28-08-2008

The topical project “Improvement of Life Quality of the Population of Slavgorod and the Slavgorod District, Mogilev Region and Chechersk and the Chechersk District, Gomel Region, Affected by the Chernobyl Catastrophe” is implemented in the Chechersk and Slavgorod Districts in the framework of the international “Cooperation for Rehabilitation” (CORE) Programme. The activities of the project are aimed at provision of medical and social aid to seriously ill people, implementation and development of a palliative care (alleviation of sufferings of people with incurable diseases) in the target territories.

04-08-2008

A museum exposition, dedicated to a hero- firefighter Vasiliy Ignatenko, was opened on the grounds of the Bragin Historical Museum on 1 August 2008 in the town of Bragin, Gomel Region. The new hall of the museum narrates about the life and heroic deed of the native of the Bragin District, firefighter Vasiliy Ignatenko, one of the first, who on the night from 25 to 26 April 1986 climbed to fight the fire on the roof of the fourth reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

31-07-2008

More than 50 initiators of the International CORE “Cooperation for Rehabilitation” Programme took part in four mini Preparation and Assesment Committee (PAC) meetings in Slavgorod, Chechersk, Bragin and Stolin districts in July 2008. During the mini PAC sessions the participants analyzed 73 projects with total budget of more than 3 million Euros, which were accepted into the CORE Programme in 2004-2007 and as of today did not receive support from national, foreign and international partners.