Chernobyl's children can smile again

LITTLE Dziana Stchukina is

pictured having fun at the home

of Sandra and Mike Moors.

Dziana, aged four, is one of

five children from Belarus who

are on holiday in the local area

with their mums.

The 19-day visit has been

organised by the Alsager and

Crewe branch of the Chernobyl

Children's Project UK.

The children are aged

between five and seven, and

have health problems linked to

the radioactive legacy of the

explosion in 1986 at the Chernobyl

nuclear plant.

A programme of events and

has been organised for the children,

including trips to a monkey

forest, Lakemore Country

Park, Little Moreton Hall and

Esporta.

Dziana is pictured with mum

Luidmila and Mrs Moors at a

barbecue laid on by the Moors

at their home in Eaton.

The children also had a

splashing good time in the

indoor swimming pool at the

Moors' house.