hk wrote:
John H. wrote:
On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:49:43 -0400, "Eisboch"
wrote:

John H. wrote in
:

These first two sites give some information about our local program.
Typing
'Children of Chernobyl Program' into Google will provide all kinds
of info.
(Read the first update in the above site to get a feel for the
problems the
program is facing.)

http://www.historicchristchurch.org/.../Children.aspx


A friend of mine and his wife who have a boat in Scituate are
involved in this program. This summer, they sponsored two pre-teen
girls from Russia who are undergoing radiation sickness treatment at
the Children's Hospital in Boston. They have two pre-teen daughters
of their own and the four girls got along famously, even though the
girls from Russia spoke virtually no English and my friend's kids
spoke no Russian. It was fun watching them communicate none the
less, and they started picking up a few words and phrases in each
other's language.

Nice program. Hard to believe that the Russian government allowed
people to continue to live in a radiation contaminated area.

Eisboch

The Belarussian government promised to repay the farmers and villagers
who
moved from the area close to Chernoby. Many of them moved to other
parts of
Belarus, but then found that the government would give them no money. So,
they moved back and began farming the same lands again.
This year the rift between the two governments caused our local
program to
have a rough time getting the kids here. I wonder if the program up there
had the same kinds of problems.

This update gives a good idea of the problems the program faces:

http://www.ccalex.org/OutreachAndMis...rusMay0208.pdf

If you'd like to help out a little, offer to take the two girls shopping
for a winter coat. When we picked up our boys, everything they brought
fit
into a small back pack. They'll go home with 77lbs of clothes and
medicines
and healthy teeth. Our dentist is kind enough to fill cavities, pull
teeth,
and even did a root canal for one of our boys.


These kids need to be adopted, not taken for a vacation.


I wonder what their families would think about that.