CHERNOBYL children were given a VIP tour of Lancashire police headquarters today as part of a month long rehabilitation in England.
The 13 children are staying with host families in Lancashire for the visit which has been organised by the Medicine and Chernobyl Charity.
It is thought that spending one month outside Russia helps rejuvenate the children's immune systems as areas around their homes in Russia are still contaminated following the nuclear disaster in 1986.
The children were taken around the headquarters, given lunch, and then a demonstration of the police dogs' skills.
DC Irene Hoban, who helped organise the event after her 16-year-old son asked if they could host a child, said: "The children visiting Lancashire come from families and orphanages in the affected areas of Belarus and Minsk.
"Their parents were children at the time of the disaster and as such many have inherited serious illnesses and deformity as a result of radioactivity.
"The children are forced to eat contaminated food grown on the land to survive."
The youngsters are due to return to Russia on Saturday.
The Medicine and Chernobyl Charity raises money to build schools in Minsk and Belarus, and for the annual one month visit to Lancashire.
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