What is camarada ?
Our identity
Created in 1982, the Geneva-based association Camarada supports vulnerable people from migrant backgrounds, primarily women. It offers a point of reception, listening, support, education, social and professional integration, and acts as closely as possible to the needs of its target group.
Our vision
Camarada is committed to a more just, tolerant and solidarity-focussed society.
It is actively involved in creating conditions for considerate integration, promoting life together as well as intercultural understanding while respecting diversity.
Our mission
To welcome migrants in precarious situations in the canton of Geneva in order to break their isolation and facilitate their social, civic and professional integration.
To offer training and services in a secure and stimulating environment, which value and enhance personal resources and skills, thus facilitating the acquisition of new knowledge according to the needs and capacities of each individual.
To offer support and guidance throughout the entire process of social and professional integration so as to promote and reinforce individual autonomy.
To support parenting and promote the early integration of children.
Our values
Respecting everyone in their diversity and dignity.
Kindness and welcoming in a setting of openness and tolerance.
Responsibility, commitment and agency of each person according to their skills and potential.
Our principles of action
A global approach to the beneficiary.
Versatility, adaptability, cooperation with the beneficiaries, prevention, promotion of equal opportunities.
Collaboration with the social, educational and health network and the professional world.
Transparency on the origin and use of funds, efficient management of resources, constant monitoring of the quality, the relevance and the innovative nature of services.
