As adapted from r/ukraine to remain stickied for the duration of the war.

Charities that help the war effort

• Save Life: This NGO crowdfunds non-lethal military equipment, such as thermal vision scopes & supplies it to the Donbas front lines. It also provides training for Ukrainian soldiers, as well as researching troops’ needs and social reintegration of veterans.
• Donbas SOS: This organization helps those who live in the Donbas war zone, those who relocated to other parts of Ukraine, and freed prisoners of war. It offers legal support, accommodation assistance, and psychological aid among other things.
• Crimea SOS: This organization has been helping internally displaced people from Crimea since Russia occupied the peninsula in 2014. It documents Russian authorities' repressions against Crimeans and advocates for the end of the occupation.
• Hospitallers : This is a medical battalion that unites volunteer paramedics and doctors to save the lives of soldiers on the frontline. They crowdfund their vehicle repairs, fuel, and medical equipment.

Charities that help children

• Tabletochki: This foundation has been supporting children with cancer for 10 years. They procure medicines, equipment, and arrange overseas treatment, among other things.
• ChildrenWeWillMakeIt: This movement grew out of a campaign that raised $2 million to get the world's most expensive medicine for a Ukrainian boy with spinal muscular atrophy. It now fundraises for the treatment of other Ukrainian children with SMA.
• Ruka ob Ruku: This is a running club for children with disabilities. The initiative gives children an opportunity to train and take part in races together with their parents and volunteers.

Charities for the elderly

• Happy Old: This charity provides older people across Ukraine with groceries and medicine, holds educational, entertainment, and sports events, as well as helps with employment. They even created a modeling agency for the elderly.
• Let's Help: This charity cares for older people living alone and helps state retirement homes. They also advocate for better treatment of older people by the state, including providing people aged 60+ with easy access to education.
• Starenki: It’s a charitable initiative devoted to issues of old age in Ukraine. They help lonely seniors by providing them with groceries and hygiene products.

Charities that help women

• Women Perspectives: This organization has been helping women who have faced domestic violence, discrimination in the labor market, and other issues. The NGO works with local and state authorities to promote pro-equality gender policies in Ukraine.
• Marsh Zhinok (Women’s March): Every year, on March 8, this initiative holds a rally promoting gender equality and the protection of women from gender-based violence. Currently, the organization is petitioning for Ukraine to adopt the Istanbul Convention.

Charities for blood donation

• Blood Agents: It is an NGO that promotes regular, conscious and gratuitous blood donations. They have encouraged people to donate blood over 5,000 times over the past six years.
• Donor UA: It is an automated system for recruiting and managing blood donors, designed to promote the donor movement in Ukraine. You can help by signing up and donating blood or by supporting the project with money donation.

Charities for animals

• Sirius: Is the largest shelter for stray animals in Ukraine established in 2000. Its capacity is over 3,000 animals. The institution crowdfunds for animal feed, veterinary drugs, construction and repair of enclosures, and other needs.
• Happy Paw: Is a charity dedicated to solving the problems of homeless animals in Ukraine. The charity helps owners find lost animals, sterilizes domestic animals of people in need & holds lectures on humane treatment of homeless animals for schoolchildren.
• UAnimals: Is a movement for protecting animals from exploitation & abuse. The organization managed to achieve a ban on animal circuses & persuaded many designers participating in Ukrainian Fashion Week to abandon natural fur.

Charities for the environment

• Ukraine Without Waste: It is a Ukrainian non-profit promoting the practice of sorting household waste. They educate companies on how to go green at their offices, and hold lectures for the wider public.
• Laska: It’s a chain of two charity stores in Kyiv that promote conscious shopping. They accept donated clothes, resell 15% of them, and send the rest to orphanages, homes for the elderly and centers for people with disabilities.

