Our history

The “Młoda Białoruś” Foundation supports the work of people inside Belarus in a social direction, and also provides informational assistance in adaptation to Poland for Belarusians and Belarusians who have left the country.

The team member organized her own volunteer project on social networks Instagram and TikTok, aimed at combating propaganda. Short news videos about the events in Belarus, about the real attitude of Belarusian society to the war, about the active participation of Belarusian men and women in actions aimed at ending the war and protecting Ukraine. The video received a large number of views, the most popular reaching 3.5 million unique viewers. The project existed without financial support.

“Young Belarus” organized assistance to more than 500 people who suffered after the presidential elections. Legal, financial, transport and informational support was provided. With the organization’s cooperation with Polish partners, more than 100 people received medical assistance in Poland. Crowdfunding campaigns have been organized for people who have suffered very serious injuries through social networks.

Life After the Election: 9 Stories After the 9th was released in December. It collects the stories of 9 people who suffered greatly after the elections. The film has been viewed by 50,000 people on YouTube.

Support was given to a number of local initiatives dealing with solving social problems. Educational activities were organized to help people learn to solve local problems on their own, organize work in their local community and build horizontal connections.

In August 2019, the organization’s activists and local residents achieved the closure of the Prudzischa landfill. The social campaign was conducted for 3 consecutive years.

As a result of work in the social direction, several local communities appeared, which were united into a resource center for public initiatives.

Support was given to a number of local initiatives dealing with solving social problems. Educational activities were organized to help people learn to solve local problems on their own, organize work in their local community and build horizontal connections.

In August 2019, the organization’s activists and local residents achieved the closure of the Prudzischa landfill. The social campaign was conducted for 3 consecutive years.

As a result of work in the social direction, several local communities appeared, which were united into a resource center for public initiatives.

“Young Belarus” focused its work on the social direction. This decision was made on the basis of the requests of the beneficiaries. People expressed dissatisfaction with social aspects during various election campaigns. The organization began to help residents of Belarusian cities and towns to solve various problems.

At the same time, “Young Belarus” took part in the independent monitoring of the presidential elections as part of the “For Fair Elections” campaign.

The organization participated in independent monitoring of local elections as part of the “For Fair Elections” campaign. Independent observers recorded more than 50 different violations.

The “Young Belarus” movement took part in the Freedom Day action. In addition to the main topic, the action was aimed at supporting Ukraine after the start of the war in Donbass.

The “Young Belarus” organization registered a foundation called “Młoda Białoruś” in Poland.

About 20 candidates were nominated. Independent monitoring was also organized as part of the “For Fair Elections” campaign.

In the period after the elections, the organization conducted its own activities. On March 25, on the occasion of Freedom Day, activists of “Young Belarus” raised over 20 white-red-white flags in various parts of the country.

On December 28, activists of the organization published a calendar with current affairs of the current government. The calendar was widely disseminated in the media: independent Belarusian sources wrote about it, as well as large portals from other countries. The total number of views about the calendar in various media was approximately 1 million people.

The organization took part in the elections to the local Councils of Deputies of Belarus. “Young Belarus” nominated 38 candidates.

The movement joined the presidential election campaign. More than 120 members of “Young Belarus” joined the initiative groups of presidential candidates Ales Mikhalevich and Ryhor Kastusev and collected more than 12,000 signatures in their support, participated in the distribution of materials, pickets in support of the candidates, meetings with voters.

“Young Belarus” organized independent monitoring of the elections as part of the “For Fair Elections” campaign. The organization has allocated more than 100 observers.

Carrying out the nationwide campaign “For independent Belarus!”. The campaign was aimed at popularizing the national symbols (the white-red-white flag and the “Chase” coat of arms) and the concept of the country’s independence. The campaign was conducted for 5 months, starting from November 3, 2009, and took place in 40 cities of Belarus.

The organization took part in general public events and held its own actions.

The movement was officially founded on September 28, 2008, the day of parliamentary elections in Belarus. The idea of ​​creating a youth movement belongs to Artur Finkevich, a former political prisoner and former deputy chairman of the “Young Front” youth movement. The name “Young Belarus” first appeared in 2004. This was the name of the pre-election block created before the parliamentary elections in Belarus. Artur Finkevich was then one of the leaders of the aforementioned pre-election block.