Cycle event to raise €125k for Chernobyl victims

MORE than 200 amateur cyclists will set off today in an attempt to raise €125,000 for victims of the world’s worst nuclear disaster.

The Pfizer Cycle for Chernobyl, which will travel for Cork to Galway, aims to raise the money for a 250sq m extension to the day-care centre in Petrikov, Belarus.

The extension will enable the distribution of humanitarian aid to the region and allow the Chernobyl Children’s Project International (CCPI) to provide extensive medical services to needy families.