Friends of Chernobyl's Children (West Leicestershire) https://www.focc-westleics.org.uk Wed, 12 May 2021 18:59:30 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.6 A year unlike any other https://www.focc-westleics.org.uk/2020/11/a-year-unlike-any-other/ Sat, 07 Nov 2020 12:00:34 +0000 http://www.focc-westleics.org.uk/?p=3910 A year ago this weekend I was returning from a hectic week in Belarus visiting children and their families who we were expecting to bring to the UK this summer with the Friends of Chernobyl’s Children (West Leics) charity. They would be joining the charity’s programme, which provides relief and recuperative care for children [...]

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]]> Spring Table Top Sale https://www.focc-westleics.org.uk/2020/02/spring-table-top-sale/ Mon, 17 Feb 2020 13:34:58 +0000 http://www.focc-westleics.org.uk/?p=3880 Love a bargain? Why not come and join us at our Spring Table Top sale at Blaby Social Centre on Saturday 14th March. We will be selling a range of brand new goods at great prices including some beautiful hand crafted toys, children’s and adults socks and slipper socks, quality household textiles, sweetie bags, cosmetic/beauty [...]

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]]> Fighting for Sonia https://www.focc-westleics.org.uk/2019/11/fighting-for-sonia/ Wed, 13 Nov 2019 19:58:32 +0000 http://www.focc-westleics.org.uk/?p=3869 At the beginning of November Sue and Jonathan from the charity visited Belarus meeting new children to bring onto the programme for our next visit in August 2020. While out there they met a truly inspirational little girl who has absolutely captured their hearts. Her vibrancy and zest for life are incredible given that she [...]

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]]> Change a child’s life in 2020 https://www.focc-westleics.org.uk/2019/08/change-a-childs-life-in-2020/ Sun, 18 Aug 2019 19:04:29 +0000 http://www.focc-westleics.org.uk/?p=3861 Chernobyl TV series shines a light on the world’s worst nuclear disaster The popularity and critical acclaim of recent television series Chernobyl has shone a light on the world’s worst nuclear disaster when Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear plant in northern Ukraine exploded sending a deadly cloud of radiation into the atmosphere. A significant [...]

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]]> FOCC host family featured in national newspaper https://www.focc-westleics.org.uk/2019/07/focc-host-family-featured-in-national-newspaper/ Sat, 06 Jul 2019 10:21:04 +0000 http://www.focc-westleics.org.uk/?p=3836 This week, we were delighted to see a great article on the Daily Mail website featuring Emma Mahony - a host from the FOCC Mid-Sussex group and Arseny from a village near Cherikov in Belarus. In the article, Emma talks about how much hosting Arseny has changed her life and the lives of her teenage [...]

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]]> Remembering Chernobyl https://www.focc-westleics.org.uk/2019/04/remembering-chernobyl/ Fri, 26 Apr 2019 06:13:16 +0000 http://www.focc-westleics.org.uk/?p=3822 April 26th, 2021 marks the 35th anniversary of the world’s worst nuclear accident, when reactor four at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded releasing 190 tonnes of radioactive uranium and graphite into the atmosphere. A significant amount of that radioactive fallout landed on neighbouring Belarus with approximately 80% the country affected. Despite the disaster happening [...]

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]]> 2018 visit https://www.focc-westleics.org.uk/2018/04/2018-visit/ Fri, 27 Apr 2018 11:15:32 +0000 http://www.focc-westleics.org.uk/?p=3792 We are delighted to confirm that our group of 13 children will be arriving in Leicestershire on Saturday 28th July and will be with us for 4 weeks, departing on Saturday 25th August. This year our group is made up of 10 girls and 3 boys all aged between 10 and 12 years of age. [...]

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]]> Healthy Lunches https://www.focc-westleics.org.uk/2016/04/healthy-lunches/ Wed, 13 Apr 2016 19:04:23 +0000 http://www.focc-westleics.org.uk/?p=3594 Packing our kids full of nutritious food during their visit is one of our biggest priorities so we always try to incorporate some really healthy lunches into our itinerary. Could you help us by sponsoring a weekday lunch for a group of 14 kids this August? It could be a fun packed BBQ, a tasty [...]

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]]> 2015 Visit https://www.focc-westleics.org.uk/2015/08/2015-visit/ Sun, 30 Aug 2015 20:32:35 +0000 http://www.focc-westleics.org.uk/?p=3512 We would like to say a very big thank you to everyone who has supported us this year in our quest to provide another memorable month for our 14 children. The children travelled home to Belarus yesterday after a truly magical visit. It was an emotional day but seeing the fantastic progress they have all made [...]

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