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People in Need started to offer assistance to socially excluded individuals and families in 1999. Since then we have been providing social consultation and educational services for people in disadvantaged localities. We operate in 13 regions - we provide a broader range of services in seven of them, and in six regions we provide debt counselling or other field social work. In addition to direct assistance to specific people, we have long been involved in analytical activities, especially in the area of debt.

Consultations for adults

We offer different types of social services to individuals and whole families who are unable to cope with their own efforts:

In addition to immediate help, we aim to ensure that our support leads to the acquisition of the necessary knowledge and skills. We want the people we work with to gain self-confidence and be able to set their affairs in the future.

Consultations for children and youth

The children we work with are mainly linked to the low education of their parents. Which we help overcome by offering:



Analytic work

In recent years, we have been working mainly on identifying the causes of extreme indebtedness of the Czech society and their elimination. From our fieldwork, we know that unmanaged debts often stand at the beginning of a journey that brings people to our office.

We participated in the amendment of the Enforcement Proceedings Code, which brought the most significant modification of the functioning of enforcement proceedings in recent years. We are working on an amendment to the Insolvency Act that could give a large number of hopelessly over-indebted people a chance to "start again". We are also fighting against child debts (zadluzenedeti.cz).

We are continuously engaged in systemic change, especially in communication with the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.

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How we help

Where we help

Naše činnosti
Social work and debt counselling
Mobile debt counselling
Cities and towns with One World Film Festival Screenings
Education activities and cooperation with schools
Online and nationwide activities
  • Social work and debt counselling
  • Mobile debt counselling
  • Cities and towns with One World Film Festival Screenings
  • Education activities and cooperation with schools
  • Online and nationwide activities
South Bohemian Region
South Moravian Region
Karlovy Vary Region
Hradec Králové Region
Vysočina Region
Liberec Region
Moravian-Silesian Region
Olomouc Region
Plzeň Region
Prague
Central Bohemian Region
Ústí Region
Zlín Region
Pardubice Region
National activities
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South Bohemian Region

South Bohemian Region
We have been operating in the South Bohemian Region since autumn 2020, when we began to expand our debt counselling service to new towns and villages in response to the coronavirus crisis. Our first locations were Hluboká nad Vltavou, Dačicko, Soběslav, Tábor and České Budějovice. We opened offices in České Budějovice and Tábor.
Currently, we operate with a professional social counselling service with a focus on debt issues and violations in České Budějovice and Tábor.

Read more about our activities in the South Bohemian region

How we help:

Debt advice
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South Moravian Region

South Moravian Region
We started operating in the South Moravian Region in 2021 during the relief of communities affected by the tornado. Gradually, however, it became clear that one of the main issues for local residents was their financial situation and debt. That's why we started providing a mobile debt counselling service there. We opened an office in Hodonín and we continue to operate in the field in the villages of Hrušky, Moravská Nová Ves, Dolní Bojanovice, Lužice, Mikulčice.
Currently, we provide debt counselling in the Hodonín and Breclav regions.

Read more about our activities in the South Moravian region

How we help:

Debt advice
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Karlovy Vary Region

Karlovy Vary Region
We have been operating in the Karlovy Vary Region since 2001, when we started offering field social work in the town of Sokolov. Nowadays we offer our services all over the Karlovy Vary and Sokolov region, you can find us in Karlovy Vary, Sokolov, Nejdek, Ostrov, Chodov, Kraslice and Cheb.
We are dedicated to supporting children and adults (we run pre-school clubs, offer tutoring and career counselling), provide family counselling (in the Social Activation Services for Families with Children Karlovarsko programme), debt counselling and re-socialisation programmes.

Read more about our activities in the Karlovy Vary region

How we help:

Debt advice
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Hradec Králové Region

Hradec Králové Region
In the Hradec Králové Region we currently provide debt counselling in our counselling centres in Hejtmánkovice and Broumov. We also cooperate with some organisations in Náchod. We offer the service both in outpatient and field form, but it is also possible to use the format of video consultations, which are led by a regional counsellor. 
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Vysočina Region

Vysočina Region
In the autumn of 2020, in response to the coronavir crisis, we entered the Vysočina Region in the town of Žďár nad Sázavou, where we opened an office and offer debt counselling to residents of the town and its surroundings. The services can be used on an outpatient basis and in the field. It is also possible to arrange a video consultation with a counsellor who works there.
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Liberec Region

Liberec Region
We have been providing social and educational programmes in the Liberec Region since 2002. We focus on individuals and families in need of social and educational assistance. Currently we work mainly with people from Liberec, Frýdlantský výběžek, Velke Hamry and its surroundings, Česká Lípa, Hrádek nad Nisou. 
We support both children and adults (we run pre-school clubs, offer tutoring and career counselling), provide family counselling, debt counselling and resocialisation programmes for adults with a criminal history.

