A former political prisoner needs help covering the cost of expensive contact lenses and glasses after losing half of his eyesight while in detention.
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After beatings in a punishment cell, Yulia’s husband was left with a first-degree disability and still requires spinal rehabilitation. They managed to leave for Lithuania with their children. Their teenage daughter is struggling deeply with the forced departure and stress and needs paid psychological support.
Because the child requires a lot of attention and effort, Irina does not work. The family lives only on the husband’s salary, but specialized training for the boy is expensive.
I am a former volunteer fighter and the wife of a fighter of the Kalinouski Regiment, who went missing in action in 2024. I am reaching out to you for support because I cannot cope with this situation on my own.
Journalist Mikhail Karnevich left Belarus due to political persecution for his professional activities. In exile, he is undergoing treatment for cancer and needs support to get through the period of therapy without being left without housing or means of subsistence.
A Belarusian volunteer with the call sign “Minuta” fought on some of the toughest sections of the front as part of the “Volat” Battalion of the Kastus Kalinouski Regiment and was awarded for bravery. After completing his service, he ended up in the EU, where due to health and documentation issues his family has temporarily been left without any means of subsistence.
The entire family of our heroine has been affected by political repression. She herself has already served her sentence, while her relatives remain in the hands of the regime. Her sister is fighting cancer while under “home confinement,” her brother is serving a prison term, and the woman herself is struggling through exile together with her niece.*
The day before yesterday my mother was connected to a ventilator and other life-support systems. But her brain damage is irreversible, and we now have only one path left. I don’t know how much time I have — maybe 5 minutes, maybe 5 days — while her body is still accepting oxygen.
A civic activist from Homel hid in the forest to avoid arrest, ended up in a Slovak prison for his principled stance, was released, received international protection, and returned to Ukraine to resume his human rights and volunteer work. He urgently needs basic support for the initial period.