Welcome to HelpMate 2.0! Yes, we’re upgrading!

29.10.2024
The educational platform for educators in children’s homes, HELPMATE, is entering its fourth season. If you’re interested, you can read what was behind its creation and how it works here: Helpmate – Chance4Children (c4c.cz). Meanwhile, HELPMATE outgrew the first and original iteration, after its implementation in many children’s homes and hundreds of educators having completed

A European State of Mind!

14.10.2024
Author: Petra Erguvanli Second time around: C4C is partnering with the EU’s Erasmus+ initiative, helping young people from children`s and foster homes discover the EU. After the successful first year of teaming up with the Erasmus+ intiative and their “Discover EU” program, Chance 4 Children (C4C) decided to continue this initiative and offer another 20

More news from C4C’s Dr. Klaun department!

14.09.2024
Check out what the Krnov hospital has to say about C4C’s visiting hospital clowns. Spoiler: It’s heart-warming… Author: František Kuba, Krnov hospital “Laughter therapy” is essential to the Dr. Klaun project of the non-profit organization Chance 4 Children (C4C). As part of this project, clowns are trained and prepared to be able to offer young

Teachers Making a Difference: School Year 2023/2024

16.07.2024
Year-end report, Springboard to Life initiative, by Petra Erguvanli, program manager: Chance 4 Children (C4C), through the Springboard to Life program, is providing educational opportunities and mentorship to children in orphanages. Our team of 26 teachers makes a vital impact in the lives of young individuals across 19 children’s homes. Each month, C4C teachers provide

Spreading smiles!

06.06.2024
When it comes to praise, it’s a safe road to take not to heap it upon oneself – much better to let others do it! Here’s the response from the staff of the Pisek hospital to a recent visit from one of our Dr. Klaun teams. On Thursday, April 25, 2024, a lovely couple visited our

Butterflies…

19.05.2024
…or what’s important in a child’s education?! C4C’s new ecological education initiative! Remember when your mom and dad took you out to the forest and explained you about plants and animals and other simple truths? When you learned about nature? Even though the staff in children’s home is doing their best to teach children in

The Making of a Clown!

21.04.2024
Or, what it takes to become a hospital clown. Most folks, when thinking of a clown, routinely imagine a circus clown, wearing heavy make-up, oversized shoes and a grotesque outfit. The harlequin! Or, a rather dark, bloodstained “Joker”. But hospital clowns actually have very little in common with these stereotypes. Hospital clowns are dedicated and

Sarka’s Magic Wand

26.03.2024
Let C4C’s IT teacher, Sarka, whisk you away into her magical world of mouse clicks, the magic of 3D printers and the excitement of sailing through Internet waters. C4C’s Springboard to Life program aims to help orphaned children find their place in life. My little IT wizards Author: Sarka Paletarova Every time I walk into