Camarada Charter
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.
Camarada_Charte (pdf)
