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Robin Hood in 2021: It´s been a good year for dear Robin – his team handed over material aid exceeding CZK 17.4 million to 37 children’s homes and other foster care institutions

05.08.2022

Author: Zuzana Šrámková, coordinator of the C4C´s Robin Hood program The usual time to take stock is the beginning of the New Year, but while the children are still at school, the summer months are the quietest part of the calendar year, and this year I have only just managed to look back to 2021.

06.06.2022

Author: Zuzana Šrámková I really like life stories of the people I meet. It’s enriching to see how sometimes the mosaic of their destinies is put together, how something that didn’t make sense at the beginning takes them somewhere they might not have gone otherwise. Sometimes it can even be a seemingly unwelcome trait,

25.05.2022

For some time now, Dr. Klaun brings smiles and laughter even to places where there is actually little to smile about: palliative care wards, where patients know that there is little chance they´ll ever return home again. Author: Martina Pupcsikova For many people, in general, the topic of palliative care and serious illness is

18.05.2022

The opportunity to look “under the hood” of a possible future employer is always very beneficial for children from children’s homes. However, such opportunities and a closer look at inner working processes of companies are not easily found – and firms usually don´t go out of their way to offer them. There are exceptions,

06.05.2022

A report from Martina Pupcsiková, C4C core team member. I visit children in hospitals and orphanages with art activities and my book reading project Fairy Tales to Doodle by. The children respond extremely well, they relax, talk and open up their lives While there with them, I listen to many of the children´s stories

26.04.2022

“Necessity is the Mother of Invention” is a metaphor that certainly applies to C4C´s “Online Dr. Clown” initiative. During the two-year long Covid crisis, hospitals closed their doors to our visiting clown teams, resulting in many sad youngsters, waiting in vain for their favorite hospital past time: Dr. Clown visits! Even though our clowns

18.04.2022

In February this year, we met a remarkable pair of young men, who impressed us with their dedication to saving lives. Even though still students, both are quite advanced in their craft, being senior lecturers at ZDrSEM, one of the longest serving organization in the field of first aid teaching in the Czech Republic.

04.04.2022

When it comes to bringing joy, being inventive or doing unexpected things – age really doesn´t matter! Members of the Opočensko Seniors Association are living proof of it. In cooperation with the town of Dobruška they managed to put together a truly out-of-the-box charity fashion show with garments received from a sponsor. Besides parading

21.03.2022

“It was an intense 4 days, full of life changing experiences,” says Rafal Wojas, C4C co-founder, about his trip to the Ukrainian border. Accompanied by C4C founder Manfred Franke, the team drove 28 hours in total to deliver 8 tons of much needed aid directly to the Ukrainian border region. Besides items like sleeping

04.03.2022

Just when we all thought that after Covid things just couldn´t get any worse, here comes a war in the heart of Europe! And, as a consequence, hundreds of thousands (soon perhaps millions) of refugees are fleeing the horrors of war. “The situation is beyond dire,” says C4C founder Manfred Franke, “we simply had

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Robin Hood in 2021: It´s been a good year for dear Robin – his team handed over material aid exceeding CZK 17.4 million to 37 children’s homes and other foster care institutions

Introducing: Laughter Yoga! Come and laugh like hyenas with Jitka at the children’s home in Trnová

Palliative care: Smile Therapy at a ward from which few return home…

Doors to future careers: ESA logistika a.s. welcomes students from the Unhošt’ children´s home

The girl from the diagnostic ward

Samsung and C4C: online clowning. Together we help children and seniors in isolation or quarantine

Life-savers! Children in children’s homes in Ledce, Unhošť and Dolní Počernice learn how to apply first-aid!

Charity fashion show in Opočno – seniors donated 10.000 crowns to support Chance 4 Children!

The Journey East – C4C aid truck reaches Ukrainian border! C4C´s Robin Hood delivers 8 tons of aid, Dr. Clown brings message of hope

Ukraine – A Time to Help! C4C aid truck is soon on its way!