Philip Grey Fingleton correspondence and financial records relating to the Chernobyl Children's Fund, 1991-1997

MLMSS 8368

fonds

1991-1997

Textual Records, Clippings

404414

0.18 metres of textual amterial (1 box)

The Chernobyl Children's Fund, has its origins in 1991 when the Children of Chernobyl Appeal Commitee was formed. Philip Grey Fingleton was Treasurer.

The primary purpose of the fund was to raise money to finance medical teams from the USSR, to come visit Sydney to study medical and rehabilitation procedures for the treatment of leukemia and other related illnesses caused by exposure to radiation. After a period of six months in studying in the latest methods used in the treatment of leukemia and related illness in leading Sydney hospitals, they would return to their own hospitals to train other teams.

Apart from training teams of doctors, the fund also shipped containers of medical supplies to the hospitals in the region, and raised funds for the provision of medical support for children in the USSR who were in need of treatment as a result of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station disaster, and to assist in the treatment and rehabilitation of a greater number of children. The fund was disbanded in 1996 due to declining membership

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Correspondence, brochures, annotated copies of constitution, newscuttings, meeting minutes and agendas relating to the formation of the Children of Chernobyl Appeal Commitee, purpose and work of the Chernobyl Children's Fund in bringing medical teams from the USSR to Sydney for training, 1991-1996

Correspondence relating to the disbanding of the Chernobyl Children's Fund, and donation to the Royal Alexander Hospital for Children in Westmead for the treatment of leukemia, ca. 1996-1997, including receipts acknowledging donation and Commonwealth Bank statements showing cheque withdrawal and nil balance

Chernobyl Children's Fund financial records, ca. 1991-1995, including account statements, and financial report of of income and expenditure, petty cash books and vouchers, receipts and invoices sent to Betty Block and Grey Fingleton, cash receipt books from the Australia Russia and Affiliates Friendship Society, and postal and insurance records for transportation of donated medical supplies and cargo from Sydney to Kiev via vessel Akademik Gorbunov

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