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25th Chernobyl
Children's Project International Convoy Set to Deliver Aid to Belarus
Convoy Will Carry
$3.2 Million in Aid
April 6, 2005
On April 10th, a overland convoy of trucks
and ambulances will leave Ireland to deliver humanitarian aid to orphanages,
hospitals and homes throughout Belarus.
The convoy, carrying $3.2 million dollars
worth of humanitarian aid and 60 volunteer humanitarian workers, will leave
Ireland and pass through ten European countries before arriving in Belarus
on April 16th. The convoy arrives days before the 19th anniversary of the
Chernobyl nuclear disaster which took place on April 26th, 1986. The convoy
will be Chernobyl Children's Project International's 25th.
The convoy -- 15 semi trucks and 13
ambulances in length -- will carry a playground to be built at the
Vesnova orphanage that was seen in the film "Chernobyl
Heart." Chernobyl
Children's Project International volunteers will build the playground while
in Belarus. The convoy will also include a $100,000 medicinal tablet-making
machine donated by Pfizer Europe. The machine will produce pectin-based
tablets which, when taken daily, have been found to help reduce radiation
levels in the body.
The 13 ambulances included in the convoy
will be delivered to hospitals, health clinics and orphanages throughout the
Chernobyl zone. The ambulances are an important part of CCPI's
transportation and infrastructure in Belarus, and where purchased though
local fundraising efforts in Ireland.
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