Back in August, a government resolution appeared that introduced the issuance of so-called packages for infants. Their cost is approximately 100 hryvnias and the assistance was intended for babies born in the period from August 1 to January 1. However, as numerous complaints from Volyn residents have shown, there were not enough packages for all young mothers. According to the head of the Department for Family and Youth Affairs of the regional state administration, Yurii Verbych, the approximate number of packages sent to Volyn was calculated according to the birth rate figures ...August – December 2003. But this year Volyn women gave birth much more often. So the organizers of what seemed to be a charitable campaign found themselves in a predicament. Naturally, there were not enough diapers, towels, children's encyclopedias and congratulations for mothers in childbirth from candidate Yanukovych for everyone. The first "tranche" of packages – 1,500 units – arrived at the end of September, the rest – on November 11. All of them were distributed among city and district maternity hospitals. According to Yurii Verbych, as of December 10, 733 packages were missing. Whether the state will allocate additional assistance to those who did not manage to receive it is so far unknown. Although funds for the stork's bundles are planned in the 2005 budget. Mothers who were left without gifts from the government are advised to contact the district and city family and youth departments – it is precisely this structure that handles the distribution of the packages.