Our Information Officer and several trustees recently held a video call with the head of one of our partner organisations in Kharkiv, north-eastern Ukraine. This region has come under renewed and vicious attack in recent months and we were keen to find out how he and his colleagues were coping. On the day of our …

The war against Ukraine grinds on, and Ukrainians are tired, sad and worried, but as determined as ever to put everything they have into preserving their independence and freedom. With the support of its donors, The BEARR Trust has continued to send funds to the indefatigable voluntary groups helping people to survive physically and mentally. …

Providing support for victims of child trafficking and gender-based violence

This project was funded by the British Embassy in Kyiv in 2023-4 and aims to spread knowledge of various therapies and how they can help reduce stress among victims of war. It is now in its final stages, with participating community-based organisation reflecting on their experiences and considering how to follow up and to spread …

Winter has arrived in Ukraine. After a mild autumn, it has been snowing heavily! This is the latest weather report: “Heavy snowfall across the whole country prompted the closure of 14 highways while 16 of Ukraine’s 24 regions were experiencing power cuts. Especially harsh conditions were reported in the southern regions of Odesa and Mykolayiv, …

As we have already mentioned, The BEARR Trust is increasingly directing its efforts in Ukraine, funded by the appeal we launched in February 2022, into various kinds of therapeutic work by our Ukrainian partners. Many of them started this activity, including art and drama therapy, last year, and made a special effort for displaced and …

The League of Polish Women have been active in Moldova for a long time, and a BEARR grantee for many years. They are always thinking up new ways of supporting vulnerable people, and have organised a careers workshop for Ukrainian refugee teenagers. This is what the organisers said about the course:  “Thanks to financial support …

Ukrainian women – both inside Ukraine and beyond its borders – have played a crucial and remarkable role in sustaining their country’s well-being and morale, as well as that of their children, over the past year. We salute them, and share a collection of articles about the women of Ukraine at this difficult time: The …

In Ukraine many areas, including the capital Kyiv, other Ukrainian cities and recently liberated cities towns and villages (or “de-occupied” as Ukrainians term it) remain under bombardment. “De-occupied” seems a better term, as liberation sounds very positive, whereas the reality is that places like Kherson and Kharkiv are still under constant fire, as are cities …

On 23 November, Russia launched the fifth massive attack on Ukraine’s critical infrastructure nationwide, causing widespread blackouts in Kyiv and other cities. Moldova also suffered power outages as a consequence. Scheduled and emergency blackouts have been imposed all over Ukraine, to balance the network, but the overall shortfall of electricity is at least 30%. Millions of people spend many …