Fundraisers, info and solidarity events.

 Berln. Germany. 28.04.2019.

Today we were contacted by a band who’s members have been supporting the work of BAB for many years. At their last concert the money raised from selling band merchandise is being donated to help BAB help others. These small acts of solidarity is what we are all about. Thankyou so much to Tungsten Tips. https://tungstentips.bandcamp.com/?fbclid=IwAR18YHIE-2KeO5X6wJZmYEsbIDgu7vVQnNKKkk5Nm5WrFWiz9dvvqAOa5l4

Berlin. Germany. 25th April. Meeting/conferance which BAB will be attending.

Here is a text from the organizors.

People are still making their way to Central Europe via the Balkans route in their search for safety and refuge. Yet with currently little media attention on the region, few people are aware of this refugee route.

Over the last few years many volunteers have nonetheless supported migrants and refugees in the region, with many Berliners among them. At least three Berlin-based groups were active in Bosnia and Herzegovina last winter alone.

We – a group of former volunteers – would like to invite all those in Berlin and surroundings who too were involved in the Balkans response to meet and exchange ideas and experiences. We’re hoping to create networks within the volunteer community here in Berlin, and perhaps come up with ways of raising public awareness of the situation along the Balkans route.

For our first meeting we are getting together at the ‘Remise’ of housing coop Wilma 19 in Lichtenberg. Please bring along anyone in your networks who might be interested too.

If you’re interested in getting involved but can’t make it on the day, get in touch with magdalena.hartung@googlemail.com and we’ll send you our notes from the meeting and all further info.

We look forward to seeing you! https://www.facebook.com/events/320766048634726/

Olpa, Germany (April 2019).

We wish to thank the students and their helpers from Olpa in Germany for their financial donation. They came up with an really interesting way to raise funds. In January they collected all the used Christmas trees and everyone gave a donation for this service. Then this Easter all the trees will be burnt in a massive fire and people came together to celebrate, knowing this big fire would help BABs future projects in BiH.

Bristol UK (February 2019).

Massive shout out to the people in Bristol, UK for their support. Big up to the musicians , organizers and everyone who came along. https://www.facebook.com/events/580055495789480/

Thankyou to Social Monkeys (25.02.2019)

We would like to thank the Social Monkeys NGO for their support of our work. The most amazing thing for BAB about this collective is it came out of the womens exchange project we created with help from others in 2018.

https://bridgesacrossborders.net/exchange-for-women-interested-in-art-and-activism/

Some of these women came together from Germany and Bosnia Herzegovina independently of BAB together with other artists from around the world to create an art exhibition and events to support our work and also highlight what is happening in BiH.

https://www.facebook.com/Social.Monkeys.DEUBIH/

Soli/info event at C.S.O.A. Forte Prenestino.

Our next event is in Rome on the 07.11.2018. It is going to be a very special event. You can read about it below in Italian. We were especially want to thank one BAB volunteer for organizing this soli/info event. We also want to thank the friends, helpers, musicians and artists coming together for this event. We also want to thank C.S.O.A. Forte Prenestino for hosting this event. This is a true act of solidarity. It is going to be an amazing evening.

Una serata in solidarieta e benefit per l’associazione Bridges Across Borders.

Bridges Across Borders. lavora con i migranti che scappano dalla guerra(per lo piu siriani) ed utilizzano la rotta balcanica per arrivare in Europa, è completamente orizzontale e non usa per scelta i fondi europei di cui molte ong si avvalgono. C è un folto gruppo di volontari internazionali che sostengono a proprie spese sia il viaggio che il vitto e allogio in Bosnia. Il benefit non è per i volontari ma per le necessita che l associazione si trova ad affrontare sul territorio bosniaco, quindi spese relative ai beni di prima e seconda necessita di cui i migranti hanno bisogno( dai vestiti ai tampax per le donne o ad altre necessita dei bambini, insomma un po tutto)

Il sito di riferimento dell associazione è https://bridgesacrossborders.net/

Inoltre l associazione si occupa di fare del coordinamento tra piccole ong locali ed altre ong internazionali lavorando sia sui confini che nei campi destinati ai rifugiati che nelle citta.

L inverno in Bosnia è molto duro e le temperature arrivano a toccare i -20 gradi, inutile dire che i migranti sono totalmente impreparati su tutto soprattutto a queste temparature
Durante tutto l arco della serata verra allestito un Punto di Raccolta di vestiti pesanti :
scarpe, guanti, sciarpe, giacconi, coperte sacchi a pelo e quanto possa essere utile in zone fredde.

