Thanks to effective collaboration of Green Cross Ukraine with foreign partners, financial support of Green Cross Switzerland within SOCMED Program Eco summer therapy camp was conducted for children living in ecologically unfavourable conditions in the regions contaminated after the Chernobyl accident.
Eighty children of Zhytomyr region, Zhytomyr city, Bila Tserkva, Slavutych, and Gorlovka (Donetsk region) participated in the camp, that this year was held from August 5 to August 26, 2012 in natural and environmentally clean area, a part of Transcarpathian on the bases of Polonyna Health and Recreation Complex and “Plonyna - Integrated homebuilding factory – 3” resort, Lumshory village. By tradition GCU Chairman of the Board, Executive director Yuriy Sapiga opened the Camp expressing gratitude to Director of health and recreation complex - Magdalyna Hlushenia and Director of “Polonyna DBK – 3” health resort - Leonid Rafalskiy.
Rio de Janeiro: Political leaders attending the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development have failed to meet the pressing environmental and social challenges that the world faces today, according to Green Cross International President Alexander Likhotal.
“Rio+20 demonstrated a disappointing lack of leadership,” says Mr Likhotal. “The outcome document is grossly lacking in concrete action.”
“Rio+20 represented a unique possibility for the world, but what started as a zero draft outcome document has seemingly evolved into a zero result statement by today’s end of the conference.”
June 19, 2012 Skype video conference on the event "Nuclear Energy Dialogue - Fukushima and the future of nuclear technology" within the UN Conference Rio+20 took place at the National Ecology and Nature Center in Kyiv. At the initiative of Green Cross Switzerland, and with the support of Green Cross International, University Veiga de Almedia (Brazil), as well as partners from NENC, regional GCU coordinators children from Bila Tserkva, Slavutych and Zhytomyr, who are involved in Green Cross Ukraine projects, had the opportunity to join the dialogue on sustainable development at the Rio+20.
GENEVA – Like a modern-day Pompeii, the streets and buildings of Prypyat stand frozen by a disaster. But, unlike the eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago, Prypyat was destroyed by a manmade – and thus preventable – catastrophe.
Weeds and grey desolation are all that thrive in this once-bustling community, which housed the workers of Chernobyl’s doomed nuclear power plant, whose devastating meltdown 26 years ago still inflicts physical and socioeconomic harm on many in Ukraine and nearby countries. Back then, the world was, for an instant, shocked by the folly of nuclear technology. But, as with Hiroshima, Three Mile Island, and last year’s Fukushima meltdown in Japan, the spike in global dismay was all too fleeting.
Green Cross Ukraine with the assistance of Green Cross Switzerland in effective cooperation with Zhytomyr Regional Children's Hospital has been implementing within SOCMED Program Health for the Future and Caries Prevention projects in Zhytomyr region for already seven years. The sponsor’s support and understanding of the problems that occur in providing qualitative medical assistance to the children and adults who live in the areas affected by the Chernobyl catastrophe, enables the improvement of health and daily life of many families
Dear Coordinators, Parents, Children, Colleagues and Partners!
We inform you about the completion of environmental children's drawing contest called CHILDREN FOR CLEANER FUTURE.
Green Cross Ukraine organization expresses its sincere gratitude to all participants for their interest and active participation and bright talented drawings. Your creativity inspires, gives hope for a better, cleaner future and urge to take actions.
Volodymyr Lytvyn: Non-governmental organizations should make a common cause with the authorities to arrange conditions for a safe life
(Press Service)
Volodymyr Lytvyn: Non-governmental organizations should make a common cause with the authorities to arrange conditions for a safe life
The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Volodymyr Lytvyn met with the delegates of the environmental organization Green Cross International headed by its President Alexander Likhotal.
V. Lytvyn noted that the meeting was held on the anniversary day of the Chernobyl accident. "The world has actually started a new calendar since April 26, 1986," he said. However, the head of the parliament said that "the world has quickly forgotten" about the Chernobyl problem, while the foreign partners have not fulfilled all their obligations yet.
26 years passed after the major nuclear technological disaster – Chernobyl accident. As consequence of this accident about 160,000 km2 were contaminated, many people, including more than half a million of children became victims of its effect. The territories resided at present by over 1.4 million people were exposed to great doses of radiation. Despite the fact that long time has passed since the day of the tragedy, more than one generation of people may feel and suffer its consequences.
This year during the Chernobyl days the group made of representatives of Green Cross International, headed by President Alexander Likhotal, politicians from Switzerland, Japan, France, USA, Brazil, South Korea, as well as journalists and photographers visited Ukraine.
Today on March 22, 2012 the international community is officially marking World Water Day, the main objective of which is to inform the general public about the significance of water resources and to attract public and policy makers’ attention to the water problems.
The UN experts made a conclusion that over 20% of the population (1 billion 400 million people) lack water suitable for drinking and irrigation of crops. About 2.5 billion people lack basic sanitation services. In many countries water shortage and pollution cause major public health problems, curb development and harm ecosystems. Access to safe drinking water in Africa remains to be very difficult. Growth of population, urbanization, change of food, depletion of soil and water, increasing energy costs, climate change are the factors that threaten security in the world.
