Friends House Moscow – Supporting Quaker work in Russia

This is the English language website for Friends House Moscow. It’s about who we are, what we do, and the people and projects we support. More info here.

We also have a Russian language website with different content, which gives information about Quakers. You can find it here: www.quakers.ru/

Это веб-сайт английского языка для Дома друзей Москвы. Ре чь идет о том, кто мы, что мы делаем, о людях и проектах, которые мы поддерживаем. У нас также есть сайт на русском языке с различным содержанием, в котором содержится информация о квакерах. Вы можете найти это здесь: www.quakers.ru/

The long hard road to a career

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Disabled young adults in Dzerzhinsk are being helped to find a career. In October FHM Board members visited the project to find out how it is doing. (Reporting by Patricia Stewart.) The photo shows two young men who are in the project. The dark thin boy on the left (his name is Nikita) is autistic. […]

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Quakers United in Publishing: FHM at the 2018 conference

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Our Friend Natasha attended the 2018 conference of QUIP (Quakers Uniting in Publications). The theme of the conference was “Writing at the Edge: A look at the edges we encounter as writers and publishers“. It was held this year in the UK from 26 to 29 April at Glenthorne, the Quaker centre in the Lake […]

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Peace, alternatives to violence

In former Soviet Union countries, as everywhere else around the world, there is a...

Prisoners and justice

Quakers have a long history of working for the humane treatment of prisoners, and...

Mental health

Ever since William Tuke opened “The Retreat” in 1796, mental health has been a...

Orphans and disadvantaged kids

Orphans can have a hard time in Russia. Brought up in institutions, they often...

Refugees and homeless

By 2017 Russia had over 220,000 asylum seekers plus several millions of other migrants...

Supporting pacifists

Conscientious objection to military service was illegal in the Soviet Union. It was legalised...

Alternatives to Violence Project

AVP (Alternatives to Violence Project) gives practical training that helps people to deal with...

Schooling for refugee kids in Moscow

The “Kids are Kids” Integration Centre serves about 80 refugee and migrant children, who...

Educational support for orphans

The organisation ‘Big Change’ works in Moscow to support the educational needs of young...

Advice for conscientious objectors

An advice centre in Kazan called “For Our Sons” provides legal and other advice...

Keeping kids safe on the internet

Children and teenagers can be particularly vulnerable when they use the internet. Risks include...

Helping disabled young people find work

A new project in the city of Dzerzhinsk aims to help disabled young adults...

Information for conscientious objectors

Alternativshchik is a newsletter that provides information and support for conscientious objectors who wish...

Quaker outreach in the Russian language

Quaker outreach is not proselytising, but letting people know who we are and what...

Russian Language publications

Friends House Moscow has a library of publications about Quakers that we have translated...

Newsletter Winter 2018

Our counsellor friends in Tatarstan don’t just help conscientious objectors. They also advise serving...

Newsletter Summer 2018

For the last year or two we have been helping the Refugee School in...

Newsletter Winter 2017

Since 2010, military training has been required in Russian schools as part of OBZh,...