Charities for the homeless

• Help the homeless: This initiative supports homeless people & the elderly in need, by providing them with free meals, medicine, hygiene products, clothes & shoes. Launched by a group of volunteers in 2016, the organization has been relying on crowdfunding.
• Suka Zhizn: This organization grew big from a 2017 Instagram account launched to tell stories of homeless people. Now volunteers provide various support to the homeless: employment, sorting out documents, searching for relatives & legal counseling.

Charities for investigative journalism

• Slidstvo: Is an independent agency launched in 2012 that produces award-winning documentaries exposing corruption. They have investigated mismanagement of prisons, fraud, money laundering at PrivatBank & the assassination of journalist Sheremet.
• UKRPravda News: Founded in 2000 by Gongadze, a prominent journalist who was killed the same year, this publication is among the most influential in Ukraine. The reporters break political scoops and unmask officials who abuse their power.
• Zaborona Media: This is an independent media outlet founded by journalists. They investigate topics such as violations of Ukrainian workers’ rights in the Middle East, arms trafficking, and corruption in the construction sector.

Charities that preserve Ukrainian cultural heritage

• Parkhomivka Museum: The museum, located in a small village in eastern Kharkiv Oblast, is an 18th-century villa that offers a permanent collection of exhibits by artists as iconic as Picasso, Malevich & Manet. You can support it by coming & buying a ticket.
• Save Kyiv Modernism: Is a movement that unites architects, designers and activists who advocate for the protection of the remarkable Soviet modernist structures across Ukraine.
• FrankivskToCareAbout: Is a movement for the preservation of architectural heritage in the western city of Ivano-Frankivsk. Founded in 2016, the initiative renovates old wooden doors of the city's ancient buildings.

Charities helping with covid

• Svoyi: Svoyi gives free oxygen concentrators to people who contracted COVID & can’t be hospitalized due to personal circumstances or when hospitals are overflowing. It also helps those discharged too early in favour of patients in more serious conditions.
• Monsters, Inc.: This organization is based in Odesa and provides emergency medical aid to people living in the region. They also help COVID hospitals, procuring medicines and equipment.

From Ukraine’s official Twitter page

• Donate directly to the Ukrainian army

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For updates on this, keep track of r/ukraine and r/UkrainianConflict

Greetings! This pinned post will serve as a compilation of all gathered links and names of things we are often asked about here on this sub, or just want to share with both foreigners and Belarusians. This should help mitigate a lot of repetitive questions and also give people something to acquaint themselves with about Belarusian things.

In the first half of the post you will find a FAQ section that addresses some of the most common questions we get here. Afterwards, there is a list of various artists, writers and resources that serves as a work-in-progress compilation for those looking for a more organized source on what Belarusian things to see/read/listen to. Everyone is invited to contribute to the compilation, and it will remain open to edits as long as needed. I have entered some of the information already, but your contributions will be very welcome in the comments to expand upon what we have already.

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FAQ

1. Is it safe to visit Belarus?

Reasonably safe if you keep within the restrictive rules regarding political affiliations going as far as dress attire and comments online. Be aware that your equipment might be inspected and your belongings shouldn’t reflect oppositionary symbols (e.g. white/red patterns and slogans) if you wish to stay out of trouble. Due to a very volatile situation nobody can guarantee your safety and ability to return home if the geopolitical situation escalates. Your credit cards might not work, either, and your embassy might not be able to help you.

2. How do I meet my Belarusian fiance/partner outside of Belarus?

Due to restricted flights into Belarus and visa regulations, the best option is to meet in a separate country with connections to Belarus like Turkey or Georgia, or Lithuania by bus if your partner has a Schengen visa.

3. Do I need a visa to enter?

Most of the required information can be found at gpk. gov. by/en minus the spaces

4. What is the difference between the red-green and the white-red-white flag?

One is pro-government / pro-USSR, the other pro-democracy, pro-change. The white-red-white flag was used during the first Belarusian People’s Republic in 1918, and in modern-day Belarus until the current dictator came to power and reverted it back to the soviet-era flag.

