We, the Mother’s Home, are a long-term accommodation for pregnant women and mothers of newborns (up to 1 year old). At the moment, due to the war in Ukraine, we are working primarily (but not exclusively!) for refugee women from Ukraine.
You can contact us with any question, and we will always try to help you, but due to the nature of our business, first of all we can:
- give you a temporary place in our Home (subject to the availability of places – due to the cameral nature of our venture we have a maximum of 12),
- prepare a birth starter set for you to take to the hospital and things for the newborn,
- direct you where to get other types of help.
If you are going into labor soon or have recently (up to 3 months) given birth and would like to request a layette please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/hHQVNUEes9awCwVF7
or contact us:
-> by Messenger (we write back in Polish, Ukrainian and English)
-> by writing an email to pomoc@dommatki.pl (we write back in Polish, Ukrainian and English)
-> via What’sapp +48 796 401 236 (we write back in Polish, Ukrainian and English)
-> by calling +48 796 401 236 (we speak Polish, Ukrainian and English, but please note! sometimes there may be someone on shift who does not speak all languages 🙂 ).
If you are pregnant or have a child under the age of one, want to stay in Poland for a longer period of time and need a place to live and to stabilize your living situation – call us at +48 796 401 236 and ask about the availability of places.
Please note: due to the nature of our business, we only accept single pregnant women and single mothers of children under 1 year old (along with all other children if any 🙂 ). We are a place of long-term assistance, so we welcome people who plan to stay in Poland for a longer period of time to our Home.
We provide food assistance only as an additional activity and each time we do – we announce the registration on our Facebook profile (Dom Matki) new section. Outside of the announced programs, we do not have the ability to provide ongoing food assistance.
BUT: If you are one of our beneficiaries (pregnant women and mothers of newborns up to 1 year old currently in a refugee crisis) and you have found yourself in a random and difficult life situation (e.g., hospitalization, sudden documented illness, sudden loss of livelihood due to the loss of the person who was the main breadwinner in the family) and you can provide documents proving this condition – email us at pomoc@dommatki.pl. If we have the opportunity, we will never allow pregnant women and mothers of newborns to starve.
Permanent food aid in Warsaw is provided by:
- Uniters Foundation, which operates at the Downtown Community Center at 9 Smolna Street in Warsaw (all week from 12:00 to 19:00),
- The Do Good Foundation (Fundacja Czynić Dobro), which operates at 65 Minska Street in Warsaw,
- Caritas point at 25a Towarowa Street in Warsaw,
- PCK point on Szańcowa Street 25 in Warsaw.
Also check public eateries – or places where residents can leave food they won’t eat. You can find a list of eateries here: https://warszawa19115.pl/-/jadlodzielnie
If you are in a difficult life situation report immediately to the nearest Social Assistance Center or to the Warsaw Family Assistance Center – these are institutions dedicated to helping people like you.
Warsaw Family Assistance Center is located at August 6 n.1 Street.
You can find a list of Welfare Centers here: https://www.pomocy.waw.pl/przykladowa-strona/osrodki-pomocy-spolecznej
In this regard, our options are limited because we are a place dedicated to helping other groups of people. Therefore, if you are looking for clothes for adults or older children, it is best to report to places that provide assistance specifically for these groups:
- closest to us: Help Point Ukraine Warsaw-Białołęka at 21/23 Klasyków Street in Warsaw (Tuesday, Thursday – 16:30-19 and Saturday 10-13)
- Uniters Foundation, which operates at the Downtown Culture Center at 9 Smolna Street in Warsaw (all week from 12:00 to 19:00),
- Front for Aid to Ukraine at 39 Freta St. in Warsaw
- Polish Social Welfare Committee at 14 Perzyńskiego St. in Warsaw – clothes, shoes; Monday, Wednesday, Thursday; 09:00-13:00
- Dom Dziennego Pobytu 15 Robotnicza Street in Warsaw (Tuesday and Friday from 10 am to 2 pm),
- Mokotow Hospice of the Holy Cross at 14 Magazynowa St. in Warsaw, (from Monday to Thursday from 9.00 – 13.00, on Fridays from 12.30 – 15.30).
Also check out local Divisions, which are places where residents can donate and exchange clothes and other items they no longer need. You can find a list of sharehouses here: https://um.warszawa.pl/waw/sasiedzka/dzielnie
Do you have other needs and think we can help you? Write to pomoc@dommatki.pl , and we will do our best to solve your problem.
If you’re looking for other information on how to get help (health, with preschool/nursery, official matters, etc), be sure to check here as well: https://warszawa19115.pl/dla-obywateli-ukrainy#
Are you a Polish woman and would you like to receive a maternity layette / newborn material aid from us?
Contact the nearest Social Welfare Center (Ośrodek Pomocy Społecznej) and ask them to apply for assistance for you (the fastest way to do this is to email us at info@dommatki.pl).