Civil Society Partner Organizations
You can count on the support of civil society organizations that partner with UNHCR to receive free assistance on various topics: access to information and guidance on asylum procedures, housing, health, education, documentation, Portuguese courses, work, etc. UNHCR advises contacting them directly to find out more about their services and activities.
The organizations listed here are not authorized/registered to issue humanitarian visas
Manaus
Hermanitos
Address: Av. Leonardo Malcher, 1070 – Centro. Manaus – AM
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (92) 99431-5431 | (92) 98403-0112
Services: support with employability, entrepreneurship, Portuguese language courses, and vocational training.
Jesuit Service to Migrants and Refugees (SJMR)
Address: SARES – Av. Leonardo Malcher, 339 – Nossa Sra. Aparecida, Manaus – AM, 69020-070
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (92) 99157-6097
Services: social assistance support, support for entering the job market and for entrepreneurship.
Migrant Pastoral Service (SPM)
Address: Paróquia Nossa Senhora dos Remédios, Rua Leovegildo Coêlho, 237– Centro, Manaus – AM
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (92) 3232-7257
Services: social assistance support, assistance with documentation, Portuguese language courses, and entrepreneurship training.
Brasília
Migration and Human Rights Institute (IMDH)
Address: Quadra 7 Conjunto C Lote 1 Quadra 7 Conjunto C Lote 1, Varjão, Brasília – DF, 71555-239
Email: [email protected] | [email protected]
Phone: (61) 3340-2689 | (61) 3447-8043 | (61) 98210-5085
Services: legal and social assistance assistance, referral to public services and partner networks, employability, easy access to Portuguese and vocational courses, emergency financial aid for more vulnerable profiles.
SOS Children’s Villages
Belo Horizonte
Jesuit Service to Migrants and Refugees (SJMR)
Address: Av. Amazonas, 641 – 17º andar – Centro. Belo Horizonte – MG, 30180-001
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (31) 9677-9690
Services: legal and social assistance services, referrals to public services and partner networks, employability, easy access to Portuguese and professional training courses.
Belém
University Center of the State of Pará (CESUPA) – Human Rights Clinic
Address: Av. Alm. Barroso, nº 3775 – Souza. Belém – PA, 66613-903
Email: [email protected] | [email protected] | [email protected]
Phone: (91) 4009-9112 | (91) 4009-9185
Services: legal assistance.
FUNPAPA – Pope John XXIII Foundation
Address: Av. Rômulo Maiorana, 1018 – São Brás. Belém – PA, 66110-047
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (91) 3259-5973
Services: social assistance.
International Institute of Education of Brazil (IEB)
Address: Av. Paulo Frota 1.500 – Val de Caes. 66617-418, Belém-PA
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (91) 3222-9363
Apucarana
Cáritas Diocesana de Apucarana
Address: Rua José Miskowski, 240, Apucarana – PR
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (43) 96590-106
Services: protection, reception locations, documentation, financial assistance, integration, education, legal assistance, social assistance, employability and psychological support.
Campo Mourão
Cáritas Diocesana de Apucarana
Address: Av. Irmãos Pereira, 51, Campo Mourão – PR
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (44) 99987-4887
Services: protection, reception locations, documentation, financial assistance, integration, education, legal assistance, social assistance, employability, psychological support, shelter and Portuguese classes.
Cascavel
Cáritas Arquidiocesana de Cascavel
Endereço: Rua Luis Venturin, 802, Cascavel – PR
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (45) 99108-5103
Services: protection, reception locations, documentation, financial assistance, integration, education, legal assistance, social assistance, employability, psychological support, shelter and Portuguese classes.
Curitiba
Cáritas Arquidiocesana de Curitiba
Address: Av. Jaime Reis, 369, Curitiba – PR
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (41) 21056-368
Services: protection, reception locations, documentation, financial assistance, integration, education, legal assistance, social assistance, employability, psychological support and Portuguese classes.
Foz do Iguaçu
Cáritas Diocesana de Foz do Iguaçu
Address: Rua Patrulheiro Venanti Otremba, 585, Foz do Iguaçu – PR
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (45) 98413-5742
Services: protection, reception areas, documentation, financial assistance, integration, education, legal assistance, social assistance, employability, psychological support and shelter.
Casa do Migrante Foz do Iguaçu
Address: Rua Oswaldo Cruz, 756 – Vila Portes. Foz do Iguaçu – PR, 85865-155
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (45) 99997-3331
Services: social assistance.
