BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

2005-04-10 10:20:03+01

online.ie

Today will see the largest ever send-off of humanitarian aid from Irish soil for the survivors of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

15 articulated trucks and 13 ambulances are packed with ?2.5m worth of aid for orphanages, hospitals and homes throughout Belarus.

The convoy, organised by the Chernobyl Children's Project, leaves Carlow at noon and will travel three thousand miles over six days.

Organiser Adi Roche says the Chernobyl disaster is one that is still devastating lives.

"The enemy is invisible, you can't see it, taste it, touch it because radiation by its nature is invisible", she said.

Miss Roche continued: "Unfortunately the long-term effects of Chernobyl will far surpass every other tragedy and crisis that we are aware of."

Source:

http://www.online.ie/news/viewer.adp?article=3225749