We told you: "Don't think this is small change"! Data revealed on how much income tax Belarusians in Lithuania transferred to various public structures
Support for "Nasha Niva" increased by 24%. We are very pleased with such an assessment of our work.
Sticker in Belarus. Photo from social networks
It so happened — we didn't want it, but it happened — that Belarusians today have become a "network nation": scattered across the world, preserving their Belarusian identity and tradition mostly online, because "everything is forbidden" within the country. And this will continue until political changes occur in Minsk.
It is an honor for us, the highest assessment of our work, that Belarusians in Lithuania transferred the most to "Nasha Niva" among all Belarusian media — 19,023 euros. This is 24.4% more than a year ago.
Among public organizations, the Ivan Lutskievich Belarusian Museum collected as much as "Nasha Niva" — 19,320 euros (the most among Belarusian initiatives in Lithuania).
But the results of the collection in Lithuania (in Poland, this data takes longer to process and will be known by autumn) also show how much money Belarusians have "lying around." It's a matter of a couple of clicks when filing tax declarations in Poland and Lithuania — a couple of clicks, and you've transferred a percentage of your income to someone whose work is important to you.
This money can go to the Belarusian cause, otherwise, the Lithuanian or Polish state will use it for their own needs. Don't forget to make these clicks next year as well.
Transfer 1.2 or 1.5% of your income tax to the Belarusian cause. Otherwise, the state will use that money itself. And ask your colleagues to do the same
Belarusians in the countries of the Free World cannot remain in the stupor of "just don't move, just don't stand out, just don't draw attention to yourself," which is a natural way of self-preservation when living under a dictatorship.
To remain a strong community even during a period of forced networking, to preserve media, science, churches, schools, summer camps, festivals, political representation, we must use every available tool — including this percentage of tax. It takes a couple of seconds for each person — and the community receives substantial money.
Overall, the most popular initiative in Lithuania is the Mėlyna ir geltona ("Blue and Yellow") fund for aid to Ukraine; people donated the most to it — and Belarusians, we are sure, did too.
And I always remind you: if what "Nasha Niva" does is important to you, support us also via Patreon, via PayPal, or by transferring to the Editorial Board in any other convenient way for you, through those "Nasha Niva" editors and journalists whom you know personally.
Also — suggest to us what to pay attention to, suggest what we need to know, suggest where we are wrong, and transmit information from inside Belarus via Telegram @nn_editor or to the mail nivanasha@proton.me. Or via Signal or in another way to those "NN" editors and journalists whom you know personally.