Aid Organizations

Caritas Bern

Purpose: Offers services to migrants and socially disadvantaged people, such as work integration, interpretation services, advice for the elderly, and mentoring programs.
Address: Zähringerstrasse 25, 3012 Bern
Phone: 031 378 60 00
Email: info@caritas-bern.ch
Website: www.caritas-bern.ch

FRIEDA – The Feminist Peace Organization

Purpose: Supports migrant women with German language skills in professional mentoring and work integration.
Address: Falkenhöheweg 8, 3012 Bern
Phone: 031 300 50 60
Email: joanne.vanspyk@frieda.org
Website: www.frieda.org/de

Heilsarmee – LernPunkt

Purpose: Provides courses in basic German, mathematics, and computer skills for migrants.
Address: Freiburgstrasse 251, 3018 Bern
Phone: 031 511 36 20
Email: lernpunkt@heilsarmee.ch
Website: www.heilsarmee.ch/angebot/lern-punkt/

HEKS (Swiss Interchurch Aid)

Purpose: Offers German, integration, and professional entry courses, as well as work opportunities and garden projects for migrants and socially disadvantaged people.
Address: Bürenstrasse 12, 3007 Bern
Phone: 031 385 18 40
Email: bern@heks.ch
Website: www.heks.ch

SAH Bern FOKUS Vocational Courses

Purpose: Provides vocational courses for people who want to be integrated into the labor market, such as migrants and asylum seekers dependent on social welfare.
Address: Könizstrasse 161, 3097 Liebefeld
Phone: 031 970 40 12
Email: regula.hungerbuehler@sah-be.ch
Website: www.sah-be.ch

SRK Canton of Bern (Swiss Red Cross Canton of Bern)

Purpose: Offers specialized courses and daily support for job seekers, social welfare recipients, asylum seekers, and migrants.
Address: Bernstrasse 162, 3052 Zollikofen
Phone: 031 919 09 19
Email: kvbe@srk-bern.ch
Website: www.srk-bern.ch

NGOs and Non-Profit Organizations

Observation Post for Asylum and Foreigner Law

Purpose: Provides legal advice for people affected by migration and asylum law.
Address: Hallerstrasse 58, 3012 Bern
Phone: 031 381 45 40
Email: geschaeftsstelle@beobachtungsstelle.ch
Website: www.beobachtungsstelle.ch

Bern Counselling Centre for Sans-Papiers

Purpose: Offers advice and information for people living without papers (sans-papiers).
Address: Monbijoustrasse 31, 3011 Bern
Phone: 031 382 00 15
Email: beratung@sanspapiersbern.ch
Website: www.sanspapiersbern.ch

Bern integral plus

Purpose: Organizes German courses for asylum seekers and migrants without access to paid courses.
Address: Morillonstr. 77, 3007 Bern / Kapellenstr. 24a, 3011 Bern
Email: deutsch-bern-integral@mailbox.org
Website: www.bern-integral-plus.ch

BIZ Vocational and Information Centers of the Canton of Bern

Purpose: Offers information and advice on professions and educational paths for migrants.
Address: Bremgartenstrasse 37, 3012 Bern
Phone: 031 363 83 00
Email: infoservice.biz@be.ch
Website: www.biz.bkd.be.ch

denk:mal – Autonomous School Bern

Purpose: Organizes publicly accessible German courses and workshops (e.g., bicycle repair).
Address: Lagerweg 12, 3013 Bern
Email: denk-mal@denk-mal.info
Website: www.denk-mal.info

Refugee Parliament Switzerland

Purpose: Supports the political participation of asylum seekers and conducts lobbying.
Address: Schwanengasse 9, 3011 Bern
Phone: 031 311 55 09
Email: bern@ncbi.ch
Website: www.flüchtlingsparlament-schweiz.ch

gggfon – Together Against Violence and Racism

Purpose: Provides counselling and mediation for people experiencing racism and violence.
Phone: 031 333 33 40
Email: melde@gggfon.ch
Website: www.gggfon.ch

House of Religions

Purpose: Organizes events and projects to promote intercultural and interreligious dialogue.
Address: Europaplatz 1, 3008 Bern
Phone: 031 380 51 00
Email: info@haus-der-religionen.ch
Website: www.haus-der-religionen.ch

Heitere Fahne / Köniz

Purpose: A place for inclusive cultural events and meetings open to all.
Address: Dorfstrasse 22/24, 3084 Wabern
Email: info@dieheiterefahne.ch
Website: www.dieheiterefahne.ch

