DAR Alert — missing persons search in Spain.

A search and rescue team that helps search for missing people
in Spain

We combine experience
and efforts to find missing
people faster

In collaboration with the project “LizaAlert”

DAR Alert Ambassadors

DAR Alert Ambassadors help develop the search and rescue direction, share information about the project, attract volunteers, and unite people who are ready to help search for missing persons.

LizaAlert — search and rescue project

A volunteer search and rescue team that has been helping search for missing people since 2010. Over the years, the team’s volunteers have helped find more than 160,000 people.

Fill out a short application. The DAR team will contact you, tell you about the goals of DAR Alert, and help you choose a convenient format for participation

I want to become an ambassador

Active searches

They are being waited for at home. You may be able to help — share the information, spread the word about the search, support the volunteers. Every action matters. Together we bring hope back.

FOUND / ALIVE
Smolyak Gennadiy

FOUND / ALIVE
Gunkova Ilona

FOUND / ALIVE
Alexander Spiridonov

FOUND / DECEASED
Andrey

Submit a Search Request

How we work

Report to the police

The first and most important step is filing an official missing persons report with the police. This is essential to initiate formal search procedures.

Submit a request

Once the official police report has been filed, you can submit a request to DAR Alert. After clicking "Submit a request", the information reaches DAR Alert coordinators. A coordinator will contact you to gather details about the missing person’s description, the circumstances of their disappearance, police actions taken, and so on. You will receive initial guidance and recommendations.

Volunteer mobilisation

We rapidly alert our volunteer network across Spain. A search group is formed, and participants receive descriptions and assigned tasks. Information is shared via DAR’s social media channels and group chats.

Field search

Volunteers travel to likely locations and search streets, parks, railway stations and other areas. Missing persons flyers are posted where needed. All operations are managed by coordinators.

Coordination with authorities

We liaise with the police, share relevant data, and avoid interfering with the official investigation. This approach helps locate people more quickly.
DAR Alert works in collaboration with the experienced search and rescue unit Liza Alert. All assistance is free of charge.

Reviews

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the charitable volunteer association DAR and DAR Alert. Search for Missing People. I posted an announcement about the disappearance of my son, Gennady Smolyak, who had not been in contact since 18.05.2026. His whereabouts were unknown, and he may have been in an unstable psychological state. On the same day, members of the association responded to my announcement. After that, I regularly received updates on the search for my son. Seeing the active work of Kristina and Vladimir from the association, Gena’s acquaintances also joined the search: Marta, Daria, Gleb, and Andrey.On 17.07.2026, Gena was found in an acute state of psychological illness and was placed in a medical facility, where he is now undergoing treatment. Many thanks to Kristina, Vladimir, and the association team for their compassion, responsiveness to other people’s troubles, professional approach to searching for missing people, and humanity in these difficult times.I wish you all the very best! Thank you from the bottom of a mother’s heart.

Oksana S.

Mother of Gennady Smolyak.

For partners and sponsors
— support DAR Alert

DAR Alert is a non-profit initiative. Volunteers work without pay,
but resources are needed. Here is how you can help:

Financially

— Make a one-off donation towards a specific search or equipment purchase.
— Set up regular support (a recurring donation) so the team can operate consistently and without delays.
— Become a corporate patron of DAR Alert — support search and rescue work and receive recognition as a partner.

With resources

— Donate equipment, vehicles, communications devices, gear or premises for search coordination.
— Assist with printing and distributing missing persons flyers, maps and volunteer materials.

Informationally

— Help spread missing persons notices, news and search updates.
— Support DAR Alert through media coverage, social media or partner projects.

Partnership

— We are open to collaboration with organisations, businesses and communities that share our mission: to search and to help.

— Partnership can include joint initiatives, participation in safety campaigns, event sponsorship and volunteer training.

— Together we can expand the network of support and make searches more effective across Spain.

Want to join us?

Make a contribution

Any amount will make a difference. Regular financial support — even a small contribution — represents a significant investment in the association’s ongoing work.

Even € 5 is enough: that’s a café breakfast, a pack of aspirin, or a commuter train ticket — so it’s certainly not nothing.

Become a volunteer

Your age, education or social status don’t matter to us; even your country of residence or citizenship is not relevant. If you want to be part of DAR, join us — there will always be a task suited to you.

A project for business owners. Our friends support us by sharing information about DAR on their social media and displaying QR code donation posters. We offer our community’s support and our media channels for business promotion, both online and offline.

Any report, article, post, or even a personal blog repost helps us help others. If you are a journalist, blogger, photographer, or simply active on social media, we would love to collaborate.

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DAR Amigos

Spread the word

Become a member

From you: convenient recurring payments, genuine interest, and engagement with what DAR does. From us: the opportunity to do a great deal of good, and an incredible supportive community.

Membership fees help the association function fully: they cover administrative costs, salaries, and external specialists' services.

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Team

The DAR Alert team is a group of volunteers with specialized knowledge and skills who search for missing people in Spain. We are ordinary people driven by care and the desire to help those waiting for their loved ones to come home. We act quickly, in cooperation with the authorities and in compliance with all rules and laws, because every person found means a reunited family and restored hope.

Oksana Teleguz

President of Asociación DAR

Founder and President of Asociación DAR. Since 2016, she has been developing the volunteer community
in Spain, bringing together aid projects, family support initiatives, and the association’s social programs.
Kristina Timberg

CEO of Asociación DAR

Responsible for organizational development, partner communications, and public relations. She participates
in the coordination of DAR Alert
and helps develop the initiative
in Spain.
Vladimir Kachur

Entrepreneur

Since 2013, he has been part of the LizaAlert search and rescue team. He is a search coordinator and member of the team’s press service. Since 2024, he has collaborated with Asociación DAR Alert on searches.

DAR — a community that changes lives

DAR is a charitable and volunteer organisation that brings together people and projects across a wide range of fields. Over 9 years of work we have helped more than 17,000 people in the most varied life situations and developed 7 key areas of activity.

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How the DAR Association works

A recorded interview with DAR Association President Oxana Teleguz for Radio Premier

Как работает Ассоциация ДАР

In this interview, DAR president Oxana Teleguz talks about the association’s mission and key areas of work. You will learn how DAR helps people in difficult situations, which programmes it runs, and how you can get involved. Oxana shares inspiring stories from volunteers and explains how each of us can contribute to doing good. Watch the video and discover how DAR changes lives.