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Thursday, July 29, 2010
Chernobyl group gets a ‘fáilte mór’ on visit
TWO OF Enniscorthy’s best-known businesses joined forces to ensure that a visiting group of holidaying Chernobyl children were treated royally on their visit to the town.
McCauley’s Chemists and Byrne’s Bookshop, both in Court Street, proved generous supporters of the Camolin-based Chernobyl Orphanages Projects Fund (COPF) when a party dropped by for a tour of the cathedral town.
The Camolin group has a well-established charity shop in Enniscorthy in Weafer Street, which was their first port of call, enabling the Belarus people to see for themselves the ongoing voluntary work, on their behalf, of locals.
Meanwhile, the wellknown stores in Court St. were included in the visitors’ itinerary, and they were presented with goodie bags and other treats when they called.
COPF adds its gratitude to Gorey duo Tommy and Fiona Redmond of the Amber Springs Hotel for hosting the visiting party’s interpreter.
COPF was formed as recently as 2006 by a group of locals who had been involved in the Chernobyl Aid movement since 2000.
The group’s primary purpose is to bring children from Belarus to this country every year for rest and recuperation: it’s now well-established that the clean water, fresh air and well-balanced diet experienced on their trip greatly enhances the youngsters’ health and well-being.
Another critical objective for the Camolin organisation is to improve the living conditions of children and vulnerable adults in Belarus, but the extent of which this can be achieved depends on fundraising.
Past work includes refurbishment of an orphanage, including purchase of beds, reinstatement of a vegetable storage unit and also its medical centre.
Conversion of an existing out-building into a toilet block in a rural village’s school was also accomplished by COPF. It also invested in a new mini-bus, enabling the children to take trips away from the orphanage.
The last project completed was last month (June), when five COPF volunteers (John Quinn, Ml. Doyle, Liam and David Nolan and Anthony Fitzgerald) worked on renovating and refurbishing dormitories in a 140patient asylum in Svir, in the Myadelsky region.
COPF’s charity shop at 65 Weafer St. was recently extended to include next door’s No. 66, where items of furniture, bric-abrac, music, books etc. are gratefully received. Donations of these, and clothing, always very welcome, with all moneys realised going directly to the work of the Fund for future projects, along with rest and recuperation visits, such as last week’s.
As the COPF shop in Enniscorthy relies totally on donations, it says a heartfelt thanks to the general public for its ongoing generous support.
Its hours of businesses are 10 a.m. 5 p.m. Monday Saturday contact John at 0876314824.
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