From 12 December 2020 to 10 January 2021, volunteers of the Vitebsk branch of the Belarusian Red Cross Society were running the traditional charity project “Christmas Tree of Wishes”. Christmas trees with photos and wishes of children from the local orphanage were installed in all large shopping malls and supermarkets of the city. Anyone could buy a present one of them asked for. On 14 January, the collected presents were given to the children from the Vitebsk orphanage.