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We announce a program to support projects aimed at solving socio-political problems in Belarus, democratic change and development of civil society in the country.
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Now everyone has the opportunity to support the work of the BYSOL Foundation on Patreon.
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BYSOL expands its online presence to raise awareness and provide assistance to victims of repression in Belarus and Belarusian volunteers in Ukraine.
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I am a former political prisoner. In Belarus I served 4 months in a pre-trial detention center and then I was given 2 years of home chemistry. I had to flee from persecution with two minor children. There is a complete unknown ahead. Please help to get back on my feet.
After 2 years of colony on the “case of students” I was banned from leaving the country, removing which I received another 30 days of arrest. Now I am undergoing rehabilitation. Your support will allow me to get education and professional skills necessary for successful adaptation in a new country and start my own business.
My name is Denis. My spouse and I were detained in June 2022. I was imprisoned for a year and a half, and my spouse and child were urgently evacuated by the BYSOL team. After my release, I left Belarus.
Belarusian traveler Michalina Okun, who was forced to leave Belarus due to threats from snitch Olga Bondareva, needs to acquire equipment to process her photo-video archive of images of the Belarusian village, Belarusian traditional rituals, and to create her YouTube channel.
We are a mortar team, fighters of the Second International Legion of Defense of Ukraine, we open a pickup collection for transporting mortars and rotating twins on zero.
I am a former militiaman. In 2020, as a sign of solidarity with the people, I defiantly tore my uniform and wrote some comments to my former colleagues. For this the authorities sentenced me to 2.5 years in prison.
I am a former political prisoner. In Belarus I served 4 months in a pre-trial detention center and then I was given 2 years of home chemistry. I had to flee from persecution with two minor children. There is a complete unknown ahead. Please help to get back on my feet.
After 2 years of colony on the “case of students” I was banned from leaving the country, removing which I received another 30 days of arrest. Now I am undergoing rehabilitation. Your support will allow me to get education and professional skills necessary for successful adaptation in a new country and start my own business.
My name is Denis. My spouse and I were detained in June 2022. I was imprisoned for a year and a half, and my spouse and child were urgently evacuated by the BYSOL team. After my release, I left Belarus.
Belarusian traveler Michalina Okun, who was forced to leave Belarus due to threats from snitch Olga Bondareva, needs to acquire equipment to process her photo-video archive of images of the Belarusian village, Belarusian traditional rituals, and to create her YouTube channel.
In the spring of 2023 I was released from the penal colony, where I stayed for a year and a half. Then I was summoned to the ROVD again, and had to escape. The BYSOL Foundation evacuated me.
We are a mortar team, fighters of the Second International Legion of Defense of Ukraine, we open a pickup collection for transporting mortars and rotating twins on zero.
After 2 years of colony on the “case of students” I was banned from leaving the country, removing which I received another 30 days of arrest. Now I am undergoing rehabilitation. Your support will allow me to get education and professional skills necessary for successful adaptation in a new country and start my own business.
I participated in protests in Belarus in 2020, after which I was forced to leave for Ukraine. After the full-scale war started, I stood up for the defense of Ukraine with Igor Yanki's unit. I took part in the battles for the liberation of the Kiev and Kharkov regions.
The founders of the band Irdorath, Nadezhda and Vladimir, were detained in August 2021 and sentenced to 2 years in prison for playing the song “Change” on bagpipes during the 2020 protests. After their release, they urgently left Belarus and are starting a new life in a new country.
BYSOL fundraising
We have created a charity campaign to help former political prisoners to restore their health after spending time in inhumane conditions of Belarusian prisons and reception centers. Their mental and physical state has suffered greatly and now people need support to improve their health.
New fundraiser to support former political prisoners who have served time in prison for their beliefs.
In conditions of political persecution, threats to human freedom, life and health we help families to leave Belarus safely and quickly.
Initiatives
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Belarusian volunteers are ready to take on a new challenge and participate in demining liberated territories so that civilians can return there.
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.
“Maysternya Pashtovak Salidarnasci” is a volunteer support service for prisoners with letters and solidarity cards. We create postcards, handwrite your online letters from anywhere in the world and send them to prisoners with the opportunity to receive a response by e-mail.
Gathering to support the team of the Headbrain Belarus channel network, founded by Igor Losik. We work for you on Telegram, YouTube, Twitter, Tiktok, Instagram.
The team of the project, which created the courses of the Belarusian language “Mova Dzetkam” — needs support for further development. Funds are needed to develop methodological materials and hold classes.
“Volnyja” is an initiative in helping the former Belarusian politician prisoners. We help Volnyja to receive full support and to get back to a normal life, connecting people who want to help and those who need support after being released from prison.
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.
We offer you to participate in the creation of the new album of the Belarusian reggae band BOTANIC PROJECT. In 2021 the soloists of the project left Belarus, fleeing from the repression of Lukashenko's regime to Kiev.
“Volnyja” is an initiative in helping the former Belarusian politician prisoners. We help Volnyja to receive full support and to get back to a normal life, connecting people who want to help and those who need support after being released from prison.
The “Zhyve Belarus” hostel appeared in Bialystok to help Belarusians who left the country because of persecution by the regime start a new life.
My name is Aksenov Oleg. I together with a former political prisoner launched IT and marketing courses, where we teach free of charge Belarusians, who due to emigration found themselves in a difficult situation. Each of us has more than 8 years of experience in his field and 4 years of training experience.
Fundraising to support independent journalists and media in Belarus who have suffered from repression. We pay scholarships and grants, support editorial staff. Journalism is not a crime!
byProsvet is an association of people who create, print and distribute independent newspapers, leaflets and other protest printed materials on the territory of Belarus.
For their protest against beatings, murders and lawlessness, the athletes paid with careers that they had built all their lives. It is our duty to support them.
We raise money for the existence of a house in Warsaw for former political prisoners. The house has been in existence for almost one year, and during that time it has helped rehabilitate dozens of people. Originally the “House of Creators” was a residence for Belarusian artists who had lost their jobs and opportunities for realization.
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.
Fund´s statistics
As of August 14, 2022
- 1218 people received aid in emergency relocation
- 1361 dismissed people were supported
- 504 fundraisers posted on the website
- 368 families of political prisoners received aid
- 25+ initiatives supported by BYSOL
- 114 veterans received aid
- 226 courtyard applications received aid
- 14 strike committees received aid
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