Fundacja Praesterno

Founded in 1994, Fundacja Praesterno is a non-governmental organisation based in Warszawa, Poland working on addiction, children & youth, education.

Fundacja Praesterno is a Polish foundation established in 1994 by Tomasz Kowalewicz, with its statutory seat in Warsaw. It holds public benefit (organizacja pożytku publicznego) status. Its mission is to help disadvantaged people and social groups achieve physical, mental and social wellbeing, mainly by preventing pathology and social marginalisation, especially among young people, and by supporting equal educational opportunities. The foundation develops and delivers addiction and risk-behaviour prevention programmes for schools, young people and families, runs treatment-related support, operates an anonymous online advisory service for drug users and their families, and trains prevention practitioners and teachers. Its work is delivered through local centres in Bielsko-Biała, Bydgoszcz, Gdańsk (Rotmanka), Kraków, Lublin, Łódź, Puławy and Wrocław, and it cooperates with schools, parents and public bodies in Poland and with partners in Georgia and Ukraine.