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| What | Many students who have just arrived from Ukraine struggle to afford studying at the University of Bern. Students with protection status S receive support to cover their basic needs. Yet the costs associated with attending classes, such as laptops, public transport, registration and tuition fees, are not covered. The University of Bern has set up a fund to support refugee students (not only from Ukraine). Please donate to help remove financial hurdles for students who fled from war and contribute to their access to university education. Only private donations (no public funds or third party funding) can be accepted. To donate, please write a brief message stating the amount (Spendenbrief). If you have any questions about the use of the fund, please get in touch with Ann-Seline Fankhauser. If you wish, the university will issue a donation receipt. |
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| Where | Website Compass UniBE |
| What | The Department of Education and Culture of the Canton of Bern is urgently looking for teachers and teaching assistants to support schools with teaching children who have fled the war in Ukraine. If you would like to help, please fill out the form (in German, French and Ukrainian) on this website. |
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| Where | Website (in German) |
| What | Ukraine-Hilfe Bern supports refugees with settling into their new lives by trying to give them a certain amount of normalcy. Their activities are coordinated with the crisis management teams of the canton of Bern, the city of Bern, the Ukrainian community, and different aid organisations. Ukraine-Hilfe Bern is looking for volunteers to set up their activities and network with other initiatives. The website is an information platform for offers of help, which is constantly updated. |
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| Where | Website ukraine-hilfe-bern.ch |
| What | The canton of Bern has launched a website to record and coordinate aid to people from Ukraine in the canton of Bern. With this form, you can register, for example, if you would like to provide accommodation or volunteer with your language skills. Please only record offers to volunteer in the canton of Bern. |
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| Where | Website Ukraine Aid Coordination |
| What | “Imagine. Ukraine in Bern” is a Facebook-Group for people from Ukraine and Bern, who need help and those who offer support. The network aims to connect people with questions and different kinds of knowledge and skills. |
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| Contact | imagine.ukrainebern@gmail.com |
| Where | Facebook-Group |
| What | The Student Union of the University of Bern (SUB) has set up a mentoring program where students at the University of Bern can register for a "buddy system" to look after Ukrainian exchange students. Having a buddy helps exchange students a lot with settling into university life in Bern. |
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| Where | Register as a mentor here. |
| What | Dr Johannes Klein, a lecturer at the Faculty of Theology of the University of Bern, is raising funds for refugees at the Ukrainian border to Romania. Johannes has been an evangelical pastor in Făgăraș since 1996. Făgăraș lies 250 kilometres south of the Ukrainian border and has felt the effects of the war. Together with his congregation in Făgăraș, Johannes offers refugees – predominantly women and children – food and shelter. They meet the refugees at the border points, offer them a place to stay and help them to plan their onward journey, for instance to places of accommodation in Germany. To be able to do this work, Johannes is raising money for petrol and food. The evangelical community in Făgăraș is grateful for small or large donations: |
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| Where | Biserica Evanghelica C.A. Fagaras |
Support Ukraine Now: Consolidated list of relief actions |
| The World Trade Institute prepared an overview of donation opportunities. | |
Swiss Solidarity: Appeal for donations and search for volunteers |
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Red Cross Ukraine: On-site financial support |
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Red Cross Ukraine: On-site financial support |
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Libereco: Immediate humanitarian aid for Ukraine |
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Helvetas: Emergency financial aid for Ukraine |
Are you a member of the University of Bern and are coordinating a relief action? Please get in touch through this e-mail address to publish your efforts here. kommunikation@unibe.ch