Friends of Chernobyl's Children
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Friends of Chernobyl's Children (UK) is a charity founded in 1995 that brings children, who are at risk, from Belarus to the United Kingdom for a month every year. The charity is named after the Chernobyl disaster of 1986. It is one of the oldest of the 20 Chernobyl-named charities[1] registered with the Charity Commission.
The founder and director of the charity, Olwyn Keogh, was appointed an MBE in 2007 "For services to child victims of the Chernobyl disaster in Belarus".[2]
See also
Notes
- ^ Search "Chernobyl" in Charity Commission register[permanent dead link], accessed June 20, 2006
- ^ "Queen's Birthday Honours 2007". Birmingham Post. 15 June 2007. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
External links
- Friends of Chernobyl's Children - United Kingdom Archived 19 June 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- Friends of Chernobyl's Children - Isle of Man
- "Friends of Chernobyl's Children, registered charity no. 1049689". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
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