Chernobyl Children’s Project (UK) works in Belarus, the country most heavily affected by the nuclear disaster of 1986.
Local groups throughout Britain host children and teenagers for recuperative holidays away from their contaminated homeland. Many of these children are in remission from cancer and we also supply medicines for the cancer hospital in Minsk and support the children’s home hospice movement.
This year on July 27th 2012 HPCA provided a 2 hour workshop for children visiting the High Peak from Chernobyl and their host families.
We made masks, cartoons, collage and games with children enjoying the activities and mums and dads from Russia and the High Peaks getting a chance to talk and share experiences as well as having a well earned cup of tea and a biscuit.
Artist Paul Gent led the session, children engaged and played and we even practiced a little Russian with varying degree of success. The families went on to enjoy a boat trip in Whaley Bridge after the arts session. The workshop took place in the Mechanics Institute in Whaley Bridge and a big thanks to them, we had great facilities for our activities and for all the children and families to enjoy themselves.
