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At the end of July, the BYSOL Foundation took part in the online solidarity marathon “We don't care about everything”, where joint efforts raised more than half a million euros.
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In 2020, Siarhei took part in the strike of New Drama Theatre employees. In 2022, he stayed in Lithuania after an ill-fated backstage video from the set of the series Akrestsina. Now, he is forced to fight arthritis in exile.
Veronika Shrayner and Aleksei Stukin are a creative family couple who fled Belarus with their child in 2021. They started from scratch in Lithuania, but unstable income from performances and Veronika’s illness have brought them to the brink of survival.
Anton, together with his wife and two children, was forced to urgently leave Belarus before the prison term for participating in protests came into force. They need support to rebuild their lives and start anew in Lithuania.
Daniil was released in March but could not stay in Belarus. As an “extremist”, he could not find a job or rent a place to live. So he left for Poland and is now asking for support to start over.
A Belarusian tried to avoid arrest but ended up in prison. He recently immigrated to Poland and wants to start over – right now he needs support.
A medic from the Kalinouski Regiment is asking for funds for a pickup truck to evacuate the wounded from the front line.
Veronika Shrayner and Aleksei Stukin are a creative family couple who fled Belarus with their child in 2021. They started from scratch in Lithuania, but unstable income from performances and Veronika’s illness have brought them to the brink of survival.
Svetlana*, fearing arrest, left the country at the end of 2021 and was forced to spend three long years apart from her little daughter. This time apart caused serious harm to the child’s mental state, and to give her childhood back, Svetlana is asking for help to pay for her daughter’s sessions with a psychologist.
Olga served three years for online comments: she went through prison, pressure, and humiliation. Now in exile with her husband, she is asking for help to restore her health and return to the craft that gives her purpose and strength to live.
A political refugee needs financial support for treatment, food, and rent until full recovery from an unexpected injury.
A Belarusian woman with two children has found herself in a critical situation at home and needs help for urgent extraction.
A resident of Homiel, Aleksander Lemieshko, was arrested three times in 2020 – in total, he spent over 30 days under administrative arrest. Today he lives in Poland and is undergoing treatment by a psychiatrist. He needs help to cope with the consequences of political persecution.
Arina’s mother died of cancer in 2020, and her father passed away a year earlier. Her husband went missing in January this year during a combat mission. She is left alone and without legal status in Ukraine.
“This is it. I no longer have a brother. Sasha has passed on to a better world at the age of 46,” wrote former political prisoner Olga Klaskouskaya on her Facebook page.
I fundamentally disagree with the criminal war against Ukraine and the involvement of the Belarusian side in it.
A Belarusian tried to avoid arrest but ended up in prison. He recently immigrated to Poland and wants to start over – right now he needs support.
BYSOL fundraising
The campaign “Let’s Get the Children of Political Prisoners Ready for Kindergarten and School!” is now underway! For any Belarusian family, preparing children for school or kindergarten is a financial challenge. But for families of political prisoners, it becomes even more difficult. Every contribution you make will help ease the burden and bring a bit more joy into the lives of children whose families include political prisoners.
Until August 2020, we, like all Belarusians, were engaged in our own projects, but we couldn't stay away when the country was gripped by a wave of violence and lawlessness. Now we help those who suffered at the hands of the regime.
BYSOL supports released political prisoners and their families, people forced to leave the country, Belarusian volunteers in Ukraine, and initiatives that help Belarusians fight lawlessness in the country.
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BGmedia is an independent regional media outlet that reports daily on the issues facing Brest and the Brest region, asking hard-hitting questions to those in power. The publication is raising funds to pay key staff members whose work helps bring the truth to tens of thousands of Belarusians, despite repression and pressure.
We create postcards and merch with drawings from the letters of political prisoners. All funds raised go to transfers to political prisoners through the Dissidentby initiative.
Volunteers from the “Come to My Voice” project provide assistance to Belarusian refugees on a daily basis, whether they are fleeing war or repression. Previously, our team has been successful on our own, but the moment has come when our future ability to help depends on each and every one of you.
After persecution and being blocked in Belarus, the “Vitebsky Courier news” team continues to fight for the truth about their hometown. The project is now on the brink of closure – this fundraiser will help keep the newsroom running and launch new formats.
The levy is opened to help the BELPOL organization grow, expand its capacity, and support its participants and partners.
The First Volunteer Mobile Hospital, known by its Ukrainian acronym PDMSH, is a team of hundreds of medical volunteers from around the world who have been saving lives at the frontline in the area of fighting with Russian occupation forces since 2014.
BGmedia is an independent regional media outlet that reports daily on the issues facing Brest and the Brest region, asking hard-hitting questions to those in power. The publication is raising funds to pay key staff members whose work helps bring the truth to tens of thousands of Belarusians, despite repression and pressure.
After persecution and being blocked in Belarus, the “Vitebsky Courier news” team continues to fight for the truth about their hometown. The project is now on the brink of closure – this fundraiser will help keep the newsroom running and launch new formats.
Belarusian volunteers are ready to take on a new challenge and participate in demining liberated territories so that civilians can return there.
The levy is opened to help the BELPOL organization grow, expand its capacity, and support its participants and partners.
The Belarusian Orthodox Community of the Constantinople Patriarchate in Vilnius needs funds to pay rent and repair the premises where worship services and community meetings will be held. We need to purchase the necessary furniture and liturgical utensils.
The Telegram channel of the medical initiative «Белые халаты» tells about the real situation in the health care system in Belarus. The project team needs your support.
130 Territorial Defense Battalion needs your help. To further carry out the tasks of liberating and defending positions in the Kharkiv region, the fighters need to acquire three portable monocular night vision devices.
The First Volunteer Mobile Hospital, known by its Ukrainian acronym PDMSH, is a team of hundreds of medical volunteers from around the world who have been saving lives at the frontline in the area of fighting with Russian occupation forces since 2014.
Volunteers from the “Come to My Voice” project provide assistance to Belarusian refugees on a daily basis, whether they are fleeing war or repression. Previously, our team has been successful on our own, but the moment has come when our future ability to help depends on each and every one of you.
We create postcards and merch with drawings from the letters of political prisoners. All funds raised go to transfers to political prisoners through the Dissidentby initiative.
Fund´s statistics
As of April 14, 2025
- 2172 requests received help with evacuation
- 286 activist projects received assistance
- 947 fundraising campaigns posted on the website
- 1361 dismissed people supported
- 38 vehicles transferred to help Ukraine
- 1283 political prisoners/released people received help
- 126 requests from volunteers and veterans of the Russian-Ukrainian war supported
- 25676 hotline requests processed
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