CNDS
Comité National de Défense Sociale
Vichten, Luxembourg
About
Founded in 1967, CNDS is a non-profit association based in Vichten, Luxembourg working on housing & homelessness, employment & skills, addiction +3 more.
The Comité National de Défense Sociale (CNDS) is a non-profit association founded in 1967 and recognised as being of public utility since 2010. Based in Luxembourg, it works with the most disadvantaged people in the country as a generalist social work provider. Its activities centre on three areas: housing, work, and support for people with drug addiction. Services include supported housing and group homes, a low-threshold addiction service (ABRIGADO), a work-activation structure (Nei Aarbecht), a social canteen (Vollekskichen), furniture provision for people rehoused through social offices, and second-hand shops. The organisation works with ministries, the national social inclusion office and the City of Luxembourg, and is partly funded by public agreements, European Social Fund projects and its own earned income. Donations are tax-deductible because of its public utility status.
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CNDS-Wunnen
Housing & Homelessness · Luxembourg
Residential reintegration structure offering supported housing, including studios, apartments and group homes, with social, educational, administrative and financial support.
Housing First
Housing & Homelessness · Luxembourg
Housing-first programme providing open-ended rental arrangements with individualised support, mainly in Luxembourg City.
Centres d'accueil classiques
Housing & Homelessness · Luxembourg
Six communal residential homes across the country where residents live in shared groups with their own furnished rooms.
Nei Aarbecht
Employment & Skills · Luxembourg
Social structure offering work measures and occupation to people in social distress, with a second-hand reuse and resale activity.
ABRIGADO
Addiction · Luxembourg
Low-threshold service for people with drug addiction, offering substitution treatment, a medical infirmary, needle exchange, a consumption room and a night shelter.
Vollekskichen
Poverty & Hunger · Luxembourg
Social canteen serving affordable, complete meals to isolated or low-income people, with social guidance offered on request.
Mateneen
Housing & Homelessness · Luxembourg
Service furnishing empty homes for people referred by social offices, including delivery and assembly of furniture.
TABA
Employment & Skills · Luxembourg
Activity offering structured work by collecting, repairing and redistributing toys and children's books, with a barter option for families and social institutions.
Service Transition
Justice & Legal aid · Luxembourg
Housing-focused social reintegration measure for former detainees, launched in 2023 in partnership with the Ministry of Justice.
Projet Femmes
Gender equality · Luxembourg
Space for women clients offering support and a place to build trusting relationships.
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Ministère de la Famille, de l'Intégration et à la Grande Région, Ministère de la Santé, Ministère du Logement, Ministère du Tourisme, Ministère de la Justice, Office National de l'Inclusion Sociale (ONIS), Ville de Luxembourg, Œuvre Nationale Grande-Duchesse Charlotte, Médecins du Monde, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg
