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Young Chernobyl orphan leaves institution for the first time to visit Ireland for a month long Rest and Recuperation holiday

26 Jun 2017


“These children come from a place close to the world of plenty, but a millennium away from civilisation” – Adi Roche, founder and Voluntary CEO […]


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Adi Roche, along with host families, welcome 145 children with special needs to Ireland at Shannon Airport for Rest and Recuperation

23 Jun 2017


A very special group of 145 children from Belarus landed at Shannon Airport today  as part of Adi Roche’s Chernobyl Children International’s (CCI) Rest and […]


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Adi and President Higgins

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President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins calls on country to remember Chernobyl and its victims ahead of the inaugural United Nations “Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day”

25 Apr 2017


United Nations Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day Message from President Michael D. Higgins The President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, has welcomed the commemoration of the […]


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Adi Roche and Ali Hewson are to travel to Belarus and Ukraine to mark the inaugural, Irish-initiated United Nations “Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day”

25 Apr 2017


“I respectfully propose that this day, the 26th of April, be pledged and designated as an official United Nations “Chernobyl Day” – a day that […]


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Adi Roche calls on children and families to remember the victims of the Chernobyl disaster in advance of Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day

18 Apr 2017


CEREMONY REMEMBERS 31 “CHERNOBYL CHILDREN” IN ADVANCE OF THE INAUGURAL UNITED NATIONS “CHERNOBYL DISASTER REMEMBERANCE DAY” Adi Roche calls on children and families to remember […]


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Liz and Noel’s Lunch 2017

10 Mar 2017


Liz and Noel’s Chernobyl Lunch – an annual fundraiser hosted by MSD Director of Policy and Public Affairs and Chernobyl Children International (CCI) board director […]


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6th anniversary of Fukushima, the world’s second-worst nuclear disaster

9 Mar 2017


Six years after the cataclysmic disaster at Fukushima, where a nuclear plant was crippled by a devastating earthquake and tsunami, concern continues to grow following the […]


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Rose of Tralee, Maggie McEldowney, to travel to Belarus to volunteer in Irish-funded orphanage

10 Feb 2017


Reigning Rose of Tralee, Maggie McEldowney, and a group of twenty-one 2016 Rose finalists and escorts will travel Belarus next week to work as medical and teaching volunteers in […]


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Irish funded “miracle” operation saves the life of one-day old Ukrainian boy who is the first survivor of this 12 hour, child cardiac surgery in Ukraine

14 Dec 2016


What is being described as an Irish-funded, “miracle” operation has saved the life of a one-day old Ukrainian boy, born with one of the world’s rarest […]


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UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY CREATES APRIL 26TH “CHERNOBYL DISASTER REMEMBRANCE DAY” FOLLOWING ADI ROCHE’S HISTORIC ADDRESS

9 Dec 2016


Last night, The United Nations responded to a passionate appeal made earlier this year by Adi Roche, founder of Chernobyl Children International charity, to have […]


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