Mushroom Park
Milena, Boris and Radek have one thing in common. The destiny did not prepare an easy way for them. They deal with health and sensory problems. All of them are the...
Crime Prevention Assistants
Petra, Lucie, Soňa and Věra know Kutná Hora like the palm of their hands. Every working day and in all weather, they walk criss-cross around the town supervising order,...
Education Is a Benefit for Everybody
Petr Piskač (35) lived the usual life of his peer group until 2014. However, an ordinary routine check-up turned his life upside down. Although Peter did not have any...
Micro Nursery in Litomyšl
" My name is Jirka and I am almost three years old. I have two older brothers and we live in Litomyšl. When I was born, my mum had to take over our family company. My...
The Green Island – A Chance for the Deaf
Lucie (36) was born deaf. It is true that she receives a disability pension, but she has a little son, so she has to do her best. To find a job with a little child and a...
Women in IT
Return to work after parental leave is not always easy. Ideally, a woman returns to her former position and her employer is willing to, for example, adjust or reduce her...
Training Helps Save Lives
In the South Moravian Region, eight hundred people call the emergency telephone number 158 every day. Six operators answer the phones day and night. Their task is to find...
The Havířov Social Enterprise
Some people have larger difficulties than others when seeking a job. It is sometimes due to old age, low qualification or employer prejudice. Or everything together....
Time to Work
Prison, debts, records in the Criminal Register. This is not a good position to be in when trying to find a job and start a new life. Most employers require a clean...
The Job Market Available for Everybody
Filip Polhoš (62) worked as an auxiliary bricklayer for most of his life in different companies. But with age come health problems, mainly a sore back; finding a job...
Seeking a Better Home
Miroslav Kain (31) and Lenka Králová (43) live in a facility called Domov Háj in Ledeč nad Sázavou. The facility provides care for about 70 persons with mental and...
It is Never too Late to Change a Profession
“When you seek a job and you are 55 years old, you can feel that you are not attractive for an employer,” states Zuzana Galbaniová . “You do not even feel like...
We Have Fun in the Children’s Club
What to do with children when the working hours of school clubs do not even fit with parents' working hours? Renata Rejchová (39), the mother of 7-year old Bára, is trying...
I am Alive! Because I Have a Job
Marcela Litochlebová (47) has won the hardest fight of her life – she has beaten cancer. When she got better, she wanted to work again. But it is not that easy with...
I Feel Better
Life with mental illness is not easy. Mental disorders are still a taboo in our society to some extent – and many people do not even seek professional help out of fear of...
Through Retraining to Employment
Retraining does not mean just gaining knowledge in a new field – sometimes it is necessary to brush up on the former education as well. That is exactly what Lukáš Klimeš...
Housing is a Key Part
Poverty and social exclusion are one of the challenges that the today’s society is facing. Access to housing is a basic condition of social inclusion. However, it is...
4medvědi Cares, Parents Work
Michaela Hlínková (33) has two sons. The older one, Hugo, is four years old, the younger one, Otto, will celebrate his third birthday soon. Even before the children were...
You Can Do It!
Klára Nekolová (26) comes from Česká Lípa. Since she was a child she wanted to work as an art ceramist. That is why she moved with her mother to Prague to study her...
The School Bus Saves Parents´ Time As Well As Their Nerves
If you live in Prague, elementary school is in most cases at the walking distance from your home or only a few stations of public transport. However, it is not usual in...