Author: Valdone Sniukaite
New BEARR Special Adviser Armorer Wason
Armorer Wason has kindly agreed to join BEARR as a Special Adviser. Armorer spent the latter years of the 20th century researching and producing documentaries in the former communist countries for British television, and running journalism initiatives in Mongolia and Central Asia for BBC World Service Trust. With an increasing interest in ensuring a voice …
Rethinking resilience: men and conflict trauma in Ukraine
BEARR representatives attended an event at King’s College London, 20 February 2024, on work funded by FCDO through the XCEPT programme (Cross-Border Evidence, Policy and Trends). Here they share some of the main points. Moderated by Lt Gen Dr Martin Bricknell, ex-Surgeon-General of the UK Armed Forces and current Professor in Conflict, Health and Military …
New BEARR Trustee Clare Brooks
BEARR is delighted to welcome a new Trustee, Clare Brooks. Clare has worked with grant-making trusts and foundations for over thirty years, in the UK, Central and Eastern Europe and Australia. Her introduction to civil society organisations (CSO’s) began in 1991 when she lived in Prague, and joined one of Czechoslovakia’s first foundations, the Civic …
Investiture of Megan Bick and Daryl-Ann Hardman
Two people who have played a formative role in the history of The BEARR Trust were awarded an MBE in the King’s first Birthday Honours List: Megan Bick (left) is a current trustee and former director of The BEARR Trust. Daryl-Ann Hardman (right) is a former director and trustee. Both have been involved in a …
Innovation in a difficult environment: 24 years of Friends of the Belarusian Children’s Hospice (UK)
Daryl-Ann Hardman MBE Founding trustee and chairwoman, Friends of BCH Why Belarus? Why children’s palliative care? These were the most often asked questions during my twenty four years of NGO activity in Belarus. As a Russian interpreter during the Perestroika era, I was inundated with work. I saw myself as a bridge helping people cross …
Project report: Help for rural migrants in Tajikistan
SGS 2023 Grantee: Development and support of innovations “Almaz”, Nurek, Tajikistan, with partner CSOs Zanoni Komeb (Women of Komeb), and Садои Кухсор (Sound of Kukhsor). Project: Information centres for rural migrants and their families affected by the war in Ukraine Here is their report: In three regions of Tajikistan – Nurek, Khovalinga and Rogun – meetings …
Ukraine Appeal fundraising under the EBRD Community Initiative
The BEARR Trust is delighted to announce that it has joined staff of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in a fundraising effort under the Bank’s Community Initiative. The Community Initiative matches funds raised by EBRD staff in support of local charities and philanthropic activities in the countries where the Bank invests. The …
BEARR Newsletter February 2024
A pottery workshop in north-eastern Ukraine funded by BEARR February 2024 Dear friends and colleagues, As the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine approaches, we are relaunching our Ukraine Appeal and, to kickstart our efforts, we are hosting an online lecture titled ‘Loss, Defiance, and the Fight for Justice’ by Olesya Khromeychuk on 4 March. Join us in making a …
Relaunching our Ukraine Appeal with an online lecture on 4 March
As the world looks back on two years since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, The BEARR Trust marks the second anniversary of our Emergency Appeal for Ukraine which we launched on 27 February 2022. We are enormously grateful to all who have donated to it, as are those who have received the …
