BEARR News
The BEARR Trust Annual Conference 2024
The BEARR Trust Annual Conference took place on Friday 29 November 2024. The theme this year was: “Civil society innovation in health and social welfare at times of crisis in the BEARR Trust region”. The Annual Conference focused on the strategies which local organisations have developed to meet the challenges they face and how they view …
BEARR Newsletter August 2024
Through BEARR support our partners purchased a number of second-hand bicycles to help important community workers get around some of the villages in Kharkiv region. Photo by Valentina Petrova August 2024 Dear friends and colleagues, In this issue of our newsletter, we bring you the latest updates from our Ukraine Appeal which continues amid the recent tragic attack on a …
BEARR’s 2024 Annual Lecture “Ukraine — What Next?”
The BEARR Trust held its 2024 Annual Lecture, kindly hosted by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) at their headquarters in Canary Wharf (5 Bank St, London E14 4BG) on Wednesday 23 October 2024. The lecture titled “Ukraine — What Next?” was given by Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman. The Q&A session was moderated …
Freelance part-time job opportunity for translator and website assistant
Deadline for applications 15 September 2024 The BEARR Trust is looking for a UK-based bilingual Russian/Ukrainian translator with excellent English, to work on a part-time and freelance basis on the tasks described below. The BEARR Trust is a small British charity supporting vulnerable groups in Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus and Central Asia, and has …
Book Review: I Love Russia: Reporting from a Lost Country, and Take My Grief Away: Voices from the War in Ukraine
To title a book I Love Russia, in these times, is provocative. It invites questions, including: What is ‘Russia’? Or, if that is too complicated, which aspects of Russia does the author love, and why? Although The BEARR Trust currently has little contact with Russia, and is unable to work there, such questions remain pertinent, …
Project Report: How Best to Support Children with Disabilities?
SGS 2023 Grantee: Taldykorgan Regional Women’s Support Center, Shymkent, Kazakhstan. Project: Assessment of funding and services for children with disabilities and their accessibility. Here is their report: “Research – Assessment of Needs for the Allocation and Use of Budget Funds for Children with Disabilities” was carried out by the NGO Taldykorgan during the period February-July 2024. …
Project Report: Cross-border assistance to migrant workers and their families
SGS 2023 Grantee: “Korgan-M”, Shymkent, Kazakhstan, in partnership with “Sogdiana”, Uzbekistan, Navoi region, Uchkuduk city. Project: Cross-border support and consultations for migrant workers and their families on the right to work and receive medical, social, legal and other assistance in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Here is their report: The project was implemented from September 2023 to February …
BEARR Newsletter June 2024
Children living with autism, evacuated from a war zone, introduce themselves with instruments provided for music therapy through BEARR support June 2024 Dear friends and colleagues, In this edition of our newsletter, we bring you the latest news and stories from the BEARR community. We continue to raise funds for our Ukraine Appeal and share good news …
Project Report: Two mountain passes, seven hours in the car; a shared mission but separated by distance
SGS 2023 Grantee: “Gulrukhsor”, Khujand, with “Ghamkhori”, Bokhtar, Tajikistan Project: To amplify the voices of women suffering from domestic violence and build NGO capacity Here is their report: In Tajikistan there are two grassroots organisations that are the leaders in providing services to women victims of domestic violence. One is Women’s Center “Gulrukhsor” (blossoming face), based …
