On 23 November, Ukrainians around the world will commemorate the 91st anniversary of the Ukrainian Famine - the 1932-33 Holodomor (death by hunger). The Holodomor was a man-made famine in Ukraine, orchestrated by the Soviet dictator Stalin and the Government of the USSR, which sought to break resistance to Soviet rule and eliminate the Ukrainian people as a national … [Read more...]

As advised by the Ukrainian World Congress - Свiтовий Конґрес Українців, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has posthumously awarded our dear Stefan Romaniw OAM (1955-2024), AFUO Co-Chair and First Vice President of the Ukrainian World Congress (UWC), the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, IV Class. The prestigious Order is awarded for distinguished service to the … [Read more...]

A special evening honouring the literary and musical traditions of Ukraine, will be paying tribute to Victoria Amelina (1986-2023), a courageous Ukrainian novelist and russian war crimes investigator who was killed in a russian missile attack, as well as Maksym Kryvtsov (1990-2024) and Hlib Babich (1969-2022), two Ukrainian poet-soldiers who were killed on the front line … [Read more...]

Meet 8-year-old Matvii from Vinnytsia Oblast – a lively and cheerful boy who has recently started third grade. He loves to ride his bike and do puzzles. Nothing in the child's smile indicates the difficult trials he has gone through. Six months ago Matvii complained that he could not see well in one eye. Doctors found a large tumour in his head. Matvii underwent two … [Read more...]

On 23 November, Ukrainians around the world will commemorate the 91st anniversary of the Ukrainian Great Famine - the Holodomor (death by hunger) - a deliberate, man-made famine orchestrated by the Soviet dictator Stalin, which caused the death of millions of Ukrainians in 1932-33. We will remind the world of the horrific genocide committed by Stalin and the Soviet regime … [Read more...]