Sergey spent 3 years and 3 months in prison for participating in the 2020 protests and commenting on the Internet. He is now in Warsaw. Help him start a new life.
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For his activity during the protests and for administering the chat “Typical Serebryanka” Gleb served 2 years in prison. He is starting to put his life back together, having left for Poland, and needs support for the first time
Olga Studneva is a political refugee from Belarus. In 2020, she coordinated volunteer assistance to victims of repression. Due to the threat of arrest, she had to leave the country. Now she lives in difficult conditions in Lithuania and asks for support: for rent, treatment, and survival.
In 2020, Zhanna worked in the municipal communal services. She’s refused to cut white-red-white ribbons — as a result, she was unemployed, and then in exile. After the birth of her daughter, she faced financial troubles.
Ilya is one of those teenagers who went out into the streets in 2020. For taking part in protests — a prison. For freedom — emigration. Now he is in a foreign country and hopes that kindness will overcome the past.
The Belarusian, who went through Bakhmut, Kharkov and was injured seriously, is fighting for the opportunity to return to duty now. He needs to undergo rehabilitation and pay off his debts.
The Belarusian family escaped persecution in their homeland, but found themselves in a difficult financial situation in exile. Without support, they risk losing their home and the minimal stability they had managed to build with great effort.
A protest participator and a volunteer fighter, he was seriously injured. Now «Tiger» can't work and needs help to recover, go through rehabilitation and just to survive.
My dad faces up to 15 years in prison for reporting to «Belaruski Gayun» when he saw military equipment. I am collecting money for a lawyer.
Belarusian writer learns she has cancer at a late stage. She is being treated – but needs support to survive.
We have been serving in Ukraine since 2022. We are currently working with UAVs. To save and protect, we need reliable transport. Help us be faster than war.
Denis* is trying to make ends meet after being released in Belarus and cherishes the dream of going abroad to work and live in safety
The civil activist went through six months in prison and was deprived of her home. Now, after being evacuated to Lithuania, she dreams of mastering permanent makeup to regain stability and confidence in the future.
The Belarusian woman survived the beating, disability and addiction that followed. Now she is fighting for a full life and needs support to survive.
Dmitry Stagursky spent 15 days behind bars, and during that time, investigators interrogated him twice and threatened to jail him for three years. Upon his release, he decided not to wait for a second arrest.
Belarusian volunteer: «The equipment saved my life, but I must continue the fight». Help collect a helmet, armor plates and equipment to return to the front lines.
A former political prisoner from Minsk, who served six months for a political article, found himself in exile without work or means of subsistence. Now he is starting to rebuild his life and asks for help at a critical moment.
Galina raises her children alone. The family is trying to get their lives back on track, but everything has been complicated by the woman's surgery. Now she can't work and is asking for help to hold on while she recovers.
Ksenia Angelova has been battling cancer for many years. Last year, doctors became concerned that remission had ended – chemotherapy and surgeries began. In order to receive timely treatment and not lose her home, she asks for help.
Vladislav Lagutenko was a political prisoner himself, and later his stepfather ended up behind bars. After being released, the man decided to leave for Poland at the first opportunity – now he is safe and asks for help for a new life.
The guy went through torture, prison and persecution, but thanks to the support of his girlfriend, he found the strength to survive the hardships. Now the couple wants to get married, but needs help with paperwork and life in a new place.
Belarusian Valeria Shkoda and her two children have lived through repression, forced emigration and numerous moves. Now she needs help to provide for the basic needs of her children, improve her health and make her life in emigration more stable.
After years of volunteering, Yekaterina began searching for a job in the NGO sector, but dozens of applications led nowhere. She took on every possible gig, but still fell behind on rent and is now at risk of losing her home.
On April 15, in Krakow, under mysterious circumstances, Belarusian activist Sergei Dubinin from Rechitsa died. He was 50 years old.
Now the man has found a job, but it is not enough to pay off all his debts and rent a flat. However, he really hopes to find a home for himself and his pet friend.
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A former political prisoner who managed to flee Belarus is asking for support for her elderly parents who remain in the country and have become hostages of the state «justice» system.
The Belarusian woman's student residence permit was cancelled due to the postponement of her master's thesis defense, and while she waits for a humanitarian residence permit, she cannot work. Victoria asks for help during this time so as not to end up on the street.
The Belarusian Solidarity Centre provides legal, educational and cultural support to Belarusians in Poland. Today its work is threatened. The Centre urgently needs financial support.
The Volnyja Initiative helps released political prisoners with re-socialisation. In order to continue their work, they need your help.
The Kosht Urada project team is asking for help to continue work on its related project “Open Procurement”, which identifies violations in public procurement in Belarus.
BY_Help is a major initiative that systematically financially helps people inside Belarus. Our team in the country needs support.
Belarusian independent media Reform.by is on the verge of closure. But thanks to you we will be able to keep the team of our journalists-newsmen and not to stop the work.