Directory
Organisations and services that can guide you depending on your situation. Open each topic to see the contacts.
● Consulate of Colombia in Bern
Tel (Bern): +41 (0) 31 350 1405
cberna@cancilleria.gov.co
https://berna.consulado.gov.co/
Tel (Bern): +41 (0) 31 350 1405
cberna@cancilleria.gov.co
https://berna.consulado.gov.co/
● Association Découvrir
Professional integration for qualified migrant women
Tel: 079 566 75 40
info-vd-ne@associationdecouvrir.ch
www.associationdecouvrir.ch
● Association Arcos
Support for projects by Colombian entrepreneurs and cultural managers
Tel: 078 743 66 97
info@association-arcos.ch
Professional integration for qualified migrant women
Tel: 079 566 75 40
info-vd-ne@associationdecouvrir.ch
www.associationdecouvrir.ch
● Association Arcos
Support for projects by Colombian entrepreneurs and cultural managers
Tel: 078 743 66 97
info@association-arcos.ch
● Les scribes
www.lesscribes.ch
● Point d'Appui
021 331 57 20 (Wednesday from 10 am to 12 pm and Friday from 2 pm to 5 pm)
pointdappuivd@gmail.com
www.eglisemigrationvd.com
www.lesscribes.ch
● Point d'Appui
021 331 57 20 (Wednesday from 10 am to 12 pm and Friday from 2 pm to 5 pm)
pointdappuivd@gmail.com
www.eglisemigrationvd.com
● Centre d'orientation professionnelle
Tel: 021 316 11 20
info.osp@vd.ch
www.vd.ch/orientation
● Inspection du travail Lausanne
Tel: 021 315 76 80
itl@lausanne.ch
www.lausanne.ch/itl
● Office régional de placement (ORP)
Tel: 021 315 78 99
orp@lausanne.ch
www.lausanne.ch/orp
Tel: 021 316 11 20
info.osp@vd.ch
www.vd.ch/orientation
● Inspection du travail Lausanne
Tel: 021 315 76 80
itl@lausanne.ch
www.lausanne.ch/itl
● Office régional de placement (ORP)
Tel: 021 315 78 99
orp@lausanne.ch
www.lausanne.ch/orp
● Teléfono de la Esperanza (Zurich)
Free, anonymous emotional support line in Spanish - 24/7
Tel: 0438176565
info@telefonodelaesperanza.ch
https://telefonodelaesperanzasuiza.ch
● Appartenances
Psychotherapy and psychiatric consultations for migrants
Tel: 021 341 12 50
cpm.lausanne@appartenances.ch
www.appartenances.ch
Free, anonymous emotional support line in Spanish - 24/7
Tel: 0438176565
info@telefonodelaesperanza.ch
https://telefonodelaesperanzasuiza.ch
● Appartenances
Psychotherapy and psychiatric consultations for migrants
Tel: 021 341 12 50
cpm.lausanne@appartenances.ch
www.appartenances.ch
● Point d'eau
Showers, hairdressing and health services for people in vulnerable situations
Tel: 021 626 26 44
info@pointdeau-lausanne.ch
https://pointdeau-lausanne.ch/
Showers, hairdressing and health services for people in vulnerable situations
Tel: 021 626 26 44
info@pointdeau-lausanne.ch
https://pointdeau-lausanne.ch/
● Service social Lausanne (SSL)
Benefits and other assistance for vulnerable people
Tel: 021 315 75 11
ssl@lausanne.ch
www.lausanne.ch/ssl
Benefits and other assistance for vulnerable people
Tel: 021 315 75 11
ssl@lausanne.ch
www.lausanne.ch/ssl
● Lausanne Sport
Official Ville de Lausanne website for sport and events
https://www.lausanne.ch/vie-pratique/sport-pour-tous
● Clave Latina
Salsa classes (discount for Colombia Vive members)
Tel: 0767492091
● Swiss Sport Social Association
Support for integration through sport in Lausanne
www.swisssportsocial.ch
admin@swisssportsocial.ch
Tel: 0793025392
Official Ville de Lausanne website for sport and events
https://www.lausanne.ch/vie-pratique/sport-pour-tous
● Clave Latina
Salsa classes (discount for Colombia Vive members)
Tel: 0767492091
● Swiss Sport Social Association
Support for integration through sport in Lausanne
www.swisssportsocial.ch
admin@swisssportsocial.ch
Tel: 0793025392
● CHUV specialised medical unit for violence
Detailed medical examination after an episode of violence.
