Children of Chornobyl Fund receives special congressional commendation (05/21/06)

Children of Chornobyl Fund receives special congressional commendation

by Marta Stecyk

WASHINGTON - The Children of Chornobyl Relief and Development Fund was awarded a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition for its "outstanding humanitarian work to aid children affected by the Chornobyl catastrophe."

The commendation was presented on April 27 to CCRDF Executive Director Alexander Kuzma by Ohio Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, co-chair of the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus at a reception in the Rayburn House Office Building that hosted representatives of the U.S. State Department, the National Institutes of Health, the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America and various constituent groups comprising the Chornobyl Challenge '06 Coalition.

The reception followed a Congressional briefing at the U.S. Capitol marking the 20th anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster.

Ms. Kaptur cited the fund's 16 years of unrelenting activity in Ukraine, where CCRDF has delivered 32 humanitarian airlifts and 16 sea shipments, providing over $55 million worth of medical aid, technology and training to Ukrainian hospitals and orphanages.

The certificate was co-signed by Reps. Sander Levin (D-Mich.), Curt Weldon (R-Pa.) and Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.), the ranking members of the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus.

Mr. Kuzma thanked the caucus for this honor and Rep. Kaptur for her leadership in promoting humanitarian assistance and greater awareness of the long-term consequences of the Chornobyl accident on Capitol Hill.

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