CCRF launches new webpage (03/26/00)

CCRF launches new webpage

SHORT HILLS, N.J. - The Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund launched its new webpage on March 13, featuring the latest CCRF activities and updated information on the Chornobyl aftermath. Designed by Mark Ciapka and Michael Baresh of ADS Solutions based in Warren and Short Hills, N.J., the website can be accessed at www.childrenofchornobyl.org.

The new site includes financial information, photographs of children who have benefited from CCRF shipments, a map of Ukraine showing the locations of CCRF partner hospitals and orphanages, as well as a detailed outline of the CCRF's track record and ongoing programs.

"We see this not as a static document, but as a dynamic process," said Ksenia Salewycz, who coordinated the development of the website for the CCRF staff. "In the next few weeks, we will be adding new articles, a spring calendar and an exciting new feature that will allow our supporters to make tax-deductible donations by e-mail and credit card. We invite our subscribers to visit the site and to send us their feedback and recommendations as to how the site might be further enhanced."

The website is part of the CCRF's preparation for its 10th anniversary campaign, which will be launched this fall. The fund's first airlift was launched in 1990. Since then, the CCRF has completed 24 air and eight sea shipments, delivering more than 1,200 tons of medical aid and humanitarian assistance valued at more than $40 million.

Last fall, the fund's partner hospitals in Lutsk, Lviv and Dnipropetrovsk reported significant reductions in infant mortality as a result of technology and training they received from the New Jersey-based organization. The CCRF is planning its next major shipment for this spring, with supplies destined for hospitals in Rivne, Slavutych and Bila Tserkva.

"All of us at CCRF are very grateful to Mark Ciapka and Michael Baresh who donated many hours of their time to design this powerful new resource for our foundation," said Alex Kuzma, the executive director of CCRF. "This website will help us to present a more complete picture of our programs and our plans for the future. It will enable us to reach out to new supporters, to interact with new constituencies and to build grassroots involvement in the CCRF's medical mission."

For more information, contact the CCRF at (973) 376-5140; by e-mail at [email protected]; or visit the CCRF's new website at www.childrenofchornobyl.org.

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