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    16 Dec 2024
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    You can read about the holidays we have provided in Belarus this summer; the fund raising efforts by some of our supporters; and our project to support children living in foster care with mental health needs in our Winter...
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    16 Dec 2024
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    Although it’s not possible to send volunteers to Belarus at the moment, we have still been able to fund several holidays in Belarus this year. In the summer, siblings of childrenin the care of the Children’s Hospice had a wonderful, carefree holiday in the...
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    19 Aug 2024
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    We inherited our charity shop in Crook, Co. Durham, in 2011 from a small local Chernobyl charity. It was brilliantly managed for us for many years by Gerald Hirst, along with a team of volunteers. When Gerald retired last year Claire Pears took over...
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Who are we?

Our mission is to help those in Belarus whose lives continue to be blighted by the aftermath of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster – babies born with genetic disorders and children with cancer or disabilities. We also seek to provide social and educational opportunities for children with disabilities and to move children and young people out of institutions. Follow the link below to discover how we got here and how we are doing this:

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Let’s improve the lives of children with disabilities in Belarus

Not only are we striving hard to make the lives of those kids and young adults living in institutions happier and more fulfilled but, through an intense programme of education and training, we are fighting hard to encourage the authorities to provide better care in the community so that as many people as possible can live as independently as possible in family type environments. But all this costs money and we desperately need your help.

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Ukraine Crisis

Because of the tragic ongoing war in Ukraine, we are not able to bring children to the UK for holidays or send volunteers to Belarus.
 
But our important work within Belarus, supporting children and young people with disabilities, is continuing as usual, and you can read all about it in our Winter Newsletter 2023
 
We are very grateful to everyone who has continued to support us through these difficult times. 

Words from children in our program