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The girl from the diagnostic ward

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

25.02.2022

Assisting teenagers and young adults in children´s homes to successfully transition into civil society, has been the stated goal of C4C´s Springboard to Life initiative for 20+ years. Toward these ends, C4C´s teachers provide coaching, mentoring and extracurricular education for resident children, who come mainly from socially handicapped and disadvantaged backgrounds and to a

16.01.2022

Since last June, we have had a remarkable woman on our team of teachers. Her name is Olga Pírková and she has many gifts – she writes poetry, does various sport activities and in the past she has worked with children, teenagers and adults – now she brightens the days of the elderly in

04.01.2022

Besides having fun while spreading smiles and laughter during their visits in hospitals and old folks homes, C4C Clowns also often experience truly heart-warming moments of love, gratitude and happiness during their visits. These stories are always thrilling to hear when we meet together, so we decided to share a few of them with

08.12.2021

An in-depth deep-dive into the work of C4C´s Martina Pupcsiková , who visits children in psychiatric and surgery wards with her “Playing with Colors” initiative, reading fairy-tales she authored and doing art projects with them. Martina Pupcsiková started visiting child psychiatry wards three years ago during the preparation for her book Fairy Tales to

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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!

Introducing: The HELPMATE Project. A LITTLE HELP FROM A FRIEND FOR STAFF AND EDUCATORS IN CHILDREN´S HOMES

C4C teacher Olga Pírková: When the going gets tough- the tough get going! Nearly blind and deaf, she´s still making a difference!

When the Clowns come marching in – or, the magic of a smile, a song and a touch! Some moving stories from C4C Clowns Vendy, Martina and Rafal.

Working in child psychiatry hospital wards – we take a very sensitive approach!