A new project in Estonia is for the purchase of Estonian-language books (plus some in Russian) and used computers, for refugee children who arrived from Ukraine. The aim is to help them learn the Estonian language and integrate with...
Equally Diverse (Одинаково разные) is an exciting project which began in 2020, in the Kaluga region southwest of Moscow. Here ten schools committed themselves to support over 700 foreign children so that they can learn in a safe and...
AVP (Alternatives to Violence Project) gives practical training that helps people to deal with potentially violent situations in new and creative ways. The method was originally developed by Quakers in the 1970s in the USA for use in prison...
The “Kids are Kids” Integration Centre serves about 80 refugee and migrant children, who have arrived from a variety of places including Africa and the Middle East. The Centre helps the children integrate into Russian life. It runs activities...
The organisation ‘Big Change’ works in Moscow to support the educational needs of young people who were or still are in care, either in foster homes or institutions. Institutionalised children receive almost no education, have no state support once...
An advice centre in the Kazan area called “For Our Sons” provides legal and other advice on alternative service for conscientious objectors. The centre also helps in cases where there is an illegal attempt to conscript people who are...
Alternativshchik is a service that provides information and support for conscientious objectors who wish to do “alternative service” instead of being conscripted into the Russian army. For some years, Alternativshchik was published as a newsletter several times a year,...
Quaker outreach is not proselytising, but letting people know who we are and what we believe in. FHM promotes outreach in the Russian-speaking world through publications, websites and social media. Our Russian language website, www.quakers.ru/, hosts an e-book library...