Eoin English writes about families benefitting from Chernobyl Children International and Irish Aid-funded outreach schemes

An institution for abandoned children was more like a ‘house of death’, says CCI chief executive Adi Roche, who has worked hard, with lots of Irish help, to make things better for the youth of Chernobyl, writes Eoin English

The Lord Mayor of Cork Chris O’Leary has seen how an Irish charity has pioneered a new foster-care model which has saved 300 vulnerable Belarussian children from a life in bleak state-run orphanages.

The Lord Mayor of Cork will visit the Chernobyl nuclear power plant next week as he leads a historic Irish civic delegation to the region ahead of the 30th anniversary of the world’s worst nuclear accident.