02.08.2024
Zofia Żmijewska – psychologist, psychotherapist working in integrative and systemic approaches (undergoing certification), dissociative disorders diagnostician (undergoing ESTD certification) describes her work in Guarded Detention Centre. The article comes from report “Everyone around is suffering”.
29.07.2024
What are guarded detention centres used for? A guarded detention centre (GDC) for foreigners in Poland is a facility for migrants deprived of their liberty under migration regulations – either due to a pending deportation procedure or a procedure for granting international protection. Detention is intended to make these processes run efficiently. We should explain […]
25.07.2024
Kinga Galuszka talks about birthing schools for foreign women organized by PFM with Marta Piegat-Kaczmarczyk, Inna Padshakh and Hanna Kaminska. The interview comes from the publication “The most important thing is presence. Supporting refugee and migrant women in the perinatal period – the experience of the Polish Migration Forum Foundation”.
In an evocatively titled report, the Polish Migration Forum Foundation, supported by Save the Children Poland, has unveiled a pioneering study exposing the dire lack of psychological support for individuals in Poland s guarded centres for foreigners (SOC). It is the first in Poland to summarize the experiences of a non-governmental organization in providing psychological assistance […]
The Helpline PFM began operating in April 2022, just after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, in response to the immense need for psychological support. Let’s summarize the most important things that happened over these more than two years – an impressive amount of work has been done! By May 2024, we had received 1,276 calls […]
On Sunday 13 November, at the MTV EMA Awards, our psychologist Anfisa Yakovina will be honoured with the Generation Change Award as one of three ‘inspiring women from Ukraine’ for helping those affected by the humanitarian crisis and war.
Warsaw, February 20, 2023
Perspective of NGOs – professional “helpers”.
One year after the invasion of Ukraine.
