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There were smiles all round in Eyre Square as a cheque of over €4,000 was presented to the Sunflower Chernobyl Appeal and a number of children from Belarus.

This year, the Clarinbridge Oyster Festival will host the Friday night opening in association with Claren Home of Hope, Chernobyl, and Colga soccer club. As always, it promises to be a great night, held in the Festival Marquee at Paddy Burke's and music will be provided by the local Oyster Boys and big band Boogie Nights.

Indie Burgos is back in Club De Burgos, Augustine Street, today (Tuesday) for a special Christmas fundraiser in aid of Galway based charity Sunflower Chernobyl Appeal.

Geraldine Butler, Chairperson of the Chernobyl Children’s Project in Westport, welcomed an historic inter-governmental agreement between Ireland and Belarus, announced last week, which will allow children to travel to the Westport area again—with two children arriving here for the Christmas holidays.

Castlebar Outreach Group is desperately in need of host families interested in hosting Chernobyl children next summer for two weeks for rest and recuperation.

The Westport branch of the Chernobyl Children’s Project is getting ready for a bumper May bank holiday weekend of art and creativity.

Construction may be on a slow-down throughout the country, but the Chernobyl Children’s Project Westport Outreach Group is about to start building a very special house in central Westport. Constructed from the hundreds of bricks designed by the town’s children, it will be housed in the new premises — just off Mill Street, to the right of the Mill Street car park entrance — all designed for the Chernobyl Groups Bricks 4 Hope campaign.

The Bricks 4 Hope Art Auction, which was recently held in Westport was a huge success and helped push the Chernobyl Children’s Project Westport Outreach Group over its €50,000 fundraising finish line to build a Home of Hope for children in Belarus.