Chernobly Children Life Line
Can you remember the Chernobyl disaster in 1986? The population of Belarus can.
Chernobyl released more radioactive contamination than the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs combined, producing more than 200 times the Caesium contamination of the two nuclear bombs.
Around 70 percent of the fallout settled in Belarus where more than 3,500 settlements, including 27 towns, and more than 2 million people were exposed to contamination. It's now 20 years since the accident and the true effects on the gene pool are very concerning
What would you be prepared to do to give an extra two years of life to this child?
Doctors estimate that children from Belarus can increase their life expectancy by two years by visiting Britain for one month. The fresh air and uncontaminated food and water has such a dramatic effect on their depleted immune systems. The Chernobyl Children's Lifeline is a national charity committed to offering the gift of hope to children affected by the world's worst nuclear power disaster.
http://www.swindon.ccll.org.uk/
The Rotary Club of Swindon Thamesdown is supprting the children of Ozanichi the town linked to Swindon and the CCLL charity by funding days out for this children while they are in the UK for respite care. This summer the club took them to the Cotswold Wild Life Park, held a garden tea party with a childrens entertainer. A local salon 'Goldsworthys' gave the children an wonderfull evening by cutting washing and styling their hair.
Club members have sponsored 36 children by paying £10 per month per child to provide school dinners. This is often the only meal the children eat all day and providedsthem with the nutritian they need to fight off infections, colds and flu.
More information on the work the club had done for the children can be found on other pages on this web site. If you wish to know more about the CCLL charity and the work it does please go to the web ling you can find on this page.
