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Our mission is to protect LGBTQ+ youth in Poland from the harms of homelessness and refugeehood. 

The Warsaw House Foundation's mission is to protect homeless and refugee  LGBTQ+ youth in Poland and provide them with the tools they need to live independently. Our inspiration was the  Ali Forney Center  (AFC)  n NYC, which is largest organization in the world offering support to homeless LGBTQ+ youth. We are honored that Carl Siciliano, the AFC's founder is on the board of the Warsaw House Foundation and works as an advisor. We place extra attention on HIV and STI education, support and prevention with the help of board member Dr. Joanna Kubica and the Smart Life Clinic in Warsaw.  After we took in our first LGBTQ+ youth to house on February 14th, 2023  we have been flooded with calls for housing and support from young people in need.  These are Polish Trans 18 year-olds from the Polish countryside in desperate need to escape their abusive and intolerant homes, young queer people with PTSD and untreated mental illness who need housing and support immediately, LGBTQ+ refugees from Ukraine and several young gay men from Iraq who suffered torture in their homeland, were detained and imprisoned at the Polish/Belarussian border for up to two years, and are now trying to build their lives in Poland.  We are also housing and supporting young LGBTQ+ people from Uganda and Egypt,  We are raising money to support the young people under our care, to house and feed them and pay for their medical needs and courses needed for them to start an independent life,  We are also raising money to hire staff (all of WH's work is now done by volunteers), to continue the renovation of our residential building and for short term emergency rentals.  We have a committed and professional team and a well planned strategy for both emergency and long term care.  Any help would be greatly appreciated!! We will be in regular contact if you'd like to hear of our progress and  if you'll be in Warsaw, we'd be delighted to meet with you personally and show you the work we do.

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For 4 consecutive years Poland was ranked as the worst country in the EU for LGBTQ+ rights and safety.  At the same time Poland has been faced with a refugee crisis on two of its  borders:  with Ukraine and Belarus. The Warsaw House Foundation (WHF)  has become the safe haven where Internally Displaced Polish and refugee LGBTQ+ young people come for safety.

These are Polish Trans 19 year olds whose family threw them onto the streets because of their gender identity, a gay, 22 year old Ugandan who fled to avoid prison and murder for his sexual orientation,  after being disowned and attacked by his family and community,  an 18 year old Trans Ukrainian girl who crossed the border into Poland alone at 16,  soon after the Russian Invasion,  a 23 year old Chechnyan lesbian whose life was threatened back home by her family and the Chechnyan government. A 20 year old gay Iraqi whose family home was attacked by gangs and his sister killed after his homosexuality was revealed.

The mission of the WHF is to protect LGBTQ+ youth in Poland from the harms of homelessness and refugeehood and empower them with tools needed for a safe and independent future.  We urgently need your help today. We were founded in 2021 and 2023 has been a challenging but pivotal year for us. We began housing our first young person from Poland in February  2023.  Today we are housing and supporting young LGBTQ+ people from Ukraine, Poland, Chechnya, Iraq, Uganda, Cameroon and  Egypt and are flooded with new requests for help every day. The refugee crisis in Poland is not over. The youth homelessness crisis, which disproportionately affects LGBTQ+ youth, sadly seems to have no end in sight.  We are not just a shelter nor just a housing project. We are an open, supportive, integrated  community serving the most vulnerable young people.

We approach each young person individually and holistically – offering not only housing but mental health care, STD testing, CV writing, support groups, art therapy, specialized support to Trans clients and help in achieving independence.  Due to the homophobic right-wing government that ruled Poland for 8 years, we have not had any access to government funding. With the right- wing  government being recently voted out of office, we see this as a time for  growth and we hope to gain support from the new government in Poland. That will take time. Today our core team works pro-bono and all the money we raise goes directly to supporting the young people we serve.

We  need your help today.  We need to raise $15,000 to cover  rent and utilities for our housing and meeting center in Warsaw for one year, along with food and medical costs, and  psychological support.   Having those funds secured would guarantee a home for the 5 people who currently live there and a safe haven for  the 70+ young people who attend our support groups, therapy/coaching  sessions and workshops in our center.  Please consider a tax-deductible donation to help us reach our goal and make this possible.  Help us protect the most vulnerable LGBTQ+ young people from the harms of homelessness and refugeehood.  Any amount is greatly appreciated!

- Cover art is a self-portrait of one of our clients

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