Posted by Bohdan A. Oryshkevich on April 27, 2002 at 11:23:22:
In Reply to: Bудьмо ne lyshe realistamy posted by Nik on April 27, 2002 at 06:09:19:
I invite Mr. NIK to raise money for any school in Ukraine through our program.
I am all for using my program to help such a school of his choice. English is expensive. We pay great attention to the affluence of the student. We ask the directors and we can tell by the papers or by the Internet access of the student as to whether he/she is from a richer family. We always seek to take the poorer student and have the richer student pay if such a RARE occasion arises.
But we pay for nearly all the costs of the students except for their travel in Ukraine.
We had a very poor student in the program more than once. But I would add that one such ethnic Ukrainian student from a small town stole from the USA/USA Program so that he could pay for the Crimea vacation of his parents. Having poor deserving students is not as easy as Nik thinks. Does poverty ennoble people or make them better?
I want students who have big dreams and will do great things. Mohamad Yunus who has done more for poor people around the world than NIK ever will and who created the micro-credit movement is actually rich.
I am not anonymous.
Bohdan Oryshkevich
usa.usa@attglobal.net