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About $60,000 was raised during the Fourth International Gala Fundraiser organized by the Children of Chornobyl Relief and Development Fund in Kyiv’s Hyatt Regency on June 6 for the needs of a children’s hospital.

Nearly $70,000 was raised during a fundraiser organized by the Children of Chornobyl Relief and Development Fund in Kyiv’s Hyatt Regency on June 6. Ambassadors, business representatives and politicians joined. The money will purchase life-saving medical equipment for Chernivtsi city children’s hospital. At top, from left, Youssef Sadaka of Lebanon, Hamood Y. Al-Roudhan of Kuwait, Khalid Amed Ariqat of Palestine, Cesar Ocaranza Castañeda of Mexico and Markian Silecky from the local Salans law firm. At left are Children of Chornobyl Relief and Development Fund president Dr. Zenon Matkiwsky and Verkhovna Rada member Volodymyr Yavorivsky