Photo exhibit in Senate building dedicated to Chornobyl's 15th anniversary

WASHINGTON - The Children of Chornobyl Relief Fund and photographer Joseph Sywenkyj on July 16 opened a four-day photography exhibit in the Rotunda of the Russell Senate Building, across the street from the U.S. Capitol. The exhibit marking the 15th anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster was sponsored by U.S. Sen. Robert Torricelli of New Jersey. It featured images from several Ukrainian hospitals and orphanages that are providing treatment for children stricken with cancer and birth defects. Mr. Sywenkyj captured these photographs while on assignment for CCRF during the summer of 2000. Among those in attendance were representatives of the Embassy of Ukraine, U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, U.S. Library of Congress, Ukrainian American Coordinating Council, The Washington Group and spokespersons for CCRF.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, September 2, 2001, No. 35, Vol. LXIX

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