Guarapuava
Cáritas Diocesana de Guarapuava
Address: Rua Wilson Silverio Martins, 243, Guarapuava – PR
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (42) 88784-698
Services: protection, reception locations, documentation, financial assistance, integration, education, legal assistance, social assistance, employability and psychological support.
Jacarezinho
Cáritas Diocesana de Jacarezinho
Address: Av. Getúlio Vargas, 262, Jacarezinho – PR
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (43) 99617-9040
Services: protection, reception locations, documentation, financial assistance, integration, education, legal assistance, social assistance, employability and psychological support.
Londrina
Cáritas Arquidiocesana de Londrina
Address: Rua Dom Bosco, 145, Londrina – PR
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (43) 3338-7252
Services: protection, reception locations, documentation, financial assistance, integration, education, legal assistance, social assistance, employability and psychological support.
Maringá
Cáritas Arquidiocesana de Maringá
Address: Rua Nossa Senhora da Glória, 332, Maringá – PR
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (44) 3263-4887
Services: protection, reception locations, documentation, financial assistance, integration, education, legal assistance, social assistance, employability, psychological support and Portuguese classes.
Paranaguá
Cáritas Diocesana de Paranaguá
Address: Largo Iria Corrêa, 31, Paranaguá – PR
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (41) 98495-4340
Services: protection, reception locations, documentation, financial assistance, integration, education, legal assistance, social assistance, employability and psychological support.
Paranavaí
Cáritas Diocesana de Paranavaí
Address: Rua Francisco Vieira Borges, 373, Paranavaí – PR
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (44) 9911-1343
Services: protection, reception locations, documentation, financial assistance, integration, education, legal assistance, social assistance, employability and psychological support.
Palmas/Francisco Beltrão
Cáritas Diocesana de Palmas/Francisco Beltrão
Address: Rua Alagoas, 524, Francisco Beltrão – PR
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (46) 9931-0418
Services: protection, reception locations, documentation, financial assistance, integration, education, legal assistance, social assistance, employability and psychological support.
Ponta Grossa
Cáritas Diocesana de Ponta Grossa
Address: Rua Padre Cesar Buss, 335, Ponta Grossa – PR
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (42) 3226-1165
Services: protection, reception locations, documentation, financial assistance, integration, education, legal assistance, social assistance, employability, psychological support and Portuguese classes.
Toledo
Cáritas Diocesana de Toledo
Address: Rua General Rondon, 2006, Toledo – PR
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (45) 98300-493
Services: protection, reception locations, documentation, financial assistance, integration, education, legal assistance, social assistance, employability, psychological support and Portuguese classes.
Umuarama
Cáritas Diocesana de Umuarama
Address: Rua Av. Pe. José Germano Neto Jr., 4260, Umuarama – PR
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (44) 99768-0028
Services: protection, reception locations, documentation, financial assistance, integration, education, legal assistance, social assistance, employability, psychological support and Portuguese classes.
União da Vitória
Cáritas Diocesana de União da Vitória
Address: Rua Estefano Makiak, 2334, União da Vitória – PR
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (42) 99928-0464
Services: protection, reception locations, documentation, financial assistance, integration, education, legal assistance, social assistance, employability and psychological support.
Rio de Janeiro
Reference and Service Center for Immigrants in Rio de Janeiro (CRAI)
Address: R. Bento Ribeiro, 86, Gamboa. Rio de Janeiro – RJ, 20221-430
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (21) 96625-3903
Services: legal assistance, social assistance and psychological assistance, referrals to public services and partner networks, easy access to basic, intermediate and advanced Portuguese courses and preparation for CELPE-BRAS, a digital inclusion room with internet and computers, curriculum preparation, training on the Microsoft Office.
Caritas Arquidiocesana do Rio de Janeiro – Refugee and Asylum Seeker Assistance Program (PARES)
Address: R. São Francisco Xavier, 483 – Maracanã. Rio de Janeiro – RJ, 20550-011
Email: [email protected]
Phone: Acolhimento: (21) 99794-5436 | Legal: (21) 98463-6504 and (21) 97951-2786 | Social Assistance: (21) 98463-6506 | Portuguese course: (21) 97228-1178 | Psychologist: (21) 98756-9375 | Employability Center: (21) 99580-4488 | Professional Training: (21) 99832-0469
Services: legal, socio-assistance and psychosocial assistance, referral to public services and partner networks, support for entering the job market and entrepreneurship, facilitated access to Portuguese and vocational courses, emergency financial assistance for more vulnerable profiles.