Help Somali

Purpose: Builds bridges between Somalis and Swiss, offers counselling, family support, and intercultural mediation.
Address: Sulgenauweg 50, 3007 Bern
Phone: 078 880 30 76
Email: info@help-somali.org
Website: www.help-somali.org

humanrights.ch

Purpose: Provides legal advice to anyone affected or threatened by fundamental human rights violations.
Address: Hallerstrasse 23, 3012 Bern
Phone: 031 302 01 61
Email: info@humanrights.ch
Website: www.humanrights.ch

INES – New Switzerland Institute

Purpose: Organizes events, workshops, and forums on migration topics to inform society.
Email: institut@nouvelle-suisse.ch
Website: www.institutneueschweiz.ch

isa-Migration Specialised Centre

Purpose: Offers language and basic education courses, work integration counselling, and social integration projects for migrants and newcomers.
Address: Speichergasse 29, 3011 Bern
Phone: 031 310 12 70
Email: isa@isabern.ch
Website: www.isabern.ch

Mothers’ Advice Centre

Purpose: Offers counselling to families with children from 0-5 years on child health, development, and care.
Address: Berner Generationenhaus, Bahnhofplatz 2, 3011 Bern
Phone: 031 552 16 16
Email: info@mvb-be.ch
Website: www.mvb-be.ch

NCBI – Bern Section (National Coalition Building Institute – Bern Section)

Purpose: Organizes workshops and courses to reduce prejudice, integrate asylum seekers, and prevent violence.
Address: Schwanengasse 9, 3011 Bern
Phone: 031 311 55 09
Email: bern@ncbi.ch
Website: www.ncbi.ch

Pa-parat

Purpose: Offers discussion groups and support services for fathers with a migrant background and their families.
Address: Eigerstrasse 80, 3007 Bern
Phone: 031 370 70 80
Email: migram@beges.ch
Website: www.bernergesundheit.ch

Racism Regulars’ Table

Purpose: Organizes regular meetings and discussions for post-migrants.
Email: info@berner-rassismusstammtisch.ch
Website: www.berner-rassismusstammtisch.ch

Legal Advice Centre for People in Need

Purpose: Provides legal advice and representation for asylum seekers, social welfare recipients, and people affected by racial discrimination.
Address: Eigerplatz 5, 3007 Bern
Phone: 031 385 18 20
Email: info@rbsbern.ch
Website: www.rechtsberatungsstelle.ch

Solidarity Network Bern

Purpose: Offers social and legal advice to asylum seekers, rejected asylum seekers, and sans-papiers.
Address: Quartiergasse 12, 3013 Bern
Phone: 031 991 39 29
Email: info@solidaritaetsnetzbern.ch
Website: www.solidaritaetsnetzbern.ch

Solidarity Without Borders

Purpose: Conducts information and lobbying work for asylum seekers, refugees, sans-papiers, and migrants.
Address: Schwanengasse 9, 3011 Bern
Phone: 031 311 07 70
Email: sekretariat@sosf.ch
Website: www.sosf.ch

TRiiO

Purpose: Offers counselling, application workshops, and coaching for all job seekers.
Address: Gutenbergstrasse 40b, 3011 Bern
Phone: 031 311 91 55
Email: info@triio.ch
Website: www.triio.ch

Unia Section Bern, Migration Interest Group

Purpose: Provides legal advice and information for everyone.
Address: Monbijoustrasse 61, PF 3397, 3001 Bern
Phone: 031 385 22 22
Email: bern@unia.ch
Website: www.bern.unia.ch

Association Give a Hand

Purpose: Offers migrants support with correspondence, counselling, legal aid, and interpretation services.
Address: Sandstrasse 5, 3302 Moosseedorf
Phone: 079 830 5763
Email: info@giveahand.ch
Website: www.giveahand.ch

Bern Integration Bridge Association

Purpose: Provides counselling and mediation services for asylum seekers and refugees who speak Arabic and Kurdish.
Address: Wiesenstrasse 8, 3072 Ostermundigen
Phone: 077 966 31 44
Email: info@integrationsbruecke.ch
Website: www.integrationsbruecke.ch

Association Medina

Purpose: Offers medical and social counselling, meals, and neighbourhood assistance for people in need and sans-papiers.
Address: Schutzenmatte
Email: medina@immerda.ch
Website: www.vereinmedina.ch

Association MiAu-Q

Purpose: Offers counselling and information to all migrants, especially those in the Bümpliz and Bethlehem districts.
Address: c/o Stephanie Schär, Treffpunkt Untermatt, Bümplizstrasse 21, 3027 Bern
Phone: 031 992 49 82
Email: info@miau-q.ch
Website: www.miau-q.ch

