Fallout: The Children of Belarus and the People of Ireland After Chernobyl - Softcover

Liam O'Meara

9781856074018: Fallout: The Children of Belarus and the People of Ireland After Chernobyl

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1856074013 ISBN 13: 9781856074018

Publisher: Columba Press, 2003

The extraordinary and inspiring story of the involvement of a group of people from Co. Clare in Ireland in the affairs of handicapped children in faraway Belarus. The after effects of the Chernobyl disaster include an unusually high occurrence of physical handicap in infants there, and in the culture of Belarus parents are legally entitled to disown handicapped children and pass them over to the care of the state. They are then housed in large orphanages with virtually no care, no love and no prospects for the future. Faced with this horrific scene, groups of Irish people set about trying to help. They go about it in numerous ways including fund-raising for two orphanages in Belarus, sending convoys of supplies to them, sending volunteer groups to work in the restoration and improvement of the buildings and also bringing some of the most seriously effected children to Ireland for periods of treatment and care.

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About the Author:

Brother Liam O'Meara, Director of the Burren Chernobyl Project, tells the story of this fascinating and challenging work of ordinary Irish people on behalf of the poorest and most vulnerable of our brothers and sisters.

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