Read more about our activities in the Liberec region

How we help:

Pre-school Clubs
Tutoring
Career Guidance
Low-threshold clubs
Debt Advice
Field Social Work
Resocialisation Programmes
 
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Moravian-Silesian Region

Moravian-Silesian Region
We have been operating in the Moravian-Silesian Region since the autumn of 2020, when we began to expand our debt counselling service in response to the coronavirus crisis. Our first locations of operation are Frenštát pod Radhoštěm, Karviná and Orlová, where we opened contact points for clients in cooperation with the local government. The service can be used by residents of the wider region. In addition to our own counselling in the brick-and-mortar counselling centre, we also offer the possibility to arrange a video consultation with a counsellor working in the region. 
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Olomouc Region

Olomouc Region
We have been operating in the Olomouc region since 2001, when we opened a branch in Prostějov. The regional branch was officially established in 2007. We have gradually expanded our services to other cities. We operate in places where unfavourable living conditions are manifested by high unemployment, the inability to secure suitable housing and high levels of debt. 
We are dedicated to supporting children and adults (we run pre-school clubs, offer tutoring and career counselling), provide family counselling, debt counselling and re-socialisation programmes for adults with criminal histories.

Read more about our activities in the Olomouc region

How we help:

Pre-school Clubs
Tutoring
Career Guidance
Debt Advice
Field Social Work
Social Engagement Service for Families with Children
Resocialisation Programmes






 
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Plzeň Region

Plzeň Region
We have been operating in the Pilsen region since 2005, when we established our branch there. The core of the branch's activity is providing social integration services to people in unfavourable life situations. In addition, we also implement information projects, educational and cultural activities for the public.
We are dedicated to supporting children and adults (we run a pre-school club, offer tutoring and career counselling), provide family counselling, debt counselling and re-socialisation programmes. Prevention activities, in particular information campaigns, are a major focus of the branch.

Read more about our activities in the Plzeň region

How we help:

Pre-school Clubs
Tutoring
Career Guidance
Debt Advice
Field Social Work
Social Engagement Service for Families with Children

Resocialisation Programmes
Assistance for Crime Victims
 
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Prague

Prague
Our Prague branch provides clients with counselling, field social work, educational programmes and other services. We offer our services throughout the capital city. The Prague branch is located in Prague 5, Smíchov. In the Smíchov office there is a "free intake" twice a week, which is an opportunity to come with your problems all day long without an appointment.
We support children and adults (we run a pre-school club, offer tutoring, individual and career counselling), provide family and debt counselling.

Read more about our activities in Prague

How we help:

Pre-school Clubs
Tutoring
Career Guidance
Low-threshold clubs
Debt Advice
Field Social Work
Social Engagement Service for Families with Children

 
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Central Bohemian Region

Central Bohemian Region
We have been operating in the Central Bohemian Region since 2000. For the longest time we have been providing our services in Kladno, from where we have expanded to other locations such as Beroun, Příbram, Rakovník, Kralupy nad Vltavou, Nymburk, Mladá Boleslav and Kolín. We focus on helping people in a difficult life situation from which they are unable to get out on their own. We work with topics such as poverty, housing, unemployment, debt, complicated family or interpersonal relationships, etc. 
We are dedicated to supporting children and adults (we run a pre-school club, offer tutoring and career counselling) and provide individual, family and debt counselling.

Read more about our activities in the Central Bohemian region

How we help:

Pre-school Clubs
Tutoring
Career Guidance
Low-threshold clubs
Debt Advice
Field Social Work
Social Engagement Service for Families with Children

 
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Ústí Region

Ústí Region
In the Ústí nad Labem region we work mainly in Ústí nad Labem, Chomutov and Bílina. We operate in places where unfavourable living conditions are manifested by high unemployment, inability to secure suitable housing and high indebtedness.
A large part of our energy is devoted to children and young people. We run pre-school clubs for the little ones in Ústí and Chomutov. For the older ones we offer individual or group tutoring. Career counselling is available for young people who are leaving primary school and entering secondary school. In addition, we run low-threshold clubs for children and young people in Ústí and Bílina.
For adults we provide not only individual and family counselling, but also debt counselling.

Read more about our activities in the Ústí region

 
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Zlín Region

Zlín Region
We started operating in the Zlín Region in 2019 with a mobile debt counselling project. In the autumn of 2020, in response to the coronavir, we started to expand the debt counselling service to other towns and villages. Our first locations of operation were Vsetín, Rožnov pod Radhoštěm and Valašské Meziříčí. Currently, we operate debt counselling services in Rožnov pod Radhoštěm, Valašské Meziříčí, Vsetín and the municipalities of Zašová and Vidče.
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Pardubice Region

Pardubice Region
Our online and nationwide activities are currently available in the Pardubice Region, where we also organise screenings of the One World Festival in Polička and Ústí nad Orlicí.
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National activities

National activities
Our nationwide activities include educational, social and informational projects, online services, and a phone helpline.
 

EDUCATION
The Varianty Educational Programme helps students understand context, global responsibility, and respect for others. We also make global issues accessible through the One World in Schools (OWIS) Educational Programme. Within our Migration Awareness Programme, we inform the public about migration and the life of foreigners in the Czech Republic.
We also teach Media Literacy and help with tutoring through our portal, Doučujte.cz

ONE WORLD FESTIVAL
We organise One World, a human rights film festival with screenings in almost thirty cities across the Czech Republic. We also encourage anyone interested in documentary filmmaking to join the screenings as part of the project You Can Screen, Too. We also provide streaming on our One World online VOD portal, which is available year-round. 

DEBT COUNSELLING
We help with foreclosures and indebtedness on our specialised site, How to Survive Debt. The public can also use our free helpline at 770-600-800

CLIMATE ACTIVITIES
We provide information about climate change on our Climate Change website. We also offer climate course classroom materials to teach about climate change.

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