List of Chernobyl-related charities
Encyclopedia
This is an incomplete list of Chernobyl-related charities and charitable organisations that were created in response to the Chernobyl disaster
of 1986, or whose work involves supporting those suffering the ongoing effects:
Chernobyl disaster
The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine , which was under the direct jurisdiction of the central authorities in Moscow...
of 1986, or whose work involves supporting those suffering the ongoing effects:
- The Greater Chernobyl Cause (based in Ireland works in Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Russia)
- Aid ConvoyAid ConvoyAid Convoy is a British charitable organisation running and supporting various humanitarian aid projects, mostly in Eastern Europe. Its aims are achieved primarily by means of running convoys.-Projects:...
(based in the United KingdomUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
) - American Belarussian Relief OrganizationAmerican Belarussian Relief OrganizationThe American Belarussian Relief Organization is an American non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of children located in areas of Belarus affected by the Chernobyl disaster of April 26, 1986...
(based in the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
) - British Humanitarian Aid (based in the United Kingdom)
- Chabad’s Children of Chernobyl (CCOC) (based in Israel and the United States)
- Chernobyl Children Life Line
- Chernobyl Children's Project UK (based in the UK)
- Chernobyl Children's Project InternationalChernobyl Children's Project InternationalChernobyl Children's Project International is a United Nations-accredited international development, medical, and humanitarian organization that works with children, families and communities that continue to be affected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986.- Purpose :The organization was...
(based in the United States and IrelandIrelandIreland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
) - Children of Chernobyl Fund Wells (based in Wells, United Kingdom)
- Friends of Chernobyl's ChildrenFriends of Chernobyl's ChildrenFriends of Chernobyl's Children 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...
(based in the United Kingdom) - Heart Hope Help (based in the United Kingdom)
- Chernobyl Child Aid (based in Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, Ireland.)
- Friends of the Children of Chernobyl (has 14 branches in Ireland)
- Trust for Chernobyl Children (Kent and Surrey - United Kingdom)
- Medical Project OSVITA (based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
External links
Further charities (and "public organizations") which don't have Wikipedia entries- Chernobyl Child Aid, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, Ireland - Registered Charity
- http://www.chernobyl-children.org.uk/
- Chernobyl Children Project, USA
- Children of Chernobyl North Carolina — summer respite and orphan sponsorship
- Children of Chernobyl – San Diego — non-profit travel program for children living in affected cities
- Friends of Chernobyl Centers, U.S., Inc. (FOCCUS) — a non-profit organisation centred on training, education, and exchanges with Ukrainian and Russian centres for psycho-social development
- The national website for the Chernobyl Children's Lifeline, United Kingdom
- Chernobyl Orphan Group Medicine & Chernobyl Amble — providing summer respite in Northumberland, United Kingdom, for Chernobyl affected children
- Chernobyl 2000 Chernobyl 2000 is a UK based charity founded in 1998. Their purpose is to run humanitarian aid convoys to Belarus and organise recuperative visits for Belarusian children to the UK through educational and performance art links.