{"id":132466,"date":"2025-04-01T18:14:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T15:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/132466\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"belarusian-culture-portal-reaches-out-to-readers-to-stay-afloat","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/132466\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian culture portal reaches out to readers for donations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"753\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/budzma.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/budzma.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/budzma-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/budzma-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/budzma-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/budzma-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(budzma.org)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 1, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> <em>Bud\u017ama Bie\u0142arusami<\/em>, a website promoting Belarusian culture, language and education, has found itself in dire straits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Today, like never before, we need your help to keep creating unique Belarusian content for you,&#8221; the editorial staff said in an <a href=\"https:\/\/budzma.org\/news\/budzma-prosits-padtrymki.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">address to readers<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We know that many of you have grown up with Bud\u017ama, got acquainted with the Belarusian culture through our campaign, watched and read our stories, and attended our events. We are sincerely grateful and ask for your help.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The editors need \u20ac16,000 a month to keep running <em>Budzma.org<\/em>, its social media and video production. They have described the situation as critical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project was launched in 2008 on the initiative of the World Association of Belarusians. Minsk declared Budzma.org extremist content in 2023, banning its possession and distribution in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several other exiled Belarusian media have appealed for donations recently amid financial difficulties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Activist urges Belarusians in Lithuania to speak Belarusian<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 2, Pozirk. Identity, such as the Belarusian language, history and culture \u201cis our salvation as a nation and independent state,&quot; said Nina \u0160yd\u0142o\u016dskaja, coordinator of the Budzma Bie\u0142arusami (Let&#039;s Be Belarusians!) campaign. \u0160yd\u0142o\u016dskaja spoke at a Belarusian-Lithuanian conference in &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/116383\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 1, Pozirk. Bud\u017ama Bie\u0142arusami, a website promoting Belarusian culture, language and education, has found itself in dire straits. &#8220;Today, like never before, we need your help to keep creating unique Belarusian content for you,&#8221; the editorial staff said in an address to readers. &#8220;We know that many of you have grown up with Bud\u017ama, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":132454,"template":"","rubric":[15],"class_list":["post-132466","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Belarusian culture portal reaches out to readers for donations | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"April 1, Pozirk. 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