LGBT+ Movimento
Atendimento: in-person activities are operating by prior appointment via email or telephone.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: Acolhimento: (21) 97340-7899 | (21) 98533-1879
Services: exclusive assistance to LGBTI+ migrants and refugees.
Aldeias SOS Infantis
Address: Rua Jardim do Seridó, 200 – Itanhangá, Rio de Janeiro – RJ, 22641-340
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (21) 3393-8653
Porto Alegre
Aldeias SOS Infantis
Address: Av. João Elustondo Filho, 100, Sarandi Porto Alegre – RS
Phone: (51) 9471-4589
Services: services provided within the communities, focusing on home visits to families previously mapped in the North Zone of Porto Alegre, affected by the floods of May 2025. The actions aim to strengthen these families in guaranteeing their rights, through referrals to public services and partner networks, psychological and psychiatric care, support for insertion into the job market, facilitating access to Portuguese and professional training courses, updating and guidance for obtaining documentation, in addition to strengthening family and community ties.
Italian-Brazilian Center for Assistance and Instruction to Migrants (CIBAI Migrations)
Address: Rua Doutor Barros Cassal, 220 – Bairro Floresta – Porto Alegre – 90035-030 (ao lado da Igreja Nsa. Sra. do Rosário de Pompeia)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 51 3226-8800 | Reception and Protection: 51 99155-7576 | Socio-labor Integration: 51 99155-4934 | Courses and Training: 51 98971-6270
Services: support in accessing immigration regularization, legal and psychological assistance (by appointment), emergency social assistance support, referrals to formal job openings through partner companies, professional training and Portuguese language courses, as well as referrals to other services in the public and private social assistance network.
Caxias do Sul
Migrant Service Center (CAM)
Address: Rua Professor Marcos Martini, 1600, bairro Santa Catarina, Caxias do Sul – RS, 95032-500
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (54) 3027-3360 | (54) 99665-2982
Services: legal, socio-assistance and psychosocial assistance, referral to public services and partner networks, support for insertion in the labor market and entrepreneurship, facilitated access to Portuguese and professional training courses, emergency financial assistance to profiles of greater vulnerability.
São Leopoldo
Jesuit Service to Migrants and Refugees (SJMR)
Address: Av. Unisinos, 950, Cristo Rei, Setor B03 – Sala 106 a 108, São Leopoldo – RS, 93022-750-500
Email: [email protected]
Phone: Social Protection: (51) 99798-5259 | Document Protection: (51) 99957-8293 | Livelihoods and Socioeconomic Integration: (51) 99798-7127 (Service by appointment via WhatsApp for each sector)
Services: legal, social assistance and psychosocial assistance, referral to public services and partner networks, support for insertion into the job market and entrepreneurship, facilitated access to Portuguese and professional training courses, emergency financial aid for more vulnerable profiles.
Boa Vista
Boa Vista Screening Post (PTRIG)
Address: Treze de Setembro. Boa Vista – RR, 69308-050
Opening Hours: Mondays to Fridays, from 7h to 18h
Association of Volunteers for International Service (AVSI)
Address: abrigos de Boa Vista/RR
Jesuit Service to Migrants and Refugees (SJMR)
Address: Av. Gen. Ataíde Teive, 2386 A – Liberdade, Boa Vista – RR, 69309-000
Email: [email protected]
Services: legal, social assistance and psychosocial support, referral to public services and partner networks, support for insertion into the job market and entrepreneurship, facilitated access to Portuguese and professional training courses.
Migrations and Human Rights Institute (IMDH) Solidarity
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (95) 99175 0955
Services: legal and social assistance assistance, referral to public services and partner networks, employability, easy access to Portuguese courses and training courses, emergency financial aid for more vulnerable profiles.
International Humanitarian Federation (FFHI) (International Fraternity)
Address: R. Alferes Paulo Saldanha, 213 – Centro. Boa Vista – RR, 69301-420
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (95) 3623-3123
Services: education, first aid (psychology and trauma), place of reception, employability and legal assistance.
Hermanitos
Address: Centro de Sustentabilidade e Centro de Coordenação de Interiorização (CCI)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (95) 99156-5705
Services: community activities and training on sustainability, support for local integration, vocational courses.
