Alabama’s “Children of Chernobyl” program is a story that’s still unfolding. The Lee family, of Pelham, took in nine year old “Vanya” from the nation of Belarus in the year 2000. “Children of Chernobyl” was created to bring kids living in the shadow of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster to Alabama for medical treatment and a chance to escape the contamination. What the Lee family didn’t know was the effect Vanya’s visit would have on them twenty years later.
When Vanya Came Home
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Alabama’s “Children of Chernobyl” program is a story that’s still unfolding. The Lee family, of Pelham, took in nine year old “Vanya” from the nation of Belarus in the year 2000. “Children of Chernobyl” was created to bring kids living in the shadow of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster to Alabama for medical treatment and a chance to escape the contamination. What the Lee family didn’t know was the effect Vanya’s visit would have on them twenty years later.
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June 15, 2021
... it's Me, Vanya
<p>The story of Ivan Kovaliou and the Lee Family of Pelham, Alabama is still unfolding. The “children of Chernobyl” program may also lead to political change in Belarus. In Part 4 of “When Vanya Came Home,” Ivan, also known as “Vanya,” returned home to Belarus after staying with the Lee’s for forty days in the year 2000 as part of the “children of Chernobyl” program. After that, all sides lost touch. That changed eight years later with an odd note on Facebook Messenger just before Christmas. The conclusion of “When Vanya Came Home” focuses on how the “children of Chernobyl” program changed the Lee family, how it changed Ivan’s life, and how it may influence the future of Belarus.</p>
June 8, 2021
Welcome to Alabama
<p>If you thought your last airline flight was challenging, try it with eighty children! Twenty years ago, families in Alabama took in youngsters from the former Soviet nation of Belarus, who grew up in the shadow of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster. Part three of our podcast starts at the airport in Minsk, where nervous Belarusian parents said goodbye to their children. Nine year old “Ivan” would be making his first foreign airplane flight. Forty days later, there was the painful goodbye, but the story doesn’t end there.</p>
June 1, 2021
The Inside Man
<p>Starting in 1999, families in Alabama knew they wanted to take in children from the former Soviet nation of Belarus, who lived in the shadow of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster. But, they also knew they couldn’t just walk up to families in Belarus, and say “Hi, do you want to send your kids to a foreign country to stay with people you don’t know?” They needed an “inside man” to pave the way.</p>
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