Stories
War in winter and how our funds help people survive
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 …
Winter comes to Ukraine
It has already been below freezing at night in eastern Ukraine. The same is expected this week in Kyiv, and there is likely to be snow soon too. Because of deliberate destruction of electric power infrastructure by Russia 40% of the population of Ukraine are experiencing rolling blackouts, with Kyiv city and region among the …
War continues, winter approaches, BEARR’s partners keep working
The vicious attacks on Ukraine and its civilians and civilian infrastructure are into their eighth month, and tens of thousands of homes in cities, towns and villages lie in ruins. Countless lives have been lost or devastated and many people, both sheltering abroad and still in Ukraine, wonder what winter will bring, and how they …
How we use the funds donated to our Ukraine appeal
In our mail updates and website stories we have given examples of the kind of support we have funded from the donations to our appeal. We are still receiving donations and sending funds to partner organisations in Ukraine and Moldova. Most of our partner organisations are civil society organisations (CSOs – or NGOs) who had …
Our wonderful donors
Hitherto we have mostly written stories about the people who have been helped by the generous donations to our Ukraine Appeal. Now we want to tell you about some of our very many donors. We have received donations from many hundreds of kind and generous people, many of them new to the BEARR Trust, who …
BEARR’s support continues even in regions where fighting is intense
Our untiring partners in Ukraine and Moldova continue to help people in need, new evacuees and refugees trying to create a semblance of normal life in new places. News reports in recent weeks have spoken of almost a million refugees returning to Ukraine, especially to Kyiv, but the Ukrainian government has warned them that there …
BEARR continues to provide support to people affected by war in Ukraine
Partners of the BEARR Trust continue to use funds donated to our appeal to help people in Ukraine and Moldova suffering as a result of the war. Nearly 5 million people have fled from Ukraine and about 7 million are internally displaced (UN figures). Many have experienced injury, trauma, loss of loved ones and have …
BEARR’s partners in Ukraine and Moldova – old and new
When the BEARR Trust launched its appeal in late February, just days after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it contacted civil society partners (CSOs) in Ukraine and Moldova that had received grants from BEARR in recent years to ask whether they were involved in humanitarian relief. Those that responded in the affirmative were offered funds, …
Help reaches evacuees from bombed and shelled cities and villages
More funds from the BEARR Trust appeal are reaching places where Ukrainians are seeking safety from bombed and shelled towns and villages. The partners who distribute aid and provide support tell us that such people are, not surprisingly, traumatised, tired and often sick. The funds buy medicines, food, hygiene products, nappies and other necessities for …