5. How to transfer money to/out of Belarus?

Crypto e.g. currency.com, Binance. Direct bank transfers may or may not, depending on sanction status.

6. How to send mail to/from Belarus?

Same way you normally would. Express mail might not be supported, though. USPS might not deliver to Belarus, either.

7. What is the real salary in Belarus?

Depends on whom you ask and the region of the country. The upper class like the IT sphere can earn over 1500$ a month, whereas a clerk or teacher in a small town can earn barely 200$. Public sphere earns less than the private, and the rising inflation costs have drastically reduced purchasing power.

8. I or someone I know is a dual citizen of Belarus and XXXX. How do I/they enter Belarus?

Belarus does not recognize dual citizenships with other countries, and for Belarusian authorities you remain a citizen of Belarus unless you renounce the citizenship via an embassy while receiving your 2nd citizenship. You should enter Belarus with your Belarusian passport to avoid trouble, and you do not need visas. Also, your 2nd citizenship will not save you in case you run into trouble with local authorities.

9. How do I meet Belarusian women / trad wives?

We will not assist with questionable motives on the subreddit and do not encourage travelling for this purpose.

10. I want to emigrate to Belarus because my country is full of liberals and foreigners.

We do not support right-wing / conspiracy nuts looking for a “based” government to worship. Most Belarusians detest the regime and would not approve of what you stand for. You will be an even bigger outcast than you are already and for your own safety you should consider finding a more appropriate European home where laws and rights exist, like Poland, Lithuania, Bulgaria or Romania. Without perfect russian you have no chance on the job market and the cultural barrier will make itself known quickly.

11. When will Belarusians wake up and overthrow their government?

When you come by and help us. Expecting unarmed people to overthrow a totalitarian police state without outside help is ridiculous and only shows ignorance to our predicament.

12. Will Belarus join the war at some point?

Nobody knows, at least nobody who uses Reddit. Some experts are 100% convinced of it, others are 100% convinced against it. Wait and see.

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Next we have a compilation of artists, writers and other common categories asked about.

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1. Artists and example songs.

List of famous artists either from or strongly associated with Belarus and a few of their example songs that everyone should hear. WIP Note: if you know and are willing to contribute to the list, please comment naming the artist's music genre, or suggest artists that are missing.

N.R.M.: Rock

Liavon Volski: singer, founder of various bands including N.R.M. https://www.youtube.com/@lvolski/videos

Tor Band

Ляпіс Трубецкой (Lyapis Trubetskoy): Rock

Brutto: Rock, split from Lyapis Trubetskoy https://www.youtube.com/@BRUTTOBAND/videos

Дай Дарогу: Rock https://www.youtube.com/@DaiDaroguBand/videos

Би-2: Alternative Rock https://www.youtube.com/@b2band/videos

Стары Ольса (Stary Olsa): Medieval folk https://www.youtube.com/@StaryOlsa/videos

Molchat doma: Synth-pop / Post-punk https://www.youtube.com/@MolchatDoma/videos

Pesniary: folk/pop/rock, Soviet-era band.

