Nigel Roberts, WOVA Diary
Welcome to wova.org.uk
The West Oxfordshire Vetka Association is a charity based in West Oxfordshire in the UK but with members nationwide.
It supports schools, hospitals and sustainable developments in Vetka District in Belarus - the place in the world worst affected by the Chernobyl disaster. It will be two generations before radiation levels in parts of Vetka District reach acceptable levels and 244,000 years before they return to pre-Chernobyl levels.
Here is a link to the diary Nigel Roberts wrote during WOVA’s last visit to Vetka in September 2010. Nigel has been into the studio to record it for BBC Radio Oxford, who will transmit it in daily episodes around the time of the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl catastrophe (26th April 2011). With the kind permission of the BBC, an audio file of the diary readings will be available to download from the WOVA website – further details to follow. And tune in to the Jo Thoenes afternoon show on BBC Radio Oxford on 26th April, when Jo will be talking to Nigel about WOVA’s work in Vetka