Now that the dust has settled and vacation time is over, it’s time again to tally up the SPRINGBOARD TO LIFE (STL) stats and look at progress made. Since crunching numbers is always a time- consuming and sacrificial effort for our highly idealistic team (smile), it took a little while to get this into print. It’s heartwarming, though, to see that Chance 4 Children’s (C4C) SPRINGBOARD TO LIFE PROGRAM (STL), after being up and running for three years now, is accomplishing what it was designed to do — give children a chance to succeed in life! Please allow us to whisk you through the different stats, events and highlights of the year so far… (Scroll down to the bottom of the article to see the pictures)
Springboard to Life (STL) Program Overview:
Designed as an initiative to help orphans and socially disadvantaged children acquire the necessary tools to successfully integrate into society, the STL program offers extracurricular educational and vocational courses and socialization/integration programs to children about to exit their institutions and step out into life. Given the fact that most of them grew up without the love, care and tutelage of their natural parents, these children are truly human “endangered species” and consequently, without outside help and care, many of them do not succeed in life.
From foreign language courses, household science classes to offering internships and apprenticeship courses, the STL program’s sole aim is to help socially handicapped kids make the right choices and have a real chance to succeed in life.
Total Participants:
With the help of our distinguished Patrons and Partners, so far more than 1050 children were able to participate in either the educational or the socialization/integration aspect of the program. Asserting that every child has the right to an education, STL is well on track to become Chance 4 Children’s most far-reaching and important initiative to date. And it doesn’t stop here!
STL Graduates:
We’re happy to announce that during this last academic year the following 138 children received C4C’s diplomas of achievement in their respective classes and courses:
Martin Smolák, Jiří Duna, Kanwar Šulc, Pavel Zeman, Zdeněk Zápal, Karolína Gáblová, Petra Gáblová, Nikola Kotlárová, Michaela Lněničková, Pavlína Bašturová, Jenifer Rafaelová, Marek First, Katerina Šlechtová, Artur Janata, Petra Pražáková, Dominik Bastura, Veronika Pokorna, Skojka Kristian, Vackova Paulina, Daniela Hejna, Kristina Hejna, Pavlinka Havrankova, Oavel Balog, Robert Balog, Roman Balog, Michal Kadlec, Dominik Klauz, Ludmila Kadlecová, Michal Baník, Michal Ofner, Karel Klauz, Zdena Bedrichová, Roman Kadlec, Mirek Urác, Nikolaj Rafael, Olina Pruchová, Eva Richterová, Simona Csényi, Václav Jansa, Marek Torác, Iveta Bláhová, Barbora Steffelova, Michaela Kohoutova, Nikola Blazenkova, Nikol Kohautova, Tibor Liska, Marek Drahotsky, Pavel Novotny, Lenka Badisova, Tereza Kulhankova, Lucka Kitrichova, Anna-Marie Maskova, Katerina Maskova, Sara Drahouska, Kristina Budisova, Tomas Kanta, Magdalena Frolikova, Matuchova Zdena, Rjabcova Jarmila, Provaznikova Hana, Nenmannova Karin, Knalosova Jolana, Goro Miroslav, Provaznikova Jana, Suchardova Marie, Suchardova Radka, Lakatosova Andrea, Michaela Romankova, Emil Cipcala, Lakatosova Leona, Hlavackova Veronika, Bartonova Katka, Sztojkova Renata, Cervenakova Nikola, Gazik Martir, Sztojka Emil, Karala Robert, Durdor Martir, Slpoch Tomas, Josef Pokuta, Pepa Slpoch, Gazikova Iveta, Matej Cermak, Anna Chocholova, Eliska Kratochvilova, Misa Kratochvil, Simova Adriana, Denisa Novakova, Eiska Vibertova, Tomas Markup, Milos Vele, David Pechar, Tereza Jaresova, Veronika Vhlirova, Johana Divisova, Adriana Simova, Bara Skalicka, Bara Chocholova, Lenka Kubatova, Verca Sormova, Zbynek Hanzlik, Denisa Jupova, Adam Vojacek, Misa Nedvedova, Alžbeta Cervenáková, Nikola Lacková, Kristýna Pelichová, Monika Ferencová, Lukáš Fedák, Kristýna Turková, Nikola Blaženková, Lenka Bodišová, Lucie Ditrichová, Eva Kotlárová, Lucie Kanáková, Kristýna Krenková, Mirek Durác, Milan Horváth, Patrik Torác, Marek Torác, Václav Jansa, Olina Pruchová, Katerina Adamová, Katerina Andelová, Katerina Dandová, Martina Hamouzová, Lenka Hanzlíková, Karolína Hašková, Daniel Brokl, Karel Kohout, Jaroslav Nedved, Miroslav Novotný, Klára Vatrová, Josef Vlasák, Anna Chocholová, Michal Kratochvíl, Eliška Kratochvílová, Tomáš Markup
What a list!! And as a result of the STL training received, many of these children, after exiting their institutions, have already found employment in their chosen professions and successfully integrated into society. We think this is incredible and we would like to relate a big, capital THANK YOU to all of our patrons, partners and sponsors who have, by their participation in the program, made this possible! What a team!
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Want more detail and program trivia? Here goes:
Institutions with resident children participating in STL program:
DD Racek
DD Sazava
DD Pysely
DD Zatec
DD Ledce
Klokanek – Hostivice
Klokanek – Prague 10
Teachers and their classes:
Amor Jackson
Expression in Modern Dance
Kamila Lanagan
English BBC Muzzy Level 1.
Katerina Wojasova
English BBC Muzzy Level 1.
Michal Nemecek
Music theory and Guitar
Jana Snoblova
Baking and Cooking, Household Sciences
Paloma C. Brown
English BBC Muzzy Level 1.
Simon Lanagan
English BBC Muzzy Level 1.
Number and Types of Classes Taught:
Household sciences, baking cooking: 66
Foreign language skills – English: 37
Music theory – Guitar 21
Expression in Dance – modern dance 14
Internships – Hairstyling 26
STL bits and pieces:
Total teaching hours: 2 032.5 hours
Teachers kilometers traveled: 19 874 km
