Fundacja Ocalenie (English: Ocalenie Foundation) is a Polish non-governmental organization based in Warsaw that supports refugees, migrants, and other people with migration experience in Poland. Founded in 2000, it provides legal, educational, employment, housing, and psychological support, and has also taken part in public debates concerning asylum, migration, and refugee rights in Poland.
The foundation provides support in areas including legal advice, employment assistance, housing, Polish-language learning, and psychological help for people with migration experience.
Its work has included assistance to asylum seekers and refugees as well as efforts to support labour-market integration.
Following the displacement caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the organization was among the civil society groups active in refugee support in Poland.
Fundacja Ocalenie has been discussed in both news reporting and policy-oriented publications on migration in Poland.
PBS NewsHour referred to it as a Polish volunteer group dedicated to helping migrants in a report on asylum seekers in Poland. Notes from Poland has described it as a Polish NGO helping migrants and has reported on its role in public debate and migrant support initiatives.
Following the displacement caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the organization was among the civil society groups active in refugee support in Poland.
Fundacja Ocalenie was established in 2000. It developed into an organization focused on helping foreigners and refugees build stable lives in Poland through direct assistance and integration programmes.
The organization gained wider international attention during the PolandâÂÂBelarus border crisis, when it was cited in international reporting on humanitarian conditions at the border and on attempts by aid groups to reach stranded migrants.