Objectives and Principles of Ocalenie Foundation
The Foundation’s objectives are as follows:
- to assist, integrate and mobilise foreigners as well as Poles and people of Polish origin who stay in Poland or plan to come to Poland;
- to build an open society through popularisation of knowledge about world’s countries and cultures, to promote and support intercultural and inter-faith dialogue, and to combat prejudice and discrimination;
- to promote and support volunteering and other forms of social involvement;
- to support the development of social integration system in Poland, including integration of refugees and immigrants;
The Foundation addresses its activities to:
- all people at risk of social marginalisation, including in particular:
- refugees and other people under international protection as well as asylum seekers, including people resettled or relocated to Poland;
- immigrants;
- Poles returning from emigration;
- victims of natural calamities, armed conflicts and war, including victims of trauma and torture;
- groups particularly vulnerable to discrimination, including children, women, seniors, people with disabilities, people with health problems, people in difficult economic situation or in emergency;
- local communities and local leaders;
- public, non-governmental and private institutions, organisations and enterprises as well as non-formal groups;
- the society as a whole.
Ocalenie Foundation Statute
The full version of the Statute is available here.