Aid donors head for Chernobyl to mark 31st anniversary today

Chernobyl crusaders Adi Roche and Ali Hewson are taking several core donors who helped sustain their charity during the recession on a fact-finding mission to the nuclear disaster-affected region today.

As the UN marks the first UN Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day today — the 31st anniversary of the world’s worst nuclear disaster — Ms Roche and Ms Hewson will host a two-day whistle-stop tour of areas in Belarus and Ukraine to show the donors how Chernobyl Children International (CCI) has spent their money over the last decade.

One of the donors is a wealthy Irishman who is now based in Detroit. Another is also based in the US.