Category: Newsletter
Project report: Combatting child trafficking and gender-based violence in Kyrgyzstan
SGS 2023 Grantee: Oasis Foundation, Kyrgyzstan. Project: Support for victims of child trafficking and gender-based violence. Here is their report: Research by UNODC and Oasis shows that social orphans, children left without parental care, are the most vulnerable to becoming victims of trafficking. UNICEF states that 277,000 children in Kyrgyzstan live without parental care. Some experts …
Project report: Together we are a force!
SGS 2023 Grantee: Rushdi Inclusia, with Zanoni komyob, Rogun district, Tajikistan. Project: To inform and support the marginalised population in Rogun. From August 2023 “Rushdi (develop) Inclusia”, a public organisation for parents of children with disabilities and specialists, in collaboration with the public organisation “Zanoni komyob” (successful women) in Rogun district, have implemented the project “Together …
BEARR Newsletter October 2023
Bonfire at the workshop in the Carpathians 21 October 2023 Dear friends and colleagues, In this autumn edition of our newsletter, we share with you a report from BEARR Trustee Megan Bick on our project “From Group Therapy to Community Cohesion”. We are also delighted to announce the theme of next year’s Small Grants Scheme, as …
From Group Therapy to Community Cohesion: a workshop in the Carpathians
In July 2023, BEARR launched a new programme in Ukraine – “From Group Therapy to Community Cohesion”, funded by the British Government through the British Embassy in Kyiv. For details, click here. In October, after initial online contact, members of the various partner organisations taking part in the programme gathered together for a workshop held in …
Project Report from TAUR, Moldova
Grantee: Society of People with Disabilities TAUR, Moldova Project: Community engagement for volunteers and people with disabilities Our project aimed to increase motivation in our staff and beneficiaries, to make them feel part of a cohesive community which shares ideas and has joint plans. This was one of the beneficiaries’ wishes, and complemented the administration’s objectives: to …
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 …
Supporting the humanitarian front in Ukraine
Podcast of interview with BEARR Chairman, Nicola Ramsden, at a conference at the Centre for Eastern European and Eurasian Studies, University of Southampton, on 10 July 2023 To listen, click here.
Project Report from Oasis, Kyrgyzstan
Helping care leavers to embark on their new life Grantee: Public Charitable Foundation OASIS, Kyrgyzstan Project: Care Leavers Support In 2022, more than 10,700 vulnerable children lived in 130 children’s residential institutions in Kyrgyzstan. Depending on the type of institution, young people are required to leave between the ages of 14 and 17, and their departure from …
Demining Ukraine: the challenges of making land safe in an ongoing war
Article provided by August 2023 As the war in Ukraine continues unabated, there is one issue which dominates the global headlines: landmines. Before Putin’s troops invaded on 24th February 2022, it was generally accepted that the landmine was becoming a welcome relic of the twentieth century. The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention is regarded as one of the …
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 …
