Chernobyl Children in Need Supporting needy children in and around the village of Ozarichi,Belarus.

The three main thrusts of CCIN are
1) To encourage individuals to sponsor poor and sick children from Ozarichi
2) To collect donated goods (toys, medicines, clothes) for transport by lorry to Ozarichi
3) To get funding for specific projects (such as building and renovating toilets)

We set out below the recently completed and newly begun projects.

During 2001 to 2004 we completed a new-build Toilet Facility at the Main School, a new Dentist Surgery at the Hospital and provided nearly £120,000 of donated aid to Ozarichi via 4 aid lorries.

The following works were commenced during the summer of 2004, with a new and ongoing programme of fundraising and works from October 04 to September 05:

Special needs School

• Works on toilets on first floor completed
• Works on toilets on the second floor ongoing
• Fundraiding for provision of sub-terranean chillers
• Fundraising for upgrade of medial and first aid rooms

Main School

• Renovation of the kitchens and the associated toilet is on time and to budget
• Fundraiding for provision of sub-terranean chillers

Hospital

• Provision of urgently required medical equipment is an ongoing project
  

Kindergarden

• Provision of new drainage was completed on budget and ahead of time
• Fundraising for upgrade of medial and first aid rooms

Non-building specific

• provision of a donated specialised second-hand vehicle to transport sick and poor children and their families to hospital for treatment was completed on time and on budget
• Ongoing direct support of 110 poor, sick, disabled and/or malnourished children and indirect support of approximately 520 children through the provision of aid and the installation of facilities beneficial to their health.

Pictures of completed projects

MAIN SCHOOL TOILETS
The toilets were completed just before the onset of winter2003, on time and to budget. The dirty, mixed-sex shed was replaced by a thick, brick girls and boys toilet block. It is a conventional heated and sanitary toilets/washing rooms block, for all-year-round use. The project cost a total of £15,000. Thank you to all who helped to raise money for this. After all the effort and planning we managed to get it completed just in time!

To the right, the old toilets!

MORE TOILETS!!!! - At the Special Needs School

The Special Needs School, serving the village, had extremely primitive toilet facilities that need totally upgrading and the blocked drainage needs replacing. In fact, the toilets have been unusable for some years.

The Special Needs School is a combination of ill and orphaned children. Some live a the school permanently in the dorms, while others return each day to relatives. All children are in desperate need of every basic need.

Our Charity is in the process of upgrading this, following careful local consultation, with modern sanitary toilets and heated wash rooms for all year round use. The winters experienced in Belarus are extremely severe. The fact that some of the pupils live at the school throughout the year and even those who are still living at home have to use outside toilets, are the main influencing factors.