Si parte dalle ore 20, in taverna, cena benefit.
Dopo cena al PUB12, chiacchierata e momento di confronto con Mark ( coordinatore del progetto BridgesAcrossBorders) sulla situzione bosniaca e sul lavoro sul territorio di Bab.
A seguire open mic, Hip Hop, a cura di alcuni ragazzi del Ghana,sopravvisuti alle torture in Libia, ospiti da poco sul territorio italiano.
Dj set delle meravigliose, Opa Opa invasioni balcaniche
Nel corso della serata sara presente Niko del progetto visionaria art community
a chiudere dj set musica electro-balcan

http://www.forteprenestino.net/

29.10.2018. English text below.

Novosti o događajima u UK. Najprije o ljudima Merseyside-a, koji imaju dugačku tradiciju pomaganja drugima, koji se ujedinjuju da pomognu izbjeglicama i ljudima Bosne i Hercegovine, u krizi koju nisu uzrokovali. Izgleda da će ovi divni pomagači/ce organizovati ne jedan, već dva događaja podrške, i to 16 i 18 novembra/studenog. BAB obožava Liverpool-a i Birkenhead-a, koji ljudiam Bosne i Hercegovine pomažu već više od 20 godina. Muzičari, pjesnici i umjetnici: kontaktirajte nas.

 Onda naši prijatelji u Italiji, koji takođe imaju dugu istoriju solidarnosti, takođe se ujedinjuju da pomognu. Oni će organizovati događaje 7 novembra/studenog i 1 decembra/prosinca.

Mi vam zahvaljujemo svima.

Više informacija slijedi

16.09.2018 English text below.

Hvala svima koji su došli sinoć na predivan događaj. Jedan od najljepših trenutaka je bio kad mi je, nakon informativne prezentacije o izbjegličkoj situaciji i radu BAB-a u BiH, prišla mlada žena i upitala:”Sjećaš li se mene? Ja sam jedna od volontera koja je, kad si nas u Sarajevu pozvao da izgradimo “Prostor za ljude” u Hrasnici, došla i pomogla.” Hvala ženama W.E. na trudu da naprave događaj potpuno drugačiji od svega što smo radili do sad.

Thankyou to everyone who came last night to the lovely event. One of the nicest moments was when after the information presentation about the refugee situation and what work BAB is doing in BiH a young woman came up to me and said “Do you remember me? I am one of the volunteers who when you did call outs for help In Sarajevo to build the “Peoples Place and Community Space in Hrasnica I came and helped”. Thanks to the women of W.E for coming together and creating an event completely different to anything we have done before.

15.09.2018 Berlin, Germany

20.08.2018 Köln, Germany. Info Event.

If you wish to attend it is invite only, so please email us.

BAB would like to say a big thankyou to everyone who attended the first Open Mic Poetry event in Birkenhead, UK. It was a successful event with many people who attended asking for it to become a regular event.

This is the first in a series of pop up events happening in the UK (soli-parties) Open Mic Poetry.
Hope Place
259 Woodchurch Rd
Birkenhead
Prenton CH42 9LE

Depending on numbers each poet will get 3-5mins each.

Please arrive at 7pm to put your name down to read. We will be starting at 7.30pm and running until about 10pm.
£3 entry fee.
We will be selling tea, coffee and squash.
There is also BYOB with corkage charge £1
We will also be holding a raffle on the night.

All donations welcome. (unfortunately we can only accept cash donations).
(all proceeds go to Bridges Across Borders).

We also welcome non readers who wish to just watch/listen.
If you have any questions please PM me.

Massive thanks (28.07.2018)

BAB wants to thanks everyone involved and who came to our Berlin soli/info event last night. It was truly an international event. Special thanks to Ale Senso (Italian), Evev (Israeli), the amazing Greek photographer Vasili Pham, the DJ Loutra (Italian), the great musicians Daniel Marques (Brazilian), Finn Dorian, (?) Stephan Herz (German) and La Gatta for delicious food all the way from Italy. We raised some money but also may have built some more networks to help the refugees this winter and change systems.

Readings of eye witness accounts, poems and short stories about the refugee and immigrant crisis in BiH.

Also the Peoples Place and Community Space in Sarajevo is still running with more and more refugees and local community using it.

Soli/info event. Berlin. 27.07.2018

BAB will be organizing its next soli/info event in Berlin on Friday 27th July. There will be information presented about BABs work in Bosnia Herzegovina. There will also be poetry, eye witness accounts and music at a very special venue. Come and meet other people and donate.

We will keep you informed but keep that date open, as it will be a very special evening.

Click below to read about our event in Berlin. (30.04.2011)

https://bridgesacrossborders.net/big-massive-thankyou-30-april-2018/

https://bridgesacrossborders.net/fund-raising-event-at-the-tree-in-berlin-germany-29april-2018-posted-20-april/

Clink here to see our event at the Village Underground in

. (2011)

https://vimeo.com/25526654