workshop presented by the Ukrainian Women's Association in South Australia this weekend 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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On October 1, Ukraine marks the Day of Defenders. Today, we pay tribute to all Ukrainian men and women who sacrificed their lives defending the independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of Ukraine. We extend our deepest gratitude to all Ukrainian defenders who courageously continue to protect our freedom every day. Thank you for your strength and resilience. We will always remember your feat. Honour and glory to every Ukrainian hero! Glory to Ukraine!