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and Family Here are some of the children (above) we have made friends with on our journey here. They are in the first grade and although they were not alive when the explosion in Chernobyl occurred, their families were displaced and forced to move away from their homes. Alexander and Hanna are brother and sister, and their parents have decided that it is safe enough for them to go back to live in their old home, even though most experts say that Chernobyl is still not safe to inhabit.  This is one of the women we work with at the World Health Organization. This is the kind of masks we have to wear here to help protect us from the radiation.  Although Chernobyl is almost devoid of human inhabitation, there are very many wild animals roaming free because of this. These are some horses we saw on our trip there.  As humans were evacuated from the area 20 years ago, animals moved in. Existing populations multiplied and species not seen for decades, such as the lynx and eagle owl, and the elk (pictured above) began to return. |