Slovenská humanitná rada

Slovenská humanitná rada is a non-profit association based in Bratislava, Slovakia working on refugees & migration, humanitarian aid & disaster relief, disability +2 more.

Slovenská humanitná rada (Slovak Humanitarian Council, SHR) is a Slovak non-profit civic association active in the social field for over 30 years. It supports refugees and asylum seekers, including people fleeing Ukraine, and people with asylum or subsidiary protection who are integrating in Slovakia. Since its work began, SHR has run projects across the asylum process, from entry through quarantine and reception facilities to the granting or refusal of asylum status, and provides integration services. It operates Blue Dot safe spaces created with UN agencies, and provides psychological counselling and social support in asylum and detention facilities in Slovakia. SHR also provides social services for socially disadvantaged and disabled people, publishes the magazines Humanita and Carissimi, and is accredited to provide specialist social counselling for vulnerable groups of foreign origin. It is funded partly by EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund projects and by individual donations, including the 2% tax designation. Its head office is in Bratislava, with offices in Košice, Žilina, Nitra and Dunajská Streda.