The Sherborne and Yeovil CCLL which supports children from areas worst affected by the Chernobyl disaster is appealing for funds.

The Chernobyl Children’s Lifeline was formed in 1992 following the world’s worst nuclear disaster, to bring children from Belarus and Ukraine to the UK for three to four weeks as a recuperative stay with volunteer hosts to give a much-needed boost to their compromised immune systems.

Sadly, the people of Belarus and Ukraine are still very much affected by the Chernobyl nuclear accident. The Sherborne and Yeovil link of CCLL, although currently unable to bring children to the UK, is still raising funds to support children and ongoing projects in those countries.

They have recently raised money to help little Luba, a four-year-old girl who has cancer of the eye. Luba and her mother had been taking arduous 140-mile round trips on public transport to attend treatment. Generous volunteers in Belarus are now driving them to the hospital with the money raised by the Sherborne and Yeovil link. Luba is susceptible to bronchitis and pneumonia so the link has also bought a new boiler for the family to replace their broken wood burner.
The link has paid for a month’s supply of nutritious foods to boost the immune systems of Luba and her four siblings.

The link has is organising some fund-raising events planned for later this year, details of which can be found on its Facebook page.

You can contact the group at ccllsherborneandyeovil@gmail.com.

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