Before the events of 2020, Belarusian Olga Klimkova was an entrepreneur, running her own business, raising children, building a house, and working in her garden. But she decided to become an election observer and ended up spending three and a half years in a correctional facility.
“I would have managed everything, because I am a strong person. Prison did not break me, exile did not break me — the war that took my son broke me.”
A Belarusian in exile without a passport, a bank account, or stable income has found himself in a vulnerable situation and needs support to obtain legal status in the EU.
22-year-old former political prisoner Vladyslav Yefimovich spent two years and three months in a correctional facility, including 162 days in a punishment cell. He is asking for support for the essentials.
A Belarusian was arrested in 2024 for helping political prisoners. His family was left without means of survival and needs help to pay for prison care packages and a lawyer.
A mother who fled Belarus with her underage daughter has found herself in a difficult financial situation. She needs help to extend her apartment rental and to cover medical treatment and psychological care.
A Belarusian volunteer fighter and medic is now transferring to a new unit and is forced to purchase body armor and gear all over again. In addition to personal protection, he is raising funds for 10 field camp beds for his platoon, so that in winter the fighters won’t have to sleep on cold concrete.
Olga* has not been able to find a job for two years after being released from prison as a “political”. She needs help to restore her health after prison and to have the opportunity to leave Belarus, find work, and start life anew.
Natallia has been unable to find a job, and her vocal studio does not bring in much income. As a result, she often struggles to afford food and utility payments.
Yan is a 19-year-old activist from a regional center. Having gone from being a teenager observing protests to a participant in the underground resistance, he now faces the threat of arrest in the “Belaruski Hajun” case and needs funds for evacuation and initial resettlement.
Konstantin Yershov is an electrician, photographer, and activist from Minsk. He went through prison and underwent several surgeries. Now, due to an injury, he cannot work and needs our support to recover and start living again.
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.
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.
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.
Elena’s family was under KGB persecution for over a year before BYSOL evacuated them to Poland. With two underage children and an elderly mother, they need help to rent housing and buy essential items
I fundamentally disagree with the criminal war against Ukraine and the involvement of the Belarusian side in it.
Alesia has been left with debts for her husband’s funeral and is asking Belarusians for support.
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.
Kiryl has endured his mother’s death, a violent arrest and detention in a temporary detention facility, repeated emigration, and unemployment. These hardships have led to health problems and financial difficulties. He is asking for support to cope with these challenges.
A medic from the Kalinouski Regiment is asking for funds for a pickup truck to evacuate the wounded from the front line.
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.
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.
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.