Solidarity
Support a good cause with your participation in the PIM Running Circuit!
Running and charity are more closely related than you might think. They go hand in hand at various running events and marathons all over the world. Running for charity organization is common at these events with many charity supporters taking part. In the Czech Republic this form of charity is still very young but is gaining in popularity.
Prague International Marathon is calling on the PIM Running Circuit participants to support any charity they find appealing.
Official charity organizations for the PIM Running Circuit 2012
The VIA Foundation
The VIA Foundation is one of the largest and most active Czech charitable foundations. Since its inception in 1997, the foundation has supported more than 2,400 charitable projects with contributions exceeding 210 million crowns and is the largest private supporter of community development in the Czech Republic and Moravia.
The VIA Foundation assists people who have taken the initiative to create positive change in their communities through a variety of activities:
- developing community life in Czech towns and municipalities
- investing in professional and sustainable approach of Czech non-profit organizations
- promoting the tradition of donation
Contact person: Eva Smith, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
The Foundation Partnership
"We are helping people to protect and improve their environment", says foundation director Miroslav Kundrata. "Our main focus is on people. We don't say: We will come to solve your problem. But we say: We will help you so you learn to solve your problems yourself".
More information at www.nadacepartnerstvi.cz.
Nadace na ochranu zvířat
Contact information:
Address: Pacovská 869/31, Praha, Czech Republic, 14000
E-mail:
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Phone: 222 135 460, 222 135 463
Web: www.ochranazvirat.cz - www.facebook.com/NadaceNaOchranuZvirat
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Česká transplantační nadace Karla Pavlíka
The Karel Pavlík Foundation aims to support donation and organ transplant and was established in 1992. It bears the name of the first patient to receive a successful kidney transplant in former Czechoslovakia in 1966. The foundation's main goal is to inform the general public about organ donation for transplantation and to support the education of health Professional in this field.
The Committee of Good Will - The Olga Havlová Foundation
The Committee of Good Will - The Olga Havlová Foundation was founded by Olga Havlová (1933 - 1996) with the aim to help people with physical disabilities or social difficulties to best integrate into society. The foundation carries out projects within the fields of health, social-health, education and protection of human rights. The main activities of The Committee for Good Will include:
- Distribution of funds to individuals and non-profit organizations in accordance with its mission
- Scholarships for students with physical or social disabilities
- Organization of curative stays for children with severe forms of asthma
- Organization of international seminars for Czech doctors in Austria
- Organization of summer language schools for children from orphanages
- Annually gives the Olga Havlová Award to personalities who are engaged in helping others despite their own disabilities
Become the Good Will runner! For more information about the project and how you can help, please visit the committee's website http://www.vdv.cz/programy/bezci-dobre-vule/.
Contact person: Eliška Freudlová, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , phone: 724 054 058.
Light for the World
Light for the World is a non-profit organization helping blind people in Ethiopia to recover sight and providing rehabilitation to children with disabilities.
Of 1.2 million blind people living in Ethiopia, 87% of cases are treatable or could have been avoided in the first place.
Contact person: Vladimír Víšek, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , phone: 222 362 191.
Tyfloservis o.p.s. - rehabilitation for blind and visually impaired
The loss or serious weakening of vision causes many changes in one's life. Daily and routine tasks become difficult to manage and people are more at risk of losing a job. Relationships with family, friends and others are put under stress. Help is necessary in such situations because one can handle problems more easily if he knows how.
Tyfloservis provides free assistance for blind or visually impaired people on their road toward independence by teaching them to use a white cane, read and write using the Braille system or cope with tasks such as cooking, laundry or childcare. We also help those who can "still see something" to take advantage of their visual potential providing them with various optic devices and proper lights.
Since 1991, Tyfloservis instructors provide assistance at people's homes as well as our special equipment facilities.
Contact person: Petra Šanderová, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , tel: 608 572 383.
