In this article, we will give a short overview of some NGOs in Lublin, especially the ones working in the area of foreigners and/or students.

The Rule of Law Institute Foundation (Fundacja Instytut na rzecz Państwa Prawa): This is the NGO of which Login:Lublin is a part. The main aim of the foundation is to promote the development of Rule of Law in Poland, which is done focusing on ten main objectives. What is important for foreigners in Lublin is that we can help with the legal aspects of their stay, like for example visa related issues. Another interesting thing we do is offering lessons in Polish language for foreigners.

Centre for Support of Migrants and Refugees, Caritas Lublin (Centrum Pomocy Migrantom i Uchodźcom): This is a part of the Catholic charity “Caritas”. It offers support for asylum seekers and refugees in Poland, helps people in intercultural situations, offers psychological support, legal support and support with finding work and helps with the integration of foreigners.

Dla Ziemi: This organization has different projects, related to local communities – like for example helping improving the educational situation of village children – as well as projects related to foreigners, named “STRANGERS? Growing closer together” and “We want to live in Poland”, a project specifically related to female migrants and refugees is called “The voice of women”, it aims to increase the social participation of this group.

Homo Faber Association: This is a NGO mainly focusing on the issue of human rights protection and the relation between government and people. It tries to build up a civic society and also is focused on both historical &current multiculturalism and fighting with discrimination in different areas. They organize “welcome actions” for foreigners, publish a guide about living in Lublin which is also available in English, introduce the city to foreigners and teach foreigners Polish language and culture.

Volunteer Centre (Regionalne Centrum Wolontariatu w Lublinie): This organization was established in 1999. Since the moment of establishment it has 20.000 people in Lublin working as volunteers. It searches volunteers willing to help and tries to promote this kind of work. It tries to set up organizations and centers of volunteers/volunteering.

Sempre a Frente: The aim of this NGO is to help people to develop themselves. It wants to help people both young and old to get important social skills, which can help them on the labor market. It wants to promote social responsibility, initiative and enterprise. Also it promotes doing volunteer work and different kinds of education, because it sees this as a way for young people to gain skills. The NGO is divided into three parts; Personal Development Lab, Centre for Youth Information and Development and the Youth Actions Space. It has also projects related to Ukraine and Georgia.

We wish that this list will be useful for you, unfortunately we could not include all NGOs in Lublin, but we tried to mention some important ones.