CHORNOBYLVOLUNTEER CENTER

Since 2009

People helping people

A volunteer team that began by supporting the self-settlers of the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone and keeps helping people during the war.

Our story What we do
Humanitarian aidFood, medicine and essentials - from the self-settlers of the Zone to liberated villages of the Kyiv region ResistanceHelp for the army since 2014, a BRDM-2 for the defense of Kyiv, equipment, the Resistance 2022 exhibition Public informationAn information headquarters during the fires, information resistance, true footage and explanations for people Safety and preparednessRadiation and chemical safety training for the military, rescuers and teachers EducationChornobyl University, academic tours, training for guides HeritageThe UNESCO initiative, protection of the Zone's landmarks, the memory of the liquidators

Our story

From the Chornobyl Zone to humanitarian missions across Ukraine

It all began in 2009 with personal charity - food and supplies for the self-settlers of the Zone. Move through the years with the slider, the arrows or the year buttons. The dates are approximate: this is a walk through the archive, not a chronicle.

Two men by the sign at the site of the 25th liquidator brigade camp
2009 October 30, 2009

A sign at the 25th brigade camp

We put up a memorial sign where the chemical protection brigade camp stood in 1986.

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All our work

Trainings and tours

What we offer

Kateryna Aslamova with a volunteer patch
Kateryna Aslamovahead of the charitable foundation Volunteer Center CHORNOBYL, head of the Association of Chornobyl Guides
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Deputy director of CHORNOBYL TOUR, chief guide and lecturer at Chornobyl University. Volunteer with the Red Cross Rapid Response Team in the Kyiv region.

Yaroslav Yemelianenko, profile portrait
Yaroslav Yemelianenkoco-founder of CHORNOBYL TOUR and the Volunteer Center CHORNOBYL, head of the Association of Chornobyl Tour Operators
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Former TV journalist. Co-founder of CHORNOBYL TOUR and the Volunteer Center CHORNOBYL, head of the Association of Chornobyl Tour Operators.

Sergii Mirnyi in the Chornobyl Zone holding a dosimeter
Sergii Mirnyiprofessional ecologist, writer, co-founder of CHORNOBYL TOUR, head of the Science department, director of Chornobyl University
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Professional ecologist, platoon commander of Chornobyl radiation reconnaissance in the 25th brigade that worked on the liquidation of the consequences of the ChNPP accident. Chemist, MSc in Environmental Sciences and Policy (Central European University, Budapest), researcher of liquidators' health. Writer and screenwriter, author of the books Living Force, Worse than Radiation and Chornobyl Comedy. Co-founder of CHORNOBYL TOUR, founder and director of Chornobyl University, head of the Association of Chornobyl Tourism.

Our team

People, experience and values

Meet the team behind the projects, missions and everyday work of the Volunteer Center CHORNOBYL.

Who we are

For many years we took people where most are afraid even to look - into the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone. That work taught us a few simple things.

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How to support us

We do not need money "just because." The best support is to buy our products or services.

The Chornobyl shop is what keeps the center's team going in these hard times. Everything you buy there lets us keep working.

  • In Kyiv: the Chornobyl shop and café in the DIM N10 restaurant, 10 Spaska Street, level -1. The shop is open daily from 11:00 to 19:00.
  • Online shop: chornobyl.shop
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