Since 1997 Burren Chernobyl Project has undertaken the following in Cherven Orphanage:

• repairs to the thirteen units of the old building
• linoleum on all the rooms
• painting and curtains in all units
• bought timber, cement, electric goods
• provided piping for heating system
• installed new toilets in each old unit
• provided showers in units and in central shower area
• set up sauna room
• installed new laundry equipment
• installed washing machine in each unit
• bought electric kettles for each unit
• provided kitchen equipment (kitchen fridges, blenders, knives, calculators)
• started a feeding programme in the old days
• provided clothes, shoes, slippers, runners, socks
• bought divans, radios, TVs, music players
• multi sensory room provided by volunteers Edel and friends
• provided volunteers to run the building programme
• tractor repairs, tyres for tractor and bus repairs
• provided transport for children for tests and to hospital
• provided cemetery upgrade with new headstone

Besides repair and purchasing of new equipment we provide regular help, such as:

• provide children’s trips out of orphanage
• help some families take their child home for a break
• provideChristmaspresentanddecorations
• provide holidays from groups to Ireland in summer and autumn
• we have on occasion been the ones carrying the dead children to the morgue and to their burial at the cemetery
• send lorry loads of Humanitarian Aid from Ireland
• set up volunteers program on a regular ongoing base

But still the orphanage needs many things to improve the quality of children’s lives. We are trying to meet some needs on a regular basis.

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