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As machine guns are placed on a reactor at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Adi Roche warns we are ‘sleepwalking into a humanitarian Armageddon with our eyes wide open’

23 Feb 2023


24 February 2023 One year on from the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces, through the toxic Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, the intensifying nuclear threat is […]


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

1 Feb 2023


• “We cannot overstate the current critical situation and nuclear threat in Ukraine. If we remain silent, we are playing with a loaded gun.” – […]


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Adi Roche to speak at event honouring the legacy of St Brigid

23 Jan 2023


After two years online, AFRI’s annual Féile Bríde will return to the beautiful setting of Solas Bhríde in Kildare on Saturday, February 4th from 10am […]


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CCI fund supporting families to ‘winterise’ their homes to survive the harsh winter

20 Dec 2022


In the early hours of 05 December 2022, a deafening crash tore through the home of social-worker Anastasiya and her family in Olyva, Ukraine…just 75kms […]


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“The walls are shaking, but I can now dream of seeing my baby growing up. It’s a miracle!” Irish charity provides life-saving surgeries and equipment for new-borns in missile-struck Lviv

19 Dec 2022


Under the dark shadow of the invasion of Ukraine, Irish charity Chernobyl Children International (CCI) have sent a 12-person team of paediatric surgeons to war-torn […]


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CCI increases humanitarian aid response in Ukraine throughout the winter

12 Dec 2022


CCI are delighted to share that another successful aid delivery has to children and families in the Chernobyl affected region of Ukraine. Through our partners […]


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Kilkenny volunteers send €150,000 shipment of humanitarian aid to war-torn Ukraine in time for Christmas

7 Nov 2022


It has been over 9 months since the invasion of Ukraine, which sparked a devastating humanitarian crisis for those who have been unable to seek […]


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A plea from Ukraine – Dr Igor Polivenok

27 Oct 2022


Dear friends My name is Dr Igor Polivenok. I have been working with Chernobyl Children International for many years and I am now part of […]


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Hope after institutional living – Sasha Pestov returns to visit friends and family in Vesnova

4 Oct 2022


We are delighted to see that one of the graduates of our ‘Restoration of Rights’ programme is fully embracing his freedom and agency, by undertaking […]


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War-torn Ukraine – Irish charity provides life-saving Cardiac surgeries given to babies and children who are too sick to flee war-zone

21 Sep 2022


Under the dark shadow of the invasion of Ukraine, Irish charity Chernobyl Children International (CCI) have sent another mission of volunteer, paediatric surgeons to re-enter […]


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