“We need the most necessary things: accommodation, food and things for the child” — Igor and Kristina left Belarus because of the threat of separation from their son. Now they are in Vilnius, starting life from scratch and need support.
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A former political prisoner got 2 years in prison for a comment insulting Lukashenka. He needs help to settle down in the new country and take his wife and children to live with him.
A volunteer who has long helped political prisoners and their families with letters and parcels, but now finds himself under persecution and asks for help with forced emigration, providing housing and food.
The Volnyja Initiative helps released political prisoners with re-socialisation. In order to continue their work, they need your help.
A Belarusian volunteer fighter is preparing for the winter front. He needs warm clothes and equipment to stay warm even in harsh conditions.
Former political prisoner Andrey, who survived prison and persecution, is building a new life in Poland. He needs help to start a career in IT and find stability.
Andrei Vasora passed away after a serious injury. Funds are being raised to pay for his treatment and funeral expenses. Any help will be an important support for his family.
A former political prisoner with a Ukrainian passport was deported from Belarus, where his wife and children remain. He needs help to obtain international protection in the Czech Republic and to be reunited with his family.
Vyacheslav and Svetlana are pensioners. They fled from criminal prosecution for commenting on Lukashenka. They need help to find a job and legalize in a foreign country.
Belarusian volunteers assist in evacuating civilians from conflict zones and conduct aerial reconnaissance, saving lives and ensuring the safety of Ukrainian citizens.
“I was taken into slavery for 2 years for a comment I wrote about Lukashenka": a former political prisoner tells about the peculiarities of Belarusan IOUTs and asks for help.
In August 2020, Dmitry was detained, fired from his job, and his accounts were blocked. Dmitry was forced to leave for Poland, where he got a job in a warehouse. He is now looking for support.
“In protest, I went on two dry hunger strikes and cut my wrists twice, but this only resulted in me being held in the SHIZO and PKT for more than six months.”
The Belarusian volunteer needs funds for rehabilitation to cope with the consequences of his back injury and to restore his health.
“I was forced to grow up quickly and take life into my own hands": Marina and her family fled Belarus for Lithuania and is asking for help to pay for housing for her studies.
Vladimir, a former political prisoner, needs help with buying tools and renting housing to secure a job in emigration and adapt to life in a foreign country after three and a half years in a high-security penal colony.
“An intimate video of my partner appeared on the Internet": blogger Vadimati, who survived bullying, ‘low status’ in the colony and illness, needs your help for rehabilitation.
“Yellow is the color of happiness": a father of five fights for his daughter's sight and saves his family from repression.
Piotr “Mehan” Shlyakhtenko, a Belarusian who has been through the war, is asking for help in raising funds to move to Poland. He wants to create a safe future for his wife and their future child.
Jana is a veterinarian and a former political prisoner. After her release, she went to Poland together with her two cats. She needs help to get settled in her new place and to pay for professional courses.
A Belarusian volunteer who sets up radio communication points and ensures connectivity between units needs help to purchase a new vehicle.
Belarus served 4 years in a colony for having protected a man from OMON at the march in 2020. Now he has evacuated to Poland and asks for help with rent for the first time
An activist from Belarus who lost everything because of his beliefs is now fighting cancer. Your help is needed to support him and his family in this difficult time.
Alexei Romanov is an activist who has suffered severe illness and political persecution. Despite his disability, he was convicted in a politically motivated case. Now Alexey is in Poland, where he is struggling to regain his health and needs support.
Anton Prokopenka worked for the police from 2021 to 2022. He refused to fulfill illegal orders, which forced him to leave Belarus and seek asylum in Lithuania. Now he is facing deportation and is seeking help to defend his right to life and freedom.
Sergei Korshun, former administrator of the “Army with the People” Telegram channel, left for Poland after 4.5 years in a reinforced regime colony. He needs help to restore his life and health in a foreign country.
A Belarusian activist was unemployed in 2020 because of his participation in a strike at a company. To avoid detention for his civic position, he left for Europe. While waiting for a decision on international protection he asks for help to pay for his son's dormitory.
Helping the editor of a samizdat newspaper, who found himself without means of subsistence in Poland, to rent a place to live for the first time and to take care of his pet.
The “House of Creators” in Warsaw, which became a refuge for more than 300 repressed creative Belarusians, faced the threat of closure due to lack of funding.
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.