Tel: 0213140060
● Malley-Prairie Centre
Consultations open to everyone and emergency accommodation for women and their children
Tel: 0216207676
info@malleyprairie.ch
www.malleyprairie.ch
● Ale Prevention Centre
Welcome, help and support for people who want to stop being violent
www.prevention-ale.ch
● LAVI Counselling Centre
Psychological, legal, financial and material support for victims and their loved ones
Tel: 0216310300
administration@lavi.ch
https://www.profa.ch/lavi/lausanne
● Office for Equality between Women and Men
Advice for victims of domestic violence
Tel: 021 316 61 24
info.befh@vd.ch
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Detailed medical examination after an episode of violence.
Tel: 0213140060
● Malley-Prairie Centre
Consultations open to everyone and emergency accommodation for women and their children
Tel: 0216207676
info@malleyprairie.ch
www.malleyprairie.ch
● Ale Prevention Centre
Welcome, help and support for people who want to stop being violent
www.prevention-ale.ch
● LAVI Counselling Centre
Psychological, legal, financial and material support for victims and their loved ones
Tel: 0216310300
administration@lavi.ch
https://www.profa.ch/lavi/lausanne
● Office for Equality between Women and Men
Advice for victims of domestic violence
Tel: 021 316 61 24
info.befh@vd.ch
👉 See resources
● CHUV sexual health and family planning centre
Consultations on contraception, unplanned pregnancy, infertility, menopause
Tel: 021 314 3248
Consultations on contraception, unplanned pregnancy, infertility, menopause
Tel: 021 314 3248
● Bureau lausannois pour les immigrés (BLI)
Guidance and comprehensive support for migrants
Tel: 021 315 72 45
bli@lausanne.ch
www.lausanne.ch/bli
● Appartenances
Community interpreting service, French courses, psychosocial support
Tel: 021 341 12 50
cpm.lausanne@appartenances.ch
www.appartenances.ch
● Centre social protestant Vaud (CSP Vaud) - La Fraternité
Guidance on migration status, administrative procedures and legal advice
Tel: 021 560 60 98
frat@csp-vd.ch
www.csp.ch/fraternite
● Point d'Appui
021 331 57 20 (Wednesday from 10 am to 12 pm and Friday from 2 pm to 5 pm)
pointdappuivd@gmail.com
www.eglisemigrationvd.com
Guidance and comprehensive support for migrants
Tel: 021 315 72 45
bli@lausanne.ch
www.lausanne.ch/bli
● Appartenances
Community interpreting service, French courses, psychosocial support
Tel: 021 341 12 50
cpm.lausanne@appartenances.ch
www.appartenances.ch
● Centre social protestant Vaud (CSP Vaud) - La Fraternité
Guidance on migration status, administrative procedures and legal advice
Tel: 021 560 60 98
frat@csp-vd.ch
www.csp.ch/fraternite
● Point d'Appui
021 331 57 20 (Wednesday from 10 am to 12 pm and Friday from 2 pm to 5 pm)
pointdappuivd@gmail.com
www.eglisemigrationvd.com
● Permanence juridique (Centre social protestant Vaud - CSP Vaud)
Legal procedures, advice on migration matters, regularisation of permits
Tel: 021 560 60 60
https://csp.ch/vaud/services/questions-juridiques/
Legal procedures, advice on migration matters, regularisation of permits
Tel: 021 560 60 60
https://csp.ch/vaud/services/questions-juridiques/
● Rainbow Spot
Support for migrants from the LGBTIQ+ community
Tel: 076 549 80 91
info@rainbowspot.ch
https://rainbowspot.ch/
Support for migrants from the LGBTIQ+ community
Tel: 076 549 80 91
info@rainbowspot.ch
https://rainbowspot.ch/
● Dispositif d'aide sociale au logement
Information and guidance to find housing
Rue de l'Ale 31, 1002 Lausanne
Tel: 021 315 76 27
Information and guidance to find housing
Rue de l'Ale 31, 1002 Lausanne
Tel: 021 315 76 27
● ACIS - Colombian Association of Researchers in Switzerland
Academic and scientific cooperation between Colombia and Switzerland
info@acis.ch
https://www.acis.ch/
Academic and scientific cooperation between Colombia and Switzerland
info@acis.ch
https://www.acis.ch/
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