Cáritas Diocesana de Roraima/Pastoral do Migrante
Address: Casa da Caridade Papa Francisco – Rua Floriano Peixoto, 402 B, Centro
Phone: (95) 98102-9310
Services: support in accessing documentation, legal guidance, Portuguese language and vocational courses, support for local integration, psychological assistance.
Humanity More Than Borders (HMF)
Address: Rua João Pessoa 2489. Nova Cidade
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (95) 98103-2134
Services: support in accessing documentation, vocational courses, group activities with the elderly and adolescents, case management, support for local integration.
Pan-American Development Foundation (PADF)
Email: [email protected]
Pacaraima
Association of Volunteers for International Service (AVSI)
Address: PITRIG Pacaraima. BR174, s/n. Pacaraima – RR
Services: support in accessing documentation, coordinating BV-8 transit accommodation, referral to public services and networks of collaborators.
Training and Reference Center (CCR)
Address: R. Sinésio Sales, S/N. Pacaraima – RR, 69345-000
Services: Issuance of work permits and CVs, Portuguese language courses, and peaceful coexistence activities. It also offers public restrooms, showers, and changing rooms through the Orinoco project (Cáritas).
Pastoral Center for Migrants (CEPAMI)
Address: R. Brasil, 6. Pacaraima – RR, 69345-000
Phone: (95) 98411-9335
Services: Legal and social assistance, referral to public services and partner networks, employability, easy access to Portuguese, and vocational training courses.
Jesuit Service to Migrants and Refugees (SJMR)
Address: R. Sinésio Sales, S/N. Pacaraima – RR, 69345-000
Email: [email protected]
Services: support for the indigenous population in community-based protection activities.
Florianópolis
Cáritas Brasileira Regional Santa Catarina
Address: Casa de Direitos – R. Antônio Mariano de Souza, 1135 – Ipiranga, São José – SC, 88111-510
Opening Hours: Mondays to Fridays, from 13:30h to 18h
Email: [email protected] | [email protected]
Phone: (48) 3234-7033 | (48) 48 3375-7389
Services: guidance on access to social rights in line with basic social protection and social assistance, referrals to public services and partner entities.
Pastoral Care for Migrants – Scalabrini Mission of Florianópolis / Scalabrini Office for Migrant Care (ESAM)
Address: Rua Treze de Maio, 62 – Prainha, Florianópolis – SC, 88020-230
Opening Hours: Mondays to Thursdays, from 9h to 12h and from 13h to 17h
Email: [email protected] | [email protected]
Phone: (48) 98826-9229 (scheduling via Whatsapp)
Services: assistance for documentation and regularization of documentary status (residence, refuge, renewal and 2nd copy); naturalization process; socio-labor insertion (preparation of CVs, guidance and referral to a network of partner companies); legal and psychological referral; identification and referral for social assistance.
Hospitality Circles
Address: Escritório e Centro de Integração e Interculturalidade da Círculos de Hospitalidade. R. Fernando Machado, 140, Salas 3A e 3B – Centro, Florianópolis – SC, 88020-540
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (48) 99800-5255 | (48) 99638-0528
Services: guidance on rights and public services, immigration and document regularization, socioeconomic integration and employability, literacy and digital inclusion, Portuguese language course, art therapy studio, psychosocial care and donations.
AVSI – Welcomed through Work Project
Atendimento: segunda-feira a sexta-feira, das 8h às 17h
Phone: (48) 99134-9304 – Florianópolis
Services: cursos de capacitação e orientação profissional e educacional, atividades de sociointegração, mediação para vagas de emprego.
Joinville
AVSI – Welcomed through Work Project
Phone: (47) 99119-1241
Services: training courses and professional guidance and educational, social integration activities, mediation for job vacancies.
Chapecó
AVSI – Welcomed through Work Project
Phone: (49) 99175-6398
Services: training courses and professional guidance and educational, social integration activities, mediation for job vacancies.
Pastoral Care for Migrants Archdiocese of Chapecó – Scalabrini Mission of Santa Catarina
Address: Rua São João, 106 D – Fundos, Centro – Chapecó, 89801-230
Opening Hours: Mondays to Fridays, from 8h to 17:30h
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (49) 98816-5923
Services: assistance for documentation and regularization of document status (CPF, residence, refuge, renewal and 2nd copy); naturalization process; socio-labor insertion (preparation of resumes, guidance and referral to network of partner companies); identification and referral for social assistance.
