Category: BEARR News
April 2020 Newsletter
Welcome to our April newsletter. All of us at The BEARR Trust send our best wishes to all partners and supporters in these difficult times. Under COVID-19 restrictions, our work is more vital than ever. We at BEARR are trying to carry on normally as far as possible. Self-isolation is aggravating existing problems of …
COVID-19: a UK NGO’s experiences in Tajikistan. Analysis of the situation from our UK NGO partner Healthprom
9 April 2020 Jonathan Watkins UK project manager for Tajikistan, HealthProm In Tajikistan HealthProm works with public organisations, UNICEF and the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population to support families to care for their children so they don’t abandon them in a children’s home. Together, we have set up family support services next …
Small Grants Scheme 2020 – Situation report
The 2020 Small Grants Scheme was open to civil society organisations (CSOs) including non-government organisations (NGOs), voluntary associations and other non-profit organisations working in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The deadline for applications was 1 February. Projects must be aimed at strengthening the position of women in rural communities and mustaddress …
BEARR welcomes new volunteers
New volunteers April 2020 George Leech George took degrees in History (Leicester) and International Relations (Sweden). Since graduating, he has worked to support civil society and human rights in Eastern Europe and Central Asia at the OSCE, International Crisis Group, and Human Rights Watch in Moscow. He is currently based in Prague. You can follow …
COVID-19: NGO reports
April 2020 We asked some of our partner NGOs working on domestic violence issues how they were coping with COVID-19 restrictions and how it affected their work. Sezim Crisis Center, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Sezim acts to prevent domestic violence and support victims. It runs a New Beginnings Club for women of 55+ Meerim Kadyrkulova reports: In …
February 2020 Newsletter
Welcome to the first edition of BEARR’s new-style Newsletter. This will come out every two months and contain all the material that previously went into the 6-monthly Newsletter and monthly Bulletin. Below, Chairman Nicola Ramsden explains the changes. This issue focuses on domestic violence, with:- A report on November’s conference on ‘Violence against Women and Girls in Eastern …
The BEARR Trust Annual Lecture 2020 – “Europe’s Eastern Partnership/Russia’s ‘Near Abroad’ – living with powerful neighbours” on 22 September at the EBRD
The BEARR Trust Annual Lecture 2020 will be on 22 September at 6pm at the EBRD, 1 Exchange Square, London EC2A 2JN Tom de Waal will speak about “Europe’s Eastern Partnership*/Russia’s ‘Near Abroad’ – living with powerful neighbours“ * The Eastern Partnership (EaP) is a joint initiative involving the EU, its Member States and six Eastern European Partners: …
Welcome to our new website!
We are very excited to launch our brand new website! Please bear with us as we migrate historical content over to our new platform and turn on the Russian language website. Over time as our new site evolves, we hope to develop it into an increasingly useful and user-friendly resource for all our visitors.
BEARR is changing the way that we communicate with you
Providing interesting and up to date information about health and welfare developments in Eastern Europe and Central Asia is a fundamental part of BEARR’s services. The trustees have been working over the past two years on ways to improve our communications, making the best use of BEARR’s modest resources. We have already widened our reach …
BEARR News – about our patrons and volunteers
Farewell to… Sir Jonathan Miller The Trust notes with sadness the death in November 2019 of Sir Jonathan Miller CBE, international cultural icon but also a long-standing Patron of The BEARR Trust. Deborah Manley Deborah was a founding member of the BEARR Trust, and a strong supporter of our work as a Friend up until …