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Summer
2005
The children arrived in Shannon on Tuesday 22nd June after a long journey from Belarus. The committee would like to thank Tony Carney of Kiltimagh for transporting the children to Claremorris. We would also like to thank the people of Claremorris for making the children so 'Very Welcome'.
Claremorris is one of over 70 Outreach Groups of the Chernobyl Children's Project, a Charitable Company run by Executive Director: Adi Roche.
Since the Claremorris Groups inception in 1996 a total of over 80 children from the Chernobyl affected areas of Belarus and Western Russia have spent a month in Claremorris being taken care of by Host Families, monies being raised locally to finance the children's flights etc.The children's programme whilst they are in Claremorris consists of swimming, garden parties, BBQs and excursions to places of interest.
It is a known fact that through eating non-contaminated food and breathing non-contaminated air for a month actually reduces the radiation in their bodies by up to 50%.Claremorris have also fundraised for a fully equipped Paramedic Ambulance, which was driven out as part of the 'Humanitarian Aid Convoy' in 1998 to an ambulance station in Klintsy, which is in the Chernobyl affected area of Western Russia.
An Aid Convoy leaves Chernobyl Children's Project H.Q. in Cork twice yearly carrying aid in the way of medicines, food, clothing, hospital equipment and essential supplies, part of which are donated by Claremorris.
Many thanks to Lord & Lady Altamount of Westport House for the great day out they afforded the children.
Additional Information
The Chernobyl disaster took place on 26th April 1986, at the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant in the Ukraine, when a nuclear explosion took place in Reactor Number 4 of the plant. In the 1995 UN Report on the disaster it was estimated that 9 million people in the three countries of Belarus, Western Russia and the Ukraine were affected, 3-4 million of whom were children. The same report stated that an area the size of England, Wales and Northern Ireland combined has been contaminated.
Over 70% of the radiation released fell on the people of neighbouring Belarus who were exposed to radiation 90 times greater than the radiation released by the Hiroshima Bomb.
Any further information please contact Dave at :info@chernobylchildren.net
