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Helping map and organizations in Berlin

A map-oriented starting directory of Berlin organizations and services connected to homelessness support.

Last revised: 8 May 2026, 17:41 CEST

Overview

This page combines the Berlin organization list with a map-oriented support directory. It is a starting point, not a complete service map. Always check the linked organization pages for current opening times, phone numbers, donation needs, and volunteer requirements. The entries below are drawn from the organizations' own pages and public Berlin-facing service descriptions.¹²³⁷⁹

The interactive map uses the organization database on this site and loads OpenStreetMap map tiles. Visitors who do not want to load external map tiles can use the organization table and source links instead.

Helping map

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Organizations and services

#	Organization	Focus	How it helps	Link
1	Berliner Stadtmission Lehrter Straße 68, 10557 Berlin	Cold aid, emergency overnight support, clothing, outreach, medical and social support	Runs Kältehilfe offers including Kältebus and emergency overnight places.	Berliner Stadtmission: Armut und Wohnungslosigkeit
2	DRK Berlin Wärmebus Citywide mobile outreach	Winter outreach	Responds to calls, visits known sleeping places, distributes warm items, and can organize transport to emergency accommodation when wanted.	DRK Berlin: Wärmebus
3	Berliner Obdachlosenhilfe e.V. Lynarstraße 38, 13353 Berlin	Volunteer street tours and social support	Runs aid tours with meals, drinks, clothing, sleeping bags, hygiene items, conversation, and information.	Berliner Obdachlosenhilfe: Über uns
4	Caritas Berlin Levetzowstraße 12a, 10555 Berlin	Housing emergency counselling and medical outreach	Offers housing emergency advice and runs medical first/basic care such as the Caritas Arztmobil.	Caritas Berlin: Menschen in Wohnungsnot
5	Gangway e.V. Berlin citywide street social work	Street social work	Works with homeless and housing-threatened adults through Drop Out and StreetBer teams in public spaces.	Gangway: Team Drop Out
6	Unionhilfswerk Berlin service area	Housing emergency assistance and accommodation	Provides projects for people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, including Wendepunkt Wohnen and shelters.	Unionhilfswerk: Wohnungslosenhilfe
7	Teen Challenge / Berliner Help Stiftung Rütlistraße 18, 13407 Berlin	Addiction counselling, low-threshold social advice, therapy placement, street work	Teen Challenge Germany describes counselling, street work, housing/life-help and support for people on the margins; Berlin Hilfelotse lists Teen Challenge Berlin with low-threshold offers for people with drug addiction and general social counselling.	Hilfelotse Berlin entry
8	The Salvation Army / Die Heilsarmee Kuglerstraße 11, 10439 Berlin	Mobile outreach, warm spaces, meeting cafés, meals, practical support	Heilsarmee Germany describes mobile outreach for people sleeping outside or staying temporarily with others, and names Berlin as one focus city; it also notes warm rooms and meeting cafés, including Berlin.	Heilsarmee Germany
9	Café SehnSucht Skalitzer Straße 133, 10999 Berlin	Low-threshold contact and counselling café for people affected by addiction, homelessness, and precarious life situations	Provides meals, conversation, pastoral care, prayer, practical help, addiction and life counselling, and referrals such as detox or therapy preparation.	Berlin district addiction and drugs guide: Café SehnSucht

Density layer status

A colored density layer is planned, but it should not be drawn from guesswork. To avoid misrepresenting where homeless people are, the hub needs a source-reviewed dataset or a carefully governed field observation process before showing hotspot colors.

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Overview

Helping map

Organizations and services

Density layer status

References