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Where to find usWhere to find us!!

Diocesan Caritas

Diocesan Caritas

• Founded by: bishop Mons. František Václav Lobkowicz - 1. 1. 1997

• DCHOO is a non-profit organization• DCHOO is subordinate organization

of Caritas ČR

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What Caritas provides• Elderly houses• Social rehabilitation• Personal assistance• Day care• Homes with a special regime• Sheltered housing• Homeless houses• Home for mothers in distress• Social consulting• Minorities (Roma people, Coexistence

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Facilities for Elderly Number of Facilities

Home care services 31

Home for Elderly 10

Home with special regime 2

Rental of mobility aids 13

Elderly houses

Number of clients

Social services Number of clients

Home care services 2 790

Home for Elderly 380

Good practices for elderly people

1) We cooperate with:– Primary artistic school– Secondary health school– Handicaped children and adultsAll of them prepare social activities and cultural

programme for our seniors (st. Nicolas day, christmas event, Easter

program…)

2) Visiting cultural, scientific and musical eventsby themselves 6

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Coexistence Village Coexistence Village projectproject

• This unique project should contribute to the mutual convergence of gypsies and majority society

• The immediate impetus for the creation of Coexistence Village was flash flood in 1997 (affecter areas – Hrušov, Muglinov a Přívoz), the idea was created by civic association of Live Together.

• In 2010 set in a new social dispersal called Horizont center in social exclusion area of Ostrava – Kunčičky

• Project results• Thirty construction of residential units together

with community center and facilities in the area of Silesian Ostrava - Muglinov,

• Focus not only on housing issues, but on people with whole they needs.

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Coexistence Village Coexistence Village

Residents compositionGypsies 50%, 50% of representatives of the majority population (10 gypsies, 10 non – gypsies families and 10 mixed)

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Social Service in Coexistence Social Service in Coexistence VillageVillage

Registered under Act No. 108/2006 Coll. (206/2009 Coll.) - social services

A) Basic social and vocational consulting (§ 37)B) Social activation service for families with

children (§ 65)C) Children club (§ 62)

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A) A) Social consultingSocial consulting• Social consulting runs as an outpatient

and fieldwork (in clients’ homes)

Most information providedMost information provided • social issues (welfare, social services)• employment and labor – relations (job

search, CV’s, letters of statement• housing (search, social housing, helping

to keep existing housing)• family child care and interpersonal

relationship • debt advise

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B) B) Social activation serviceSocial activation service

• Afternoon club of extracurricular activities• leisure, sports and artistic ring for children• tutoring and support with school• cultural and social events and trips

• Social activation service for families with children

• educational and recreational programs (projects: Together in life, Mothers – creative morning sewing

• Preschool club• working time of preschool club is daily for

children aged 3 to 7 years from socially disadvantaged backgrounds

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Afternoon activitiesAfternoon activities

• Ceramic activities

• Religion• Tutoring

• Capoiera

• Drama club

• Creative activities

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Afternoon activitiesAfternoon activities• Touring activities• Taek-wondo

• Hairdresser's

• Ping pong

• Guitar

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C) C) Children clubChildren club

• Target group are children and youth from 6 – 18 years

• Leisure opportunities in a safe and stimulating background of Community center

• Children and youth can advice in addictive substances, sexuality, interpersonal relations with social worker

• Facilities provide lectures, seminars and other interesting activities

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Afternoon activities in Afternoon activities in CChildren club hildren club

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Services of the new dispersal Horizont

• Social consulting • Street work• Children club • Social housing

• Dance peformance (for group 50+)• Exhibition of drawing (for group 50+)• Conferences – Roma traditional skills, music…

(for group 50+)

• Conferences – Czech culture, history experience… (for group Roma youth)

Intercultural festival on Roma day April the 8th

With the seniors participation

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Roma Youth

Seniors

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What will be our goal?

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Types of financing Types of financing • Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

• Moravian – Silesian Region

• City of Ostrava

• OKD Foundation

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