Please also see our extensive Reference paper describing
the history of our project
The Mennonite Centre in Ukraine is a
registered humanitarian aid charity and social agency in
eastern Ukraine. The Managing Director is Dema Bratchenko,
with a Ukrainian Advisory Board.
The Centre has been
recognized regionally and nationally in Ukraine as a model
social agency. It is in its eleventh year of operation..
It is supported by Friends of the
Mennonite Centre in Ukraine (FOMCU), a registered Canadian
charity
There are about four hundred donor/member families in North
America who comprise Friends of the Mennonite Centre in Ukraine
(FOMCU).
Donors are automatically given member status.
We have a Board of Directors consisting of eight persons, from
Ontario to British Columbia. Annual General Meetings are held in
various Canadian cities.
The current chairperson is Ben Stobbe of
Victoria, BC
The Mennonite Centre in Ukraine celebrated its tenth
anniversary in Autumn, 2011 - see a video of
the event
The organization has received federal charter status under the
Canada Corporations Act.
The organization has received independant charitable tax status
under Charities Canada
Our Ukrainian NGO is registered as a Ukrainian humanitarian
entity
We work together with many organizations involved in medical,
social and educational aid, including
MCC, Christian Medical Association of Ukraine, EMAS,
Mennonite Conferences in North America and Germany & their
mission/witness agencies
Mennonite Congregations in Ukraine,
Embassy of Canada in Ukraine
We own one historic schoolhouse which has
been magnificently restored
We own an
automobile and several apartments
in this Halbstadt/Molochansk apartment block
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This site is maintained by a member of the Board of Directors, Walter Unger