When Vanya Came Home

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Alabama’s “Children of Chernobyl” program is a story that’s still unfolding. The Lee family, of Pelham, took in nine year old “Vanya” from the nation of Belarus in the year 2000. “Children of Chernobyl” was created to bring kids living in the shadow of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster to Alabama for medical treatment and a chance to escape the contamination. What the Lee family didn’t know was the effect Vanya’s visit would have on them twenty years later.

EPISODE 4

When Vanya Came Home

The story of Ivan Kovaliou and the Lee Family of Pelham, Alabama is still unfolding. The “children of Chernobyl” program may also lead to political change in Belarus. In Part 4 of “When Vanya Came Home,” Ivan, also known as “Vanya,” returned home to Belarus after staying with the Lee’s for forty days in the year 2000 as part of the “children of Chernobyl” program. After that, all sides lost touch. That changed eight years later with an odd note on Facebook Messenger just before Christmas. The conclusion of “When Vanya Came Home” focuses on how the “children of Chernobyl” program changed the Lee family, how it changed Ivan’s life, and how it may influence the future of Belarus.

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Alabama’s “Children of Chernobyl” program is a story that’s still unfolding. The Lee family, of Pelham, took in nine year old “Vanya” from the nation of Belarus in the year 2000. “Children of Chernobyl” was created to bring kids living in the shadow of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster to Alabama for medical treatment and a chance to escape the contamination. What the Lee family didn’t know was the effect Vanya’s visit would have on them twenty years later.

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