BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

25/05/2006

Charity efforts for Belarus

BY SINEAD MCGOVERN

Forty children from poverty stricken Belarus will stay with families in the Corofin area in July, as a result of fundraising efforts of the Children of Chernobyl group in the community.

Members of the volunteer group travelled to the Brest region in Belarus last month to install toilets and basins in a school with poor sanitary conditions, and this summer some of the same people will host children from the country for a week.

The group is continuing its fundraising efforts this weekend with a bag packing session in Tesco on the Headford Road, and on June 18 a group will cycle from Corrandulla to Croagh Patrick, climb the mountain, and make the return cycle to Corrandulla - all in one day!

Sponsorship and donations are welcome. For more information contact Nicky Burke at (087) 8133800.

Source:

http://www.galwayadvertiser.ie/dws/story.tpl?inc=2006/05/25/news/32766.html

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