What We Do

Long Term Building Programme

 
Since its establishment the CCPI has placed great emphasis on identifying and then responding to the needs of the people who have been most severely affected by the aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster. This policy of seeking to identify needs and then designing programmes aimed at fulfilling these needs is reflected in the Long Term Building Programme initiated by CCPI.

In many cases the quality of sanitation in the orphanages was of an extremely poor standard. By undertaking these large refurbishments it is CCPI's aim to substantially improve the quality of the children's built environment, and in the process improve the health, sanitation, and comfort levels which they experience.
As with so many other aspects of CCPI's work the success of the Long Term Building Programme depends to a large degree on the voluntary efforts of a large number of skilled Irish tradesmen.

These men take time out from their busy working and family lives to undertake these building works ensuring work of the very highest quality. Working under tight deadlines and often in testing conditions, these electricians, builders, carpenters deliver work of the highest quality and in so doing make a huge difference to the quality of life of many children.

Vesnovo Children’s Mental Asylum is an example of the extraordinary contribution CCPI have contributed towards alleviating human suffering. Until recently the children were living in substandard, unhygienic conditions where they were not receiving the proper level of care or stimulation. Upon discovering the conditions at Vesnovo CCPI initiated a strategic long-term plan incorporating the renovation and refurbishment of each unit to a high standard.

Other building initiatives have been the support, development and expansion of Day Care Centres. In keeping with the long-term aspirations of CCPI it was felt that the local organisation should be given more strategic support to enable it to reach its full potential in providing a complete range of social services and community based self-help. The opening in May 2005 of Zhytkovichy Day Care Centre is testament to the process of rebuilding communities.