{"id":155,"date":"2020-03-28T10:08:09","date_gmt":"2020-03-28T10:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/switzerland\/?page_id=155"},"modified":"2026-05-04T14:30:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T14:30:02","slug":"non-governmental-organisations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/switzerland\/where-to-seek-help\/non-governmental-organisations\/","title":{"rendered":"Assistance services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#cccccc30\">Various non-governmental organisations in Switzerland provide <strong>free<\/strong> support services to individuals with specific needs. The sections below summarise, in a non-exhaustive way, many of these supports offered to asylum seekers and refugees in Switzerland. Available languages are indicated when resources are not offered in English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information and resources on various topics, you can download the following applications to your phone:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i-need.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">I-Need<\/a> provides information about various activities and support services in multiple Swiss cities and regions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.migesplus.ch\/en\/sui\">Sui <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.migesplus.ch\/en\/sui\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SRK<\/a> provides information about the asylum system and life in Switzerland, as well as resources to help you manage stress, chronic pain, and daily challenges.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For general and easily accessible information about life in Switzerland, you can visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ch.ch\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Easy Answers about Life in Switzerland<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are currently residing in Geneva, you can find more information on support services also here: <a href=\"https:\/\/genevahelp.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/genevahelp.ch\/<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Various non-governmental organisations in Switzerland provide free support services to individuals with specific needs. The sections below summarise, in a non-exhaustive way, many of these supports offered to asylum seekers and refugees in Switzerland. Available languages are indicated when resources are not offered in English. For more information and resources on various topics, you can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":147,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/sectioned.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-155","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/switzerland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/switzerland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/switzerland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/switzerland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/switzerland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/switzerland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2915,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/switzerland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/155\/revisions\/2915"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/switzerland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/switzerland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}