The Czech Guide Dog School (SVVP) SONS ČR
The Czech Guide Dog School (SVVP) SONS ČR is a professional working environment dealing with the training of guide dogs as guides for vision-impaired people. SVVP is a member of The International Guide Dog Federation, based in Great Britain with the scope of activity in all advanced countries around the world. This organization was created with the task of setting and maintaining the high standards of not only training and raising guide dogs but above all, helping and caring for their vision-impaired clients. Czech Blind United with the Czech Guide Dog School has been a fully participating member of this organization since 1997.
Contact person: Ing. Hana Jasenovcová, SVVP director, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , tel: 775 722 789.
The Czech Cystic Fibrosis Association
Children with cystic fibrosis are called "salty children" because of the higher-than-average salt content in their sweat. Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a serious genetic disease, affecting primarily the pulmonary system (lungs) and digestive tract. Characteristics of the disease include the formation of abnormally thick mucus that remains in the airways and pancreas. Further complications that accompany cystic fibrosis are diabetes, liver cirrhosis, osteoporosis, infertility in men, etc.
Only about half of CF patients reach the age of 32. The CF patients require everyday intensive care. The Czech CF Association was founded in 1992 and is currently the only organization of its kind in the Czech Republic serving CF patients.
For more information visit www.cfklub.cz / www.slanedeti.cz.
Contact person: Lenka Eislerová, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , phone: 257 211 929, 773 586 325.
Bank account number: 1921101329 / 0800
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The Salvation Army helps those without a home
The Salvation Army provides the basic needs for those who find themselves in difficult life situations after losing home. The Salvation Army in the Czech Republic provides for the five following services: youth centers, care for the elderly, shelters for mothers with children, women or men, community centers and prison care. Within its 30 projects, the Salvation Army operates more than 50 social service centers with more than 1,000 beds available every day and 325 social workers.
How you can help:
- transfer money or deposit cash on behalf of our fundraising bank account 475 335 613 / 0300, variable symbol 42195
- send a DMS YEAR ARMADASPASY to 87 777 for annual support
- send a DMS ARMADASPASY to 87 777 for one-off support
The Salvation Army was founded in 1865 by Methodist minister William Booth and now operates in 120 countries around the world.
It was first active in Czech lands in 1919. In 2010, the organization marked 20th anniversary of its renewed operation in the Czech Republic.
Contact person: Jakub Vopelák, fundraising development director, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , phone: 734 323 343.
Running with those that can't
The charity organization Running With Those That Can't was established by students of the 3rd Faculty of Medicine at Charles University (with the current support of students from other universities). The founding members believe that philanthropy and engagement in helping others is the basis for becoming better students, people and doctors. Their aim is to break social taboos associated with handicapped people in the Czech Republic and help them live longer, happier and better lives.
The goals and mission of Running With Those That Can't:
- Educate the Czech population on the needs of disabled people
- Provide assistance to the disabled and their families
We organize a fundraising campaign to buy wheelchairs for disabled children in cooperation with the Prague International Marathon, our sponsors and partners. During the course of the race, we push wheelchair-bound children along making them feel like running. After the race, the children and their families get the wheelchairs. We plan to participate in this year's marathon.
www.runningwiththosethatcant.com.
Bank Account in the CZ
KB Bank Account (Czech Republic)
Running With Those That Can't
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Contact person: Patrik Bém, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , tel: 775 377 009.
TESCO Run for Life
A series of runs in the Czech Republic and Slovakia organized in support of the Childhood Cancer Foundation Krtek. You can help support the fight against cancer by participating in these runs. Thousands of runners supported the cause in 2011 not only by running but also creating a sponsorship website at www.behprozivot.cz.
Tree of Life Adoption
The Valley of Nations, as being continuously planted alongside Greenway roads, is a joint project of the Nadace Partnerství foundation and the Prague International Marathon. Your 200 Kč (8 EUR) worth of donation will be used to plant one particular tree. You can also adopt a tree as part of some races or directly at the PIM Expo when you come to register for the race.
Run for Transplant
The proceeds from the 2011 Volkswagen Family MiniMarathon 4.2km went to the Karel Pavlík transplant support foundation.
