PUPILS from a Wirral primary school have been learning about the impact of the nuclear power plant disaster in Chernobyl, Ukraine, some 25 years after the explosion.
St Bridget's Primary School in West Kirby joined forces with the Wirral Link of the Chernobyl Children's Lifeline to not only raise funds for the charity, but also to ensure that its 400 pupils fully understood why the devastation and its impact on the people of Belarus must never be forgotten.
Headteacher, Neil Le Feuvre, said: "Our children, parents, teachers and local community have just completed a five-week programme of fundraising and learning, ranging from special assemblies hosted by Mrs Susan Riley from the Wirral Link, to no school uniform days, an unwanted clothing drive, cake sales and even a "stuff a rucksack" campaign.
"Thanks to our generous parents and teachers the rucksacks have been filled with everything from gloves and hats, underwear and toys to Calpol, plasters, vegetable seeds and can openers - all the things that we take for granted and that these Ukrainian families find it difficult to access.
Staff and pupils have also raised more than £600 for the appeal. The rucksacks were presented to 16 children from Belarus who visited the school last week.
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