São Paulo
Cáritas Arquidiocesana de São Paulo (CASP)
Address: Av. Mal. Eurico Gaspar Dutra, 1853 – Parada Inglesa. São Paulo – SP, 02239-010
Opening Hours: Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 8:30h to 12:30h and 13:30h to 17:30h
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (11) 97628-9621
Services: legal, social assistance and psychosocial support; referral to job vacancies, Portuguese and professional training courses.
Missão Paz
Address: Rua Glicério, 225 – Liberdade. São Paulo – SP, 01514-000
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (11) 3340-6950
Services: assistance and structured services in the following areas: documentation and legal; work, professional and language training and citizenship; health; social service; family and community.
Reference and Service Center for Immigrants (CRAI)
Address: R. Maj. Diogo, 834 – Bela Vista, São Paulo – SP, 01324-001
Email: [email protected] | [email protected] | [email protected]
Phone: (11) 2361-3780 | (11) 2361-5069
Services: legal, socio-assistance and psychosocial assistance, referral to public services and partner networks, support for insertion in the labor market and entrepreneurship, facilitated access to Portuguese and vocational courses.
Immigrant Citizenship Integration Center
Address: R. Barra Funda, 1020 – Barra Funda, São Paulo – SP, 01152-000
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (11) 3115–2048
Services: legal assistance and referral to public services and partner networks.
SOS Brasil Children’s Villages
Address: Av. Manuel Alves Soares, 712 – Jardim Colonial, São Paulo – SP, 04821-270SP, 01152-000
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (11) 5661-0026
Services: employability; social assistance; guidance on access to rights; documentation, Portuguese classes, entrepreneurship course, psychosocial care.
Compassiva
Address: R. da Glória, 900 – Liberdade. São Paulo – SP, 01510-000
Email: [email protected] | [email protected]
Phone: (11) 2537-3441 | (11) 97512-0307 | (11) 93730-4461
Services: legal assistance, preparation and forwarding of diploma and certificate revalidation processes with public universities and Portuguese courses.
I’m a Refugee
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (11) 97081-4907
Services: employability and training projects involving companies.
I Know My Rights (IKMR)
Address: Av. Brigadeiro Luís Antônio, 826 – Bela Vista, São Paulo – SP, 01318-001ndo empresas.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (11) 97782-8904
Migraflix
Address: R. Oscar Freire, 2379 – Pinheiros, São Paulo – SP, 05409-120
Email: [email protected]
Support Program for Refugee Relocation (PARR)
Address: Av. Mal. Eurico Gaspar Dutra, 1853 – Parada Inglesa. São Paulo – SP, 02239-010
Opening Hours: to perform service with PARR, fill out the form
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (11) 96641-3156
Services: support for labor inclusion, through a job search platform aimed exclusively at this population and constant awareness of the private sector.
Pact for the Right to Migrate (PDMIG) – África do Coração
Address: R. Venceslau Brás, 146 – sala 801 – Sé, São Paulo – SP, 01016-000
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (11) 3101-7040
Banco do Povo
Address: R. Boa Vista, 170 – Centro Histórico de São Paulo. São Paulo – SP, 01014-000
Phone: (11) 3241-7381
Services: financial inclusion and access to microcredit for people in refugee situations and migrants.
Refugee Reintegration Institute – Adus Institute
Address: Av. São João, 313 – Centro Histórico de São Paulo, São Paulo – SP, 01035-905
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (11) 3225-0439 | (11) 94744-2879
Services: legal assistance, Portuguese course , employability, documentation.
Education Without Borders
Address: Viaduto Santa Ifigênia, 66, cj. 121 – Centro histórico de São Paulo – São Paulo
Opening Hours: Mondays to Fridays, from 9h to 17:30h
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (11) 91428-3970
Services: pre-university entrance exam course, Portuguese course, vocational course and academic guidance.
Osasco
Centro de Referência em Direitos Humanos e Combate ao Racismo
Address: Rua Salem Bechara, 407- Centro – Osasco – SP, 06018-180o
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 3682-6670
Services: legal assistance; technical assistance from social and psychological services; referrals to network services: employability, Portuguese courses, documentation.
For information about the support services available in other cities, you can also consult the services offered by Cátedra Sergio Vieira de Mello. For that, click here.