Category: Bulletin
BEARR Newsletter August 2023
BEARR’s partner in Kharkiv delivering chicks to villagers in order to provide them with a long-lasting and self-sufficient source of food 15 August 2023 Dear friends and colleagues, We hope this finds you safe and well. In this summer edition of our newsletter, we bring you the latest updates from our Emergency Appeal for Ukraine and Moldova, as well as …
Freelance part-time job opportunity for Russian-Ukrainian-English translator and website assistant
The BEARR Trust is looking for a UK-based bilingual Russian/Ukrainian translator with excellent English, to work on a part-time and freelance basis on the tasks described below. The deadline for applications has now passed. Applicants will be contacted soon. The BEARR Trust is a small British charity supporting vulnerable groups in Eastern Europe, the South …
BEARR Newsletter April 2023
Dear friends and colleagues, In this edition of BEARR’s newsletter, we bring you an update on our Emergency Appeal for Ukraine and Moldova, including news of a successful bid to the British Embassy Kyiv’s Small Projects Fund in Ukraine. And in case you missed our 30th Anniversary Lecture last month, you can now find a recording …
Small Grants Scheme 2023: Preliminary Results
In contrast to previous years, for 2023 BEARR did not set a specific theme for its Small Grants Scheme. Instead, in line with our long-term mission to foster cooperation at the grassroots level of civil society, we asked for joint projects between two or more CSOs to support vulnerable people in any area of health and social welfare. …
“Welfare in Russia and Eurasia in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic” by Dr. Charlie Walker
Contributing to a special issue of Europe-Asia Studies dedicated to different marginalised groups in Eastern Europe and Eurasia, and drawing on the results of our 2020 CSO Survey, BEARR Trustee Dr. Charlie Walker explores the impact of COVID-19 on these groups, as well as the measures to protect them. Read the full article here.
Project report: Legal Analysis and Research Public Union, Azerbaijan
Grantee: Legal Analysis and Research Public Union, Azerbaijan Project: Pro-bono legal support to migrant workers We collaborated closely with the CSO “Eurasian Migration Initiatives Platform”. Their experts and members were actively involved in the promotion of migrants’ labour rights among the local offices of the organisation through the pamphlets they published. The Chairman of the CSO, …
Project report: MIR, Tajikistan
Grantee: Public Organization “MIR – Office for Initiatives Development”, Tajikistan Project: “Financial literacy: the key to the economic well-being of families of labour migrants” Labour migration is of great importance to the economy of Tajikistan and to maintaining the well-being of the population. The economic crisis in the world and the resulting contraction of the Russian …
Project report: Dialogue, Trust, Rights, Kyrgyzstan
Grantee: Dialogue, Trust, Rights, KyrgyzstanProject: “Love and Care for Every Child” – Training for teachers to provide psychological support for children whose families are affected by migration “Love and Care for Every Child” Batken is one of the leading regions in Kyrgyzstan in terms of the number of outgoing labour migrants. Clearly, one of the …
BEARR Newsletter: February 2023
Dear friends and colleagues, We hope this finds you safe and well. At The BEARR Trust we are, like everyone, appalled and saddened at the loss of life, injury and destruction of homes in Türkiye and Syria as a result of the earthquakes. Our thoughts are with the many thousands of displaced people, the families …
Civil society and the fight against migrant rights violations in Russia: a review of Michael Borodin’s Convenience Store (2022)
“The work of such organisations [Alternativa and Civic Assistance Committee] is simply essential. In most cases, they are the only ones who can help.” – Michael Borodin, dir. Convenience Store (2022)[1] Still from Convenience Store. Source: https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/1311130/stills/ In November 2016, Fatima Musabaeva and Aliya Musabaeva, two sisters from Kazakhstan, and Gulzhanar Nazanova and Bakiya Kasimova …
