Ridgefield student will help Chornobyl orphans

Tatiana Palylyk, a long time Ridgefield residents and a 2008 graduate of Ridgefield High School, will be going on a mission trip to Ukraine in June, sponsored by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. and the Children of Chornobyl Relief and Development Fund.

“I will be visiting two orphanages that were adopted by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A. — they are in the cities of Puhachiv and Znamianka,” Ms. Palylyk said.

“The children that live at these orphanages are living with the after effects of the Chornobyl Nuclear Accident of 1986.