Giving the gift of sight to Chernobyl children

STAFF at one of the country’s most charitable multi- nationals have given the gift of sight and improved health to yet another group of orphaned children from Chernobyl.

Bausch & Lomb employees in Waterford have welcomed a further 26 visually impaired children from the Vasilivichi orphanage to the county for their annual, three-week holiday in Waterford for the eleventh year in succession. Employees at the eye-care company have so far contributed over €350,000 to help blind and visually impaired children in Vasilivichi, close to the Chernobyl exclusion zone.

The children, accompanied by three teachers and three interpreters, have met many of the employees who make weekly contributions to the ‘Vision for Vasilivichi’ charity through payroll deductions and special lunches in the plant.