Children’s support
The Ocalenie Foundation works on behalf of migrant and refugee children and youth. We strive to provide young people with safe conditions for learning, entertainment and individual development. Since 2018, we have been running a tutoring and scholarship program for refugee children at risk of dropping out of school. Young people receive psychological and psychiatric assistance, and extend integration support to entire families. We strive to ensure that foreign children have the same educational and developmental opportunities as their Polish peers.
Tutoring program
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.
Other forms of children’s support
In September, we provide children from our regular programs with school supplies, and in December, with holiday gifts. In addition to the educational programs dedicated to them, young people have access to psychological and psychiatric consultations and receive medical, material, and legal assistance at the Polish-Belarusian border.
ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN ARE SUPPORTED BY
