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Hey Everyone, thanks for visiting Matt and Laura's fundraising page for The Great North Run 2020. We have been hosts with the charity for two visits now so it means a lot to us! Please donate anything you can. Friends of Chernobyl's Children (UK) is a national charity founded in 1994 that brings children, who are at medical and social risk from the after effects of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, from Belarus to the UK for a month every year. The Northallerton group was founded in 1998 and celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2018. In June a new group of children - 6 boys and 8 girls - came to stay with families in the local area. This summer (2019) we are bringing an additional boy and girl over with our current group, making a total of 16 children - our biggest group to date! Next year we hope to bring a second group of older children over for a short visit in the summer. Nationally, over 1,000 children come to Britain every year from orphanages or disadvantaged homes to stay with host families. All the children are given a full year's supply of vitamins and medicine for them and, where possible, other members of their family as well as clothing and other items to help them and their families.