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Fundacja S.O.S. dla Zwierząt

Chorzów, Poland

Animal welfareEducationHousing & HomelessnessTax-deductible donations
CharityFounded 2007National reach
Profile last updated: July 13, 2026

About

Founded in 2007, Fundacja S.O.S. dla Zwierząt is a charity based in Chorzów, Poland working on animal welfare, education, housing & homelessness.

Polish animal welfare foundation founded in 2007 that runs the Psia Chata animal shelter in Chorzów Maciejkowice, which takes in dogs, cats, farm animals and small animals. It provides veterinary care and treatment funding for animals of owners in hardship, rescues and rehoming, and animal-assisted therapy. It also runs school and kindergarten education, a prison rehabilitation programme and support for ex-prisoners and people facing exclusion or homelessness. Its activities cover Poland, with a focus on the Silesian, Opole and Lower Silesian voivodeships. It holds public benefit status (Organizacja Pożytku Publicznego) since 2009.

Location

Chorzów, Poland

Founded

2007

Organisation type

Charity

Legal form

Fundacja

Focus areas

animal shelteranimal adoptionanimal-assisted therapyprison rehabilitationanimal welfarepublic benefit

Languages

PL

Causes & programmes

Causes

Animal welfareEducationHousing & Homelessness

Works for

AnimalsChildrenYouthPrisoners & Ex-offendersHomeless peoplePeople in poverty

How they work

Direct servicesAwareness & educationEmergency responseVolunteer programmes

Programmes

Psiak poznaj, przytul, pokochaj!

Justice & Legal aid · Poland

Rehabilitation programme run with a men's prison in Wojkowice, in which inmates convicted of animal cruelty or struggling with aggression or alcohol take part in contact with dogs.

Hipoterapia

Health · Poland

Horse-assisted therapy sessions for children and other groups, delivered in kindergartens, schools and at the foundation's site.

Dogoterapia

Children & Youth · Poland

Dog-assisted therapy sessions in nurseries, kindergartens, schools, care homes and hospices, including a custom programme of 21 sessions run in Silesian kindergartens.

Countries of operation

Poland

Funding & support

Funded by

Individual donationsGrants

Ways to support

DonateVolunteer

Trust

Tax-deductible donations

People

Management & team (6)

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