Belarusian House in Prague opens its website
The motto of
www.beldom.cz is "Being a
Belarusian is prestigious and noble". This information was given
to the BelaPAN by the coordinator, Natallia Makovik.
According
to her, the main aim of the website is to engage the Belarusians who
dwell in the Czech Republic in Belarusain projects. "4,129
citizens of Belarus live in Czech, and only several dozens of them
take part in actions in support of political prisoners or pay
interest to Belarusian cultural events. We want to change this
situation," notes N. Makovik.
She stated that
www.beldom.cz accumulates
information about all events in the Czech Republic which are related
to Belarus. "One can find there about the liturgies in the
Belarusian language in Prague, register children for the
Belarusian-language Sunday school, print out invitations for the
"Unknown Belarus" exhibition, see the schedule of sportive
events in Czech with the participation of Belarusian
sportsmen."
Moreover, the project proposes assistance to
Belarusians: entrepreneurs can receive free assistance while
registering their business, talented photographers can win vacations
at a resort and bloggers can earn money writing articles about the
life of Belarusians in Czech.
"If some 300 people come to
street actions in Prague to support the Belarusian political
prisoners thanks to the fact that the ads published at www.beldom.cz,
it will be a victory", states Natallia Makovik. "Only 2,013
out of the 4,129 Belarusian citizens living in Czech called
themselves Belarusians, and only 826 people indicated the Belarusian
language as their native tongue. Our long-term is to achieve the
situation, in which all 4,000 of the Czech Belarusians will be proud
of being Belarusians and consider the Belarusian language as their
native one," said the activist.
