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“My youngest son is 3 years old, he is a special child. Every six months he needs to have his heart checked, and he also needs lessons with a defectologist. In Belarus, he was practicing 2 times a week. Now we are losing everything that the kid gained with the specialist”

An activist from Brest, who found himself in Lithuania because of political persecution, needs dental care and a hearing aid. Having escaped prison, he has been left without the status of a political prisoner, so he can only count on your help.

A journalist of several independent Belarusian media in 2021 was forced to leave Belarus due to harassment by the authorities. She asks for support in her struggle for psychological and physical health, affected by the events of 2020, the war in Ukraine and the difficulties of emigration.

Dzmitry Kanevski is a former political prisoner who spent 3 years in a general regime colony for comments in telegrams. After his release he left Belarus and is in urgent need of support for the first time.

Alexandra was given a year in a penal colony for reposting on social networks. After her release she found herself without a job and money under preventive supervision. In order not to end up in the colony again and left for Poland, but now she is experiencing financial difficulties and asks for help.

Viachaslaw and his family were granted refugee status in Poland, fearing persecution for cooperating with independent media. In February 2024, he suffered a severe shoulder injury, after several surgeries he was temporarily unemployed and without sick leave payments and needs to pay 3 months' rent for housing

The Volnyja Initiative helps released political prisoners with re-socialisation. In order to continue their work, they need your help.

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.