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Pupils currently in Year 9 have been collecting items
to donate to the children of Belarus, who are still suffering the
consequences of the Chernobyl disaster.
 A
Year 9 Charities Committee has been selected to co-ordinate
future fundraising events for our Chernobyl Charity, with
representatives in each form:
9R: Thomas Sheridan, Gemma Thomson, Leanne Turner, Holly Watson, Rebecca
Dench
9B: Edith Carley, Hannah Dawson
9G: Rachael Ashworth, Emma Harden
9N: Wesley, Hamza
9S: Molly Robbins, Jenny
Teachers who are involved: Mrs Young who is
Head of Year 9 and Miss Hayes who is 9R's form teacher.
Below are more photos of the Year 9 Charities Committee
and the items they have been collecting for the children of Belarus.
Also pictured is Stuart Carmichael, a charity representative
from the West Pennine Branch of the Chernobyl Children's Project
who came to collect the items!
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 Background
to Chernobyl disaster:
What happened in Chernobyl?
On 26th April 1986, reactor no. 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear power station
exploded. It was the greatest industrial disaster in the history of
humankind!
One
hundred times more radiation was released than by the atom bombs dropped over
Hiroshima
and
Nagasaki.
The contaminated territories are the north of Ukraine, the south and east
of Belarus and in the western border area between Russia and Belarus.
This led to terrible health-related, economical, social and psychological consequences for
people living in these areas, and the generations after them. Many children
have been orphaned or are ill, and this is why we aim to bring them some happiness
in their lives with the items we donate!
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Previous
Appeals from the Year 9 Charities Committee to help
the children in Belarus:
 January
- beginning of February 2005
Staff and pupils donated unwanted/ old Christmas presents!
Items included:
 pencil cases/
stationary
bags/
hats/ scarves
any
other item which was in good condition
and woud bring some joy to the bleak
lives of the children of Belarus!
Autumn
Term 2004
Before Christmas you were asked to donate items of clothing,
so thank you to those of you who kindly donated! The clothes were sorted
and given to the Chernobyl charities representative.
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For some very detailed information
about the effects of the Chernobyl disaster you can visit Chernobyl.info
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