Ambassador
Nikolaj Sadtjikov
Ryska
Federationens Ambassad i Konungariket Sverige
Gjörwellsgatan
31
112
60 Stockholm
Invitation
Concerning the Lions project Children of Chernobyl / Novozybkov.
Dear Mr Ambassador,
Some years ago
Vallentuna Lions Club took the initiative to the project mentioned above. After
a while it became a question for 45 Lions Club in District 101-U. At the end of
May this year it will become a question for the whole Lions-movement with 545
clubs in Sweden. Therefore it is a very important project and a symbol of
friendship between Sweden and Russia.
Novozybkov, in
Bryansk oblast, in Russia is contaminated with radioactivity from the Chernobyl
accident 1986. The 45 000 inhabitants of which 12 000 are children live under
medical hard circumstances. Our purpose is to help them restore two old
buildings and build a new building at the maternity house of Novozybkov. We
will also send medical equipment for the hospital as well as to the main
hospital in the town and even help with special education that they might need.
That means that Vallentuna Lions Club have to ask our fellow-clubs for about
3,5 million crowns within the coming three years.
After several visits
to Novozybkov we feel that it is important for representatives from Novozybkov
to visit Vallentuna and Sweden to see how we work with this (without salary in
our spare time) and how the situation is here. We have therefore invited the
Major Ivan Nesterov, the chief-doctor Lidiya Vladimirovna Bavkunova and others
from Novozybkov to visit us March 29 – April 8. During their stay here they are
going to visit both Danderyds and Karolinska hospital. They will have lunch
with the major (kommunalrådet) of Vallentuna and visit the City Hall of
Stockholm, where they are invited to lunch. We will have a (vernissage) opening
exhibition of drawings from the art school of Novozybkov.
Saturday April 5th
from 17.00 we will give a big banquet at the Vallentuna Theatre where a lot of
Swedish artist like Kim Anderzon, Berith Bohm, Nina Lizell, Monica Dominique
and others will perform to collect money for transports of medical equipment
that we have in our store. We will serve a nice dinner during the concert and
afterwards there will be dance till midnight.
We who work with this
project would be very grateful if you Mr Ambassador and/or other
representatives for the embassy would
honour us with your presence at the banquet and maybe say some words
about friendship between our counties. It would help us a lot, since we among
our guest are going to welcome some very important and well-known persons for
the project. Swedish media will also be there.
Dear Mr Ambassador,
I would be very
grateful for your answer as soon as possible, since there is very short time
left. (The visit of the Novozybkov-delegation was originally planed to take
place in June.)
Please overlook my
English.
Sincerely yours!
Monica Antonsson
Project leader
The Lions Project
Children of Chernobyl / Novozybkov
Vallentuna Lions Club
Bällstavägen 55 B
186 50
Vallentuna
tel 08-511 74 771
fax 08-511 728 24
mobil 070-593 09 57
