Private fundraising

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.

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.

Svetlana*, fearing arrest, left the country at the end of 2021 and was forced to spend three long years apart from her little daughter. This time apart caused serious harm to the child’s mental state, and to give her childhood back, Svetlana is asking for help to pay for her daughter’s sessions with a psychologist.

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.

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.

Siarhei Sheleh is a PhD in biology. At the age of 64, he received one of the harshest sentences in Belarus for donations: 8,5 years. He was released on the same day as Siarhei Tsikhanouski and evacuated to Lithuania. He needs support to begin a new life.

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

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.

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