The society accomplishes its aims through:
• establishing and running hostels, night shelters, permanent residence homes;
• social work, legal and psychological help, ministry;
• running soup kitchens, bath houses, day rooms, clubs, organizing Christmas Eve suppers and Easter breakfasts, summer camps;
• distributing food, clothes, appliances, household detergents, medicines;
• cooperation wit
h local and central government, the Catholic Church, non-governmental organizations;
• information activity, inspiring scientific research;
• staff and volunteers training. The Society has been acting since 1981 and is the first non-governmental organization in Poland that started to help the homeless. It has 2,900 members organized in 62 Circles (branches). Each Circle (branch) tries to establish a hostel, soup kitchen or other kind of help for the poor and homeless people.
“… each hungry person should be given food, a homeless one – a place to stay, and a naked – clothes. If you cannot give much, give little…”
In our centres we also attempt to obey this rule, which was followed in the shelters organized by St. Brother Albert. We are running 75 shelters. Shelters for men:
• 36 hostels with over 2,000 places;
• 2 hostels combined with a night shelter – 105 places;
• 2 dormitories and 5 protected flats – 60 places;
• 9 night shelters for 520 people;
• 2 places for warming up – 50 places. Shelters for women and children:
• 8 hostels for women and mothers with children with 260 places;
• 1 children’s home where 45 children stays;
• 1 night shelter for women – 16 places;
• as well as 9 homes for the sick and the elderly where 260 people lives.
— All in all, there are about 3300 people staying in these institutions. And also:
• 14 soup kitchens and 2 eating places which serve 2,900 meals daily;
• a chemist’s supported by donations;
• 5 free bath houses;
• 13 centres of clothing and food distribution;
• 3 day rooms, the Albertinian Club;
• 8 motivation centres for the unemployed;
• 4 social integration clubs and social and career reintegration centre;
• sport integration teams;
• 1 filmotherapy centre (The Cinema Albert Production in Wroclaw);
• 1 computer lab (The Jacek Jureczko Computer Lab for the Homeless in Wroclaw). As the need arises, we renovate and extend our institutions ourselves. You will find more information about the Society in:
• the report on the activity of the Society in the last year;
• the book by Fr. Jan Śledzianowski “St. Brother Albert’s Aid Society and homelessness” — available in English in our branches (Circles) and in the Main Board;
• the films by The Cinema Albert Production — available with English subtitles in our Wroclaw Circle. Contact Us:
ST. BROTHER ALBERT AID SOCIETY · THE WROCLAW BRANCH
(Polish: Towarzystwo Pomocy im. Brata Alberta · Kolo Wroclawskie, abbr. TPBA)
A Polish non-governmental organization and a public benefit organization (Polish abbr. OPP)
Polish Court Registrar of Companies (KRS): 0000298714
Governmental Registrar of National Economy (REGON): 020695268
Tax Identification Number (NIP): 899-22-83-286
Headquarter / Address:
ul. Bernarda Bogedaina 5 (street), 50-514 Wroclaw (city)
Phone: (+48) 71 367 12 37
Fax: (+48) 71 336 40 17
Information Service: 800 292 137 (available only in Poland, only in Polish)
www.BratAlbert.wroclaw.pl
E-mail: [email protected]
Our bank account:
PKO BP S. A. deriv. Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski S.A. PKOBP Oddzial 3 we Wroclawiu
BIC/SWIFT: BPKOPLPW
IBAN No.: PL 87 1020 5242 0000 2502 0151 6897
