When it comes down to it... aren’t we all just Children at Heart?
Chabad’s Children of Chernobyl (CCOC) is a not-for-profit organization that evacuates kids from the radioactive Chernobyl region and provides them with critical medical care, new homes, and excellent education in Israel.
CCOC also provides children currently living in the radioactive zone with medicine and advanced medical equipment.
April
26th marked the 26th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster.
CCOC
is the only
organization in the world that permanently rescues the children living in the contaminated region in
order to prevent and treat them from horrific abnormalities. We take
comfort knowing that the children we rescue and their future generations will
lead healthy and productive lives. To date, CCOC has saved 2,822 children on 97
rescue missions.
The
story of CCOC's most recent flight was seen by more than 200 million people
accross major news outlets including Yahoo!, MSNBC, Market Watch, and more.
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PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT SOME OF THE IMAGES IN THIS VIDEO ARE VERY DISTURBING.
Today, April 26th, marks the 26th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster.
This CNN video shows why it is crucial for CCOC to evacuate as many children as possible from the Chernobyl region today, 26 years after the disaster.
CCOC is the only organization in the world that permanently rescues these children in order to prevent the horrific abnormalities portrayed in this video. We take comfort knowing that the children we rescue and their future generations will lead healthy and productive lives.
It is with tremendous joy and heartfelt gratitude to Hashem that we announce the arrival of Chabad’s Children of Chernobyl’s (CCOC) 97th Rescue Flight on Thursday, April 19, 2012.
Flight 97 just touched down on the tarmac at Ben-Gurion Airport, bringing 26 children to safety in Israel. It is significant that these 26 children arrived just days before the 26th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, which remains the worst nuclear accident in history.
Felix, Simon (age 9), and Ada Swerdlow at their home in Mozyr, Belarus in February 1986, just two months before the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
Simon Swerdlow, 13, was about to board a plane for the first time in his life. He thought that this trip, like the summer vacations he had taken with his parents and his brother Igor, would be an adventure. “I was excited,” he said, “but also nervous because this would be my first time traveling alone. And I had no return ticket. That was scary.”
The year was 1990, and 250 children were boarding the first international evacuation flight taking children out of the radioactive zones around Chernobyl, four years after the nuclear disaster occurred.
When it comes down to it... aren’t we all just Children at Heart?
