Friends of Chernobyl's Children
- 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 [ [http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/registeredcharities/search.asp?words=chernobyl&searchby=name&keyType=N&limit=200&position=2&submit=+Run+Search+&OpArea=S&area_of_op= Search "Chernobyl" in Charity Commission register] , accessed June 20, 2006] registered with the Charity Commission.
Each year over 1,000 children come over to Britain from orphanages or disadvantaged homes. They are also given a full year's supply of vitamins and medicine for them and, if money allows, other members of their family.Fact|date=February 2007
ee also
* List of Chernobyl-related charities
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External links
* [http://www.focc.org.uk/ Friends of Chernobyl's Children - United Kingdom]
* [http://www.focc.co.im/ Friends of Chernobyl's Children - Isle of Man]
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