Center for Ukrainian Children: It was opened in Prague-Roztyly
The center is located between the forest and the junction of the South Junction and on May 5 about a kilometer walk from the metro station C Roztyly. Passerinvest plans to build apartments on the site of the former Interlov slaughterhouse, but according to the group’s founder and director Radim Passer, construction will not begin for another two years. The group has already begun to transform the adjacent greenery into a forest park, which the center’s clients can also use.
“It simply came to our notice then modular set of cells, which was originally intended for Germany as a kindergarten“Passer said.” According to the company, the cost of building the center was about eight million crowns and he managed to secure the support of Prague 11 in a few weeks. “It’s not a permanent solution, but it can help a lot in the medium term,” Passer added.
The interior layout of the center offers four classes, bathroom, kitchen and facilities for staff. The Help Ukraine Endowment Fund takes care of its operation. The main goal of the facility is the need for Ukrainian mothers to be able to babysit so that they can set up the necessary administrative tasks, look for work or work.
Vít Rakušan (STAN) praised the establishment of the center. “Half of all visitors are children. It is not a question at all whether we should help or not. We have to help“I hope this will be an example of good practice and we will see more of such places,” he added. The mayor of Prague, Zdeněk Hřib (Pirates), expressed a similar opinion, appreciating the local cooperation between the private sector and local government. “It’s something we’ll need to make it happen in other parts of the city,” he said.
Vladimír Gergel, Chairman of the Board of the Help Ukraine Endowment Fund, said that the fund plans to build other similar facilities, but needs financial support from the state. “Only we need enough money, subsidies, and then we will arrange it ourselves,He added that the fund now has 100 mothers in line who would like to place children somewhere, but have nowhere to go. to Ukraine and City Hall gave them all cooperation.
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