Children's Playroom at Klokánek

Playroom for Children - At the Klokánek centre, we are missing an equipped playroom for the children. We have a beautiful space, but we need to furnish it with furniture, a carpet, and add a few interactive games. The playroom should serve not only for playing but also for education. Unfortunately, we also lack a computer network that would help connect the internet throughout the Klokánek building, so that the children could use it, for example, for their schoolwork.

Klokánek is a project of the Fund for Children in Need, which provides an alternative to the system of institutional care. It offers children family-style care for the time necessary until they can return to their own family, or until a new foster home is found for them.

Klokánek operates non-stop, admitting children day or night, even on weekends. They can be admitted at the request of their parents, on the basis of a preliminary injunction, or at the request of the child themselves. In Klokánek, children are cared for in every respect (similar to a family) by two 'aunties' who take turns weekly. An 'aunty' looks after the children for a whole week without a break. The children are therefore used to 'their aunties' and do not suffer from emotional deprivation. There can be a maximum of four children in a 'Klokánek' family.

Together with 'their aunty', they live in a flat equipped just like a normal household. There are no strict rules and regulations as is often the case in institutional facilities. In short – we try to create an environment for the children that is as close as possible to a normal family. The 'aunty' is like a mother on maternity leave; she cooks, does the laundry, cleans, helps the children with their homework, takes them to school, to the doctor and to after-school clubs, plays with the children and educates them.