SGS 2024 Grantee: Oasis Foundation, Kyrgyzstan Project: Training and Resource Centres for social workers The project has helped create a platform for social workers and psychologists who have not only gone through training to identify victims of violence, but are also willing to work together. A total of 60 social workers and psychologists have been trained …

SGS 2024 Grantee: The Leader, Kremenchuk, Ukraine Project: Bridges of Cooperation: Unity of people and dreams When the war came closer to the city of Kostyantinivka in Donetsk region in the summer of 2024, Natalia, 43, had no choice but to flee. She packed a few belongings, took her 14-year-old daughter Svitlana by the hand, and …

SGS 2024 Grantee: Voznesensk Community Foundation in partnership with the Agency for Economic Development (AED), Ukraine Project: New Agrarians: self-employment of IDPs through agricultural production Despite its modest budget, this initiative, supported by the BEARR Trust’s Small Grants Scheme, demonstrated impressive results and proved that quality seeds and knowledge can be powerful tools to support people facing …

SGS 2024 Grantee: Ukrainian Sisters Are Kidfriendly, Odesa, Ukraine Project: Joint Adaptation of Mothers and Children In 2024–2025, with support from The BEARR Trust, our foundation implemented this project for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Odesa. What began as a simple goal—to help women and children feel more supported in a new city—quickly evolved into something …

SGS 2024 Grantee: Country of Goodwill and Human Rights Bureau ‘We are’, Berezan, Kyiv region, Ukraine Project: Recovery and Resilience: Strengthening the cohesion of vulnerable groups, their potential and resilience in the context of the ongoing war A Solution That Offers Grounding: How Mutual Support Communities Became Safe Spaces for Women During Wartime Ukraine remains under …

SGS 2024 Grantee: Association Imedi, Zugdidi, Georgia Project: Engagement of Displaced People for Change In a modest office in Zugdidi, the team behind the project has been quietly leading a transformation. With support from The BEARR Trust and its Small Grants Scheme, and fueled by determination and a deep sense of duty, the local NGO Association …

SGS 2024 Grantee: Association of Community Initiatives Support “ASSA”, Kharkiv, Ukraine Project: New Kharkiv residents. Integration through creativity The city of Kharkiv is located 30 kilometres from the Russian border. Almost every day its residents experience shelling. Despite this, the city is home to approximately 1.2 million residents, and internally displaced persons from settlements in the …

SGS 2024 Grantee: Contribution to Women and Children, operating in the Tavush region of Armenia Project: Economic Stability and the Integration of Displaced Young People and Women from Nagorno-Karabakh through Arts and Crafts The project was implemented between October 2024 and January 2025. The beneficiaries were 10 women forcibly displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh and 10 socially-vulnerable local …

SGS 2024 Grantee: Educational Assistance Project: “A world of silence during the war in Ukraine”. About 30,600 people with hearing impairments live in Ukraine, including children, adults and old people, as well as internally displaced persons with hearing impairments. In terms of their integration into society, people with hearing impairments are the most difficult category of …

SGS 2024 Strand B Grantee: Two CSOs in Ukraine Project: Training and Resilience Programme “Volunteering Academy 2024”. The CSOs implemented their training and resilience programme “Volunteering Academy 2024” under Strand B of the BEARR Trust’s Small Grants Scheme. 30 employees and volunteers took 10 in-person classes lasting 6 hours with highly professional teachers and practitioners and …