Multi-Religious Accompanying Association

Purpose: Trains volunteer companions from various religious communities.
Address: House of Religions – Dialogue of Cultures, Europaplatz 1, 3008 Bern
Phone: 076 523 02 13
Email: info@vmrb.ch
Website: www.vmrb.ch

We Are All Bern

Purpose: Offers open discussion platforms, community and political participation events for all residents of the city of Bern.
Address: Holligerhof 8, Wohnung 001, 3008 Bern
Email: wir-alle-sind-bern@immerda.ch
Website: www.wirallesindbern.ch

VBG – Bern Community Work Association

VBG Headquarters

Purpose: Coordinates community work projects in the various districts of Bern and offers services such as social work, language counselling, and support for correspondence and applications.
Phone: 031 312 50 06
Email: info@vbgbern.ch
Website: www.vbgbern.ch

Writing Service

Purpose: Provides support in understanding and writing correspondence (incl. applications and CVs), filling out forms and applications, etc.
Address: Berner GenerationenHaus, Bahnhofplatz 2, 3011 Bern
Phone: 078 741 22 27 (Raphael Corneo)
Email: schreibdienst@vbgbern.ch

Infotime – Counselling in Mother Tongue

Purpose: Provides counselling services in the mother tongues of Arabic, Tamil, Albanian, and Tigrinya.
Phone: 078 214 87 27 (Ahlam Ali)
Email: infotime.arabisch@vbgbern.ch

Church Offerings

Asylum Counselling of the Catholic Church Region Bern

Purpose: Offers counselling and support for rejected asylum seekers who receive emergency aid.
Address: Mittelstrasse 6a, 3012 Bern
Phone: 031 300 33 50
Email: sozialberatung@kathbern.ch
Website: www.menschundgesellschaft.ch

Bethlehem Parish

Purpose: Organizes intercultural events and projects such as sewing workshops and language courses for migrants.
Address: Eymattstrasse 2b, 3027 Bern
Phone: 031 996 18 56 (Christa Neubacher)
Email: christa.neubacher@refbern.ch
Website: www.bethlehem.refbern.ch

Paulus Parish

Purpose: Offers meetings for asylum seekers, refugees, and migrants, voluntary accompaniment programs, and a German learning center.
Phone: 079 813 90 92 (Sandra Staudenmann)
Email: sandra.staudenmann@refbern.ch

City of Bern

FMR – Specialised Service for Migration and Racism Issues of the City of Bern

Purpose: Provides counselling, information, and networking on migration and racism issues.
Address: Fellerstrasse 27, 3027 Bern
Phone: 031 321 61 21
Email: fmr@bern.ch
Website: www.bern.ch/fmr

Competence Center for Work, City of Bern

Purpose: Provides professional and social integration, job placement, and coaching for asylum seekers and social welfare recipients.
Address: Effingerstrasse 21, 3011 Bern
Phone: 031 321 68 00
Email: arbeit@bern.ch
Website: www.bern.ch/arbeit

School Authority of the City of Bern

Purpose: Organizes free German courses for school-aged children and mother-child German courses for mothers with small children.
Address: Predigergasse 1, 3011 Bern
Phone: 031 321 62 70
Email: schulamt@bern.ch
Website: www.bern.ch/schulamt

Municipalities

Municipality of Köniz

Purpose: Offers “Mini-Jobs” (hourly jobs), language and sewing courses for migrants, especially for women.
Address: Landorfstrasse 1, 3098 Köniz
Phone: 031 970 91 11
Email: info@koeniz.ch
Website: www.koeniz.ch

Private Organizations

ILS Bern

Purpose: Organizes German courses and language certification exams for migrants.
Address: Thunstrasse 8, 3005 Bern
Phone: 031 561 90 90
Email: info@ils-bern.ch
Website: www.ils-bern.ch

JobAtelier Köniz

Purpose: Offers a service to help with writing applications for all job seekers.
Address: Schwarzenburgstr. 260, 3098 Köniz
Phone: 031 537 16 80
Email: jobatelier@farb-bern.ch
Website: www.farb-bern.ch/jobatelier

Climbaid

Purpose: Organizes climbing projects for asylum seekers.
Email: marion@climbaid.org
Website: www.climbaid.org/projects/the-maxi-family

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Aid Organizations – Bern

Aid Organizations – Bern

Aid Organizations – Bern