Friends of Chernobyl's Children
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]
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Notes[]
- ^ Search "Chernobyl" in Charity Commission register, 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
- 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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- Children's charities based in the United Kingdom
- Aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster
- 1995 establishments in the United Kingdom
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