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Project Report: School for Survival
SGS 2023 Grantee: Parastor, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, with partners Project: Skills and business training for vulnerable women and girls The public organisation Parastor from Tajikistan implemented the project “School for Survival” from July 2023.The Traditional Community Based Organisation (TCBO) Makhalla, which brings together several families or communities on a territorial basis, is considered to be a local governing structure …
Щорічна конференція BEARR 2023 – Iнформація про учасників сесії
Імʼя учасника панелі Наталія Шмурикова Назва організації Громадська організація «Центр Стратегічних Ініціатив» Місцезнаходження організації Хмельницький, Україна Дата створення організації 18.12.2002 Розмір організації (кількість працівників та волонтерів) До 10 людей (2 постійні працівники) Бенефеціари роботи організації Зараз – внутрішньо переміщені особи у Хмельницькій області, волонтери, родини учасників бойових дій. Яку гуманітарну допомогу надає ваша організація? Ми …
Осіння лекція BEARR Trust 2023: «Війна в Україні та ментальне здоров’я: довгострокові наслідки
BEARR Trust з радістю повідомляє, що професор Роберт ван Ворен прочитає нашу осінню лекцію онлайн через Zoom 13 вересня 2023 року о 18:30 за британським часом. Темою його онлайн-лекції буде: «Війна в Україні та ментальне здоров’я: довгострокові наслідки» – тема надзвичайно важлива зараз, на яку цього року спрямовані гранти BEARR Trust. Оскільки лекція буде проведена …
Think tank publishes recommendations on gender equality and women’s empowerment in the post-Soviet space
The Baku-based think tank, the Center for Economic and Social Development, researched aspects such as women’s participation in the labour force, economic empowerment, entrepreneurial activities, distribution in economic fields, and roles in society across 11 post-Soviet countries. The analysis suggested that more economic growth meant more female labour force in the economy. The common challenges …
The BEARR Trust Emergency Appeal for Ukraine and Moldova
Since February 2022 The BEARR Trust has been raising funds to help small civil society organisations and voluntary groups to support displaced people, refugees and other vulnerable people in Ukraine and Moldova. Below you can read about our appeal and how it has progressed since Russia launched its all-out invasion of Ukraine on 24 February …
Moldova against COVID-19: solitary or solidary?
By Petru Negura, 18 June 2020 See here for the original article on IOS Ostblog Spezial. The COVID-19 pandemic revealed, as in a drop of water, a series of weaknesses but also unsuspected strengths of the Moldovan state and society. At a population of fewer than 3 million inhabitants (and 3.5 million with Transnistria), Moldova …
The Impact of COVID-19 on rural communities in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
7 August 2020 A report by Nathan Dampier, BEARR Trust volunteer COVID-19 Statistics in the EECA region as of 15:43 GMT – 04/08/20 (in parentheses – comparison to 12/06/20) EASTERN EUROPE Confirmed Cases Confirmed Recoveries Confirmed Deaths Cases per 1M pop Deaths per 1M pop Tests per 1M pop BELARUS 68,250(+15,730) 61,163(+35,403) 574(+276) 7,223 61 …
From Tuberculosis to COVID-19 in Russia’s Prisons
15.7.2020 BY OLGA ZEVELEVA A blog: https://blogs.helsinki.fi/gulagechoes/2020/07/15/lessons-of-the-recent-past-from-tuberculosis-to-covid-19-in-russias-prisons/ Lessons of the Recent Past: From Tuberculosis to COVID-19 in Russia’s Prisons BY JUDITH PALLOT, PI “GULAGECHOES” The Russian prison system is no stranger to epidemics. Faced with COVID-19, Russia has had a wealth of experience to draw upon. In this blog, and following on from the history of the …
June 2020 Newsletter
COVID-19 is still sadly dominating all our activities. At BEARR we are trying to do as much as we can working from home, and hope you find our information, publications and other services a useful resource at this time. In this issue we have two articles on aspects of COVID-19 in EECA:Our BEARR Volunteer, Nathan …
COVID-19 in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Caucasus – an overview
A report by Nathan Dampier, BEARR Trust volunteer As the coronavirus pandemic spreads into BEARR’s region of focus, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Caucasus, governments have taken a range of measures to try to reduce the catastrophic impact across society of COVID-19. In this article I attempt to bring you an overview of these …
