CHERNOBYL CHILDREN'S PROJECT (UK)

Job Done!

After an eventful start to the journey when the cab door of the truck was badly damaged, on the ramp as the vehicle left the ferry in Rotterdam, Ian and Frank made a successful delivery into the town of Rogachev with a 16 tonne load of aid.  The receiver was a Belarusian charity called ‘Sails over Chernobyl’ and is the largest recever of aid in the Gomel region with over 160 tonnes annually mainly by container from America.

The charity has nearly 100 families that it directly supports and many other  institutions and organisations across the region that will benefit from the aid. All the families and institutions or organisations supported are in need of this aid especially as most have sick or disabled children in their care.

So it is another ‘Job done’  and the result of the tremendous effort of the aid team in the preparation and loading of the vehicle and of course of Ian and Frank’s  efforts in making the delivery.

Already the warehouse in Yorkshire, almost emptied by the load on the recent convoy, has started to fill again with collections in Barnsley of photo copiers, York of knitted garments for children and Proctor and Gamble for Pampers.

Our plans for the next deliveries are on hold as we need to build not just the aid stock but also the funds to convoy and fund raising has to be ‘front of mind’. People and organisations in the past have been very generous with their donations of cash and time but the work goes on and without the funds future convoys cannot be possible.

The aid leaflet can be requested by email at mkeallison@aol.com  as can additional information. Please help if you can. Thanks and best wishes.

Mike Allison. Aid Co-ordinator.

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