Diakonische Gesellschaft Wohnen und Beraten

Founded in 1876, Diakonische Gesellschaft Wohnen und Beraten is a faith-based organisation based in Braunschweig, Germany working on housing & homelessness, poverty & hunger, refugees & migration +2 more.

The Diakonische Gesellschaft Wohnen und Beraten mbH (DWB) is a diakonic social company in Lower Saxony, part of the Dachstiftung Diakonie. It supports people in need, especially homeless people and those at risk of losing their housing, as well as people in poverty, refugees and people with mental disabilities. Services include counselling, day centres, residential and outpatient help, housing support and neighbourhood projects, operating mainly in the Braunschweig region and neighbouring areas. The organisation was founded in 1876 as a shelter in Braunschweig and is supported by the Förderstiftung Wohnen und Beraten, which owns its properties and funds housing aid. It also runs refugee support in Gifhorn and Goslar and campaigns on social policy issues.