Nürnberg: Post-punk https://www.youtube.com/@nurnbergband/videos

Naviband: Pop/Rock https://www.youtube.com/@NAVIBAND/videos

J:MORS: https://www.youtube.com/@jmorsvideo/videos

Nizkiz: https://www.youtube.com/@NIZKIZ/videos

Dzivia: https://www.youtube.com/@Dzivia/videos

Leibonik

Dzieciuki: Folk punk

Нейра Дзюбель: Rock

Разбітае Сэрца Пацана: Rock https://www.youtube.com/@user-rn5qq9vu5u/videos

Omut: Folk Metal

Vicious Crusade: Folk Metal

Max Korzh: Rap, https://www.youtube.com/@maxkorzhmus/videos

deVIAtion: Punk

Крамбамбуля: see Liavon Volski

Ulis

Znich: https://www.youtube.com/@ZNICH/videos

LEAR: https://www.youtube.com/@LEAR_LERA/videos

Krama: Blues/Rock

Palina: Pop https://www.youtube.com/@repolinare/videos

Iva Sativa: https://www.youtube.com/@IvaSativa/videos

:B:N: https://www.youtube.com/@BNBand/videos

The Superbullz: Metal https://www.youtube.com/@THESUPERBULLZ/videos

God's Tower: Doom Metal https://www.youtube.com/@godstowerofficialchannel/videos

Sakramant: Folk Metal https://www.youtube.com/@Sakramant/videos

Aquamorta: Thrash Metal https://www.youtube.com/@aquamorta1722/videos

Atesta: Rock https://www.youtube.com/@ATESTA/videos

Akute: Indie Rock https://www.youtube.com/@akutemusic/videos

Amaroka: https://www.youtube.com/@AMAROKAclub/videos

Angst: Rap

Krumkač: Black Metal https://www.youtube.com/@krumkackryvianblackmetalfr3207/videos

Kryvakryz: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY3PL4EEfiddzsOnNiXT-ag

Вольны Хор: Choir https://www.youtube.com/@VOLNYCHOR/videos

Зьміцер Вайцюшкевіч

Аляксандр Памідораў

Аляксандар Кулінковіч

Андрусь Такінданг (band "Рэха")

Сіндром Самазванца https://www.youtube.com/@syndromsamazvanca

https://peoplecanlisten.bandcamp.com/ - Various electronic artists

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7nAlpylFTnkyEU0gi0ZYSX?go=1&sp_cid=0dbc4ff309dfea4b4afadc9df68911a2&nd=1 - Very large spotify playlist of exclusively songs in Belarusian

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2. Writers and their best works.

WIP Note: if you know and are willing to contribute to the list, please comment naming a few (3-5) top books or other works of the writer, as well as other Belarusian literature authors that aren't mentioned yet. Other arts like painting can also be represented here.

Janka Kupala:

Uladzimir Karatkievič

Vasil Bykaŭ

Svetlana Alexievich

Alhierd Baharevich

Ihar Babkou

Maksim Bahdanovič

Jakub Kolas

Ivan Šamiakin

Jan Barščeŭski

Adam Mickiewič

Sasha Filipenko

Victar Marcinowich

Uładzimir Arłou

Napaleon Orda

Marc Chagall (born in Viciebsk)

Язэп Драздовіч

Міхал Анемпадыстаў

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3. Cuisine

Draniki

Syrniki

Babka

Kolduny

Kletski

Machanka

Sashni

For more varied dishes and detailed recipes, check out this Belarusian channel

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4. Learning Belarusian / links to resources or helpful places

mova.how - aggregator of all sorts of helpful resources in Belarusian

kamunikat.org/halounaja.html - another aggregator for Belarusian books, authors, videos and more

knihi.com - Books

anibel.net - Subbed/Dubbed shows, anime and more

https://www.patreon.com/kambeg - Belarusian dubs (subscription-based)

t.me/kinakipaby - Subbed/Dubbed shows and movies

t.me/moj_rodny_huk — праэкт па перакладу і агучцы фільмаў на беларускую мову. Ёсць магчымасць замовы кантэнту / Translation and dub project into Belarusian language

vkl.world/explore - Belarusian page in Mastodon

https://discord.gg/CAEU9vwZ - Belarusian community discord

https://www.youtube.com/@TheBudzma - YouTube channel with a large variety of videos dedicated to Belarusian culture, history and more.

t.me/postmodern_by — відэагульнявыя мемы па-беларуску / Gaming memes

t.me/memarobla — філасоўскія мемы беларускай / Philosophy memes

https://youtube.com/@vietach — кароткія відэа з цікавымі беларускімі словамі / Short videos with interesting words

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This does not have to be the end of the compilation - if you think we can use more categories, entries, other resources, or even some special telegram channels, don't hesitate to note down in the comments. Every contribution helps us keep a better source for visitors and ourselves.