Children's programs
Ocalenie Foundation works for the benefit of children and youth with migration and refugee experience. We provide educational support, offer psychological assistance, and cover entire families with integration support. We strive to provide the youngest with safe conditions for learning, playing, and development.
Since 2018, in cooperation with the BNP Paribas Foundation, we have run the tutoring program Knowledge to the Max, which aims to support the education of children and young people from refugee families, primarily those with learning difficulties and at risk of dropping out.
Young people participating in the program receive learning support in the form of individual meetings with a volunteer tutor, and, if necessary, private lessons and group classes to prepare for the high school diploma and the 8th-grade exam. They also participate in workshops, integration meetings, and joint educational and cultural outings. Education specialists are in constant contact with the families of children in the program, offering them the necessary support.
In the 2025/2026 school year, 100 children are participating in the program, and 29 of them are receiving scholarships to cover education-related costs.
We invite people aged 7-18 to benefit from free psychological support. We work in Polish, Russian, English, and with the support of interpreters (Arabic, Georgian, Tajik, Ukrainian, Farsi). The assistance we offer is free of charge.
When should you contact us?
Pay attention if your child:
- has suddenly become withdrawn, sad, or lost interest in playing,
- has difficulty learning or relating to peers,
- often explodes with anger or is very irritable,
- has trouble sleeping or complains of stomachaches/headaches for no apparent reason,
- often thinks back to difficult events from the past.
How to sign up for psychological consultations?
- Register yourself and your child in the Mazovian Intercultural Bridges program at the Information and Counseling Center at 80/82 Grzybowska Street in Warsaw.
- Sign your child up for the consultation of your choice at the Foreigners’ Assistance Center (CPC) at the Ocalenie Foundation. The CPC is open from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Fridays.
- Consultations will be held at the Ocalenie Foundation headquarters or at the Information and Advisory Point.
We invite you to participate!
Psychological assistance is financed by the “Mazowieckie Mosty Międzykulturowe” (Mazovian Intercultural Bridges) project, co-financed by European funds under the Asylum, Migration, and Integration Fund program for 2021-2027, specific objective: Legal migration and integration.
