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Newsletter 73

September 2019

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September 2018

Newsletter 70

January 2018

thebearrtrust

UK NGO supporting grassroots charities focussed on health & social welfare in Eastern Europe, Central Asia & the Caucasus.
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We are delighted to announce that on Monday 27 Jun

We are delighted to announce that on Monday 27 June BEARR will be joined by trauma surgeon and author of 'War Doctor: Surgery on the Front Line', David Nott, to discuss his work providing emergency surgical care and training local doctors in Ukraine.

David will be in conversation with award-winning journalist and BEARR Patron, Bridget Kendall, to share his stories of working in crisis and catastrophe zones for over 25 years.

📅 The event will take place online at 18:30 BST on Monday 27 June via Zoom.

🔗 To register for the talk, please click the link in our bio.

🎟 We are kindly asking guests for suggested donations of £10 per person, £5 for students and jobseekers, or more if you are able. Free tickets are available for those unable to make a donation.

All proceeds from the event will be shared equally between BEARR’s Emergency Ukraine Appeal and the David Nott Foundation.

David and his team have just returned from their most recent trip Ukraine, and we are honoured to have him share his experience and expertise with BEARR’s supporters.

We hope to see you on Monday 27 June!
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12 weeks ago we launched our Emergency #UkraineApp

12 weeks ago we launched our Emergency #UkraineAppeal.

Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, BEARR has sent more than £170,000 to over thirty local organisations supporting vulnerable people in Ukraine and Moldova.

We have been stunned by your support of our campaign, and our partners on the ground regularly share their gratitude in their reports. As they enter their fourth month of war, we continue to support them in all their vital work.

Have a read of our latest Appeal update at the link in our bio.

📸 Images received from our partners in Ukraine and Moldova
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It's been a busy couple of months here at BEARR!

It's been a busy couple of months here at BEARR!

Alongside our Ukraine Appeal, we've been assessing applications for our Small Grant Scheme. This year we sought applications for two separate projects.

Project A invited proposals that aim to improve the social welfare and wellbeing of migrant workers and their families, while Project B asked former BEARR grantees to apply for funding in an effort to support the organisations' resilience.

Check out our preliminary review of the applications over on our website.

Sign up to our newsletter to stay updated on all our work at the link in our bio.

Wishing all our friends celebrating Orthodox Easter a restful, healthy and happy weekend ahead!

📸 An Easter art class held by BEARR’s partner in Moldova
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This week we received a number of reports from org

This week we received a number of reports from organisations granted funds from our #UkraineAppeal.

One of our partners in Moldova has set up a hostel: "We offer: a Friendly space – Hugs – Psychological support – Time to take a breath – Coffee, tea, food and bed for free – Clothes and humanitarian aid – Support with integration for those who stay – Support with transportation for evacuees."

Meanwhile, another organisation in Ukraine has set up a humanitarian aid centre from scratch. They tell us: "We continue to deliver Help packages! And I am extremely pleased that thanks to your help and support, the work of our humanitarian aid centre is showing a very good result. More and more people are contacting us! Thanks to the work of the Centre, we were able to attract more humanitarian aid!"

You can read more about what our partners in Ukraine and Moldova are telling us in our Website Stories. Link in bio 🔗

📸 Images received from our partner in Moldova providing art therapy to refugees and volunteers
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Dear Friends, Since the launch of our Ukraine Ap

Dear Friends,

Since the launch of our Ukraine Appeal, we have raised over £150,000 from over 780 donors. We are stunned by the response, and give our heartfelt thanks to all who have donated to, supported and shared our campaign.

Over 20 local organisations have received funds from our appeal, and they are acting quickly to provide food, shelter, clothing, medicine and transport for vulnerable people all around Ukraine and in Moldova.

You can read our latest update via the link in our bio, under BEARR Ukraine Appeal.

It has been almost a month now since we launched our emergency response, and we ask that you please continue to share our campaign: https://cafdonate.cafonline.org/19892

If you have any questions, please contact info@bearr.org.

We and our partners want to thank you all once again for your incredible generosity.

With warm wishes,
The BEARR Trust
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Two of our Trustees arrived in Moldova last Wednes

Two of our Trustees arrived in Moldova last Wednesday to support the relief effort and understand how civil society is responding to the flow of refugees crossing the border.

“The trickle of refugees coming through told us about the Ukrainian side where people wait in their cars for several hours before crossing”, they report. “There is a building for mothers and babies to wait in on the Ukrainian side and several churches and missionaries take hot food across each day to feed the queues.”

“Two weeks into this war, the atmosphere in Moldova seems very calm. Everything is well organised, shops are fully stocked (although there are mutterings about salt, soap and cereals disappearing) and everyone is going about their normal business.”

You can follow their journey at the link in our bio, listed under Ukraine and Moldova Updates, or by visiting https://bearr.org/stories/

Warm wishes,
The BEARR Trust
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