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Brief History of CrossRoads, Ukraine 

October 1999 – First CrossRoads conference conducted in Kyiv, Ukraine

  Official Recommendations/Endorsement 

October 20, 1999 – Endorsement given by Les Tanyuk – Ukrainian Parliamentary Deputy in Charge of Cultural and Religious Affairs 

May 12, 2000 – Official Endorsement given by the Kyiv City Youth Palace (formerly known as the Pioneer Palace under the USSR)

May 30, 2000 – Official protocol signed in co-operation with Kyiv City Epidemiology, Kyiv Health, and Kyiv Mayor’s Office for Education (under the city-wide five-year AIDS prevention plan)

November 26, 2001 – Agreement of co-operation with the Kyiv City AIDS Treatment and Prevention Centre

March 25, 2002 – Recommendation given by Kyiv City AIDS Treatment and Prevention Centre

August 2002 – Recommendation from the Ukrainian National for Post-Diploma Pedagogical Sciences 

March 3, 2003 – Official Recommendation given by the National Ministry of Education and Sciences, Ukraine

Statistics 

Since October, 1999, we have conducted 32 conferences conducted by two national CrossRoads training teams in 20 cities, training over 4,300 teachers from over 100 cities in Ukraine, Russia and Poland.

Conservative estimates indicate that over 113,000 students have been taught throughout Ukraine using the CrossRoads curriculum since its inception.

The project goals for the 2004-2005 year are to conduct conferences in 10-15 cities, training and equipping 1,500 - 2,000 new teachers.  As well, between now and May, 2004, we expect to establish CrossRoads weekly youth clubs in five more cities with the co-operation of local teachers and youth workers.

In summary, we expect exponential growth in the use of CrossRoads throughout the country (120,000 students/youth to be taught throughout this school year, compared with 113,000 over the past five years combined).  The response we’ve received over the past five years from teachers, students, parents, and community leaders tells us that the use of the curriculum in schools throughout the country as well as the positive results and impact on youth will only continue to grow over time.