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In Loving Memory of Helen Roche.

18 Feb 2025


It is with great sorrow that CCI has learned of the death of long-standing CCI Volunteer, Helen Roche. On behalf of all at Chernobyl Children […]


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Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant hit by missiles in Ukraine

14 Feb 2025


Statement from Founder and Voluntary CEO of Chernobyl Children International, Adi Roche: “Today, we wake up to news that the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant has […]


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As ‘Doomsday Clock’ moves the closest it’s ever been to midnight, Irish charity warns of risk of worldwide ‘humanitarian armageddon’

28 Jan 2025


If we remain silent, we are playing with a loaded gun.” – Adi Roche. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists have moved the ‘Doomsday Clock’ to […]


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Newborn ‘Christmas Angel’ has life saved thanks to Irish-funded ‘Santa Surgeons’ in war-torn Ukraine

19 Dec 2024


In a remarkable demonstration of humanitarian commitment and resilience, Adi Roche’s Chernobyl Children International charity (CCI) has dispatched a specialised cardiac surgical team to Ukraine, […]


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Adi Roche with Coral Black and Cronan ODoibhlin at UCC

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Chernobyl victims unite to support Adi Roche as she is conferred with Honorary Doctorate

11 Dec 2024


Three innocent victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986, whose lives were transformed by Irish humanitarian efforts, will travel to Cork to support and […]


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Adi & Ali

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A special message from Adi Roche and Ali Hewson

22 Nov 2024


Dear friends We can never forget that the haunting shadow of Chernobyl still looms large, threatening the lives of the innocent, mainly the children. We […]


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Exciting news…we are moving!

13 Nov 2024


We’re excited to announce that the Chernobyl Children International (CCI) office is moving to a new location. This new space is just a stone’s throw […]


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Irish funded humanitarian surgeons race to the ‘new front line’ in Ukraine, to save the lives of babies with broken hearts

27 Sep 2024


In a remarkable demonstration of humanitarian commitment and resilience, Adi Roche’s Chernobyl Children International charity (CCI) has dispatched a specialised cardiac surgical team to Lviv, […]


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Zaporizhzhia Fire August 2024 2

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As Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant catches fire in deliberate attack, Irish charity head calls for urgent diplomatic intervention before a ‘humanitarian Armageddon’.

12 Aug 2024


On the night of Sunday, 11 August, a cooling tower at the illegally occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine battled an inferno that ominously […]


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Hiroshima

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79 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Adi Roche calls for peace at commemoration ceremony

6 Aug 2024


Tuesday, August 6th 2024 marks 79 years since the atomic bombs caused devastation in Hiroshima, followed 3 days later by a further bombing of Nagasaki. […]


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