Cycle to Chernobyl

May 12^th – May 13^th from 12:00 on the first day till 13:00 on the second day outside the University of Manchester Student’s Union.

We are going to be cycling the 1737 miles to Chernobyl on 6 stationary bikes and aim to complete the task in 25 hours! There will be a group rotating on stationary bikes all day and night until we reach Chernobyl (figuratively)!

The charity fundraiser is in aid of Chernobyl Children's Project UK (www.chernobyl-children.org.uk). On April 26th it was 25 years since the devastating accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power station in Ukraine. The repercussions of the radioactive fallout are still being felt today by the people of Belarus, which was left dangerously contaminated. In the years after the accident, there were huge increases in children being born with disabilities and serious health problems. Sadly, society in Belarus still places stig­ma on having a disabled child, and many parents were advised to give their child away as they were told he or she would ‘not survive long anyway’. Chernobyl Children’s Project UK works to change the lives of the children who are affected by disability and serious illness through providing medical care and resources, nursing and expert doctor care, respite homes for terminally ill children, orphanages for abandoned children, recuperative holidays to the UK and summer camps in cleaner areas of Belarus.

The aim is to raise £1737 to match the miles!

Justgiving site to collect donations: www.justgiving.com/cycletochernobyl.