On May 16 Victoria Mykhailenko, manager of American Councils, Kyiv. American Councils is the worldwide leader in connecting people from the US, Eastern Europe and Eurasia to learning and to each other. Mrs. Mychailenko gave the presentation "How to Write Statement of Purpose" for everyone who wanted to study in the USA. Also she answerd a lot of of questions about education in US.

Mother's Day is a celebration honoring mothers and celebrating motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. It is celebrated on various days in many parts of the world, yet most commonly in March, April, or May. This year American LIbrray selebrated Mother's Day with students from Gymnasium #19 and school #118. Younger kids performed the play about baby animals and their mothers. Also they made "The Best Mom Diploma" Older children prepared presentaion about origin of this holiday and recited poems. We have had a lot of fun together.

On May 11 American Libray hosted very important meeting of Ukrainian students of different universities and American military officers. They widely discussed political situation in Ukraineand the ways of overcoming some negative issues like corruption. American side was particulary interested about young Ukrainian generation plans for the future. It was friendly and interesting interaction of two different groups of people.