than CZK 10 000 000 - People In Need

SOS Floods 

REPORT ON THE PEOPLE IN NEED SOS FLOODS CAMPAIGN 

— AID FOR AFFECTED 

FAMILIES 

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— DETAILS OF SUPPORTED 

PUBLIC INTEREST PROJECTS 

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— DETAILS OF AID FOR 

AFFECTED FAMILIES 

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— SMALL PROJECTS 

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— PUBLIC INTEREST 

PROJECTS 

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— THE MISSION OF PEOPLE 

IN NEED 

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Dear Donors and Supporters, 

At this time a year ago, many of you decided to support 

the people and places afflicted by the 2002 floods in the 

Czech Republic through the SOS Floods Campaign of 

People in Need. To our great surprise, over CZK 269 million 

was donated to the SOS Floods bank account, illustrating 

your trust in us and giving us a tremendous task 

and a great responsibility. 

The People in Need executive board appointed a team to 

distribute your donations, mainly to individuals and public 

interest projects. A system of rules was created to 

govern the distribution of funds and fairly evaluate the 

need of recipients. The system allowed us to distribute 

the funds responsibly, on the basis of detailed knowledge 

of the situation in the flooded regions. A European 

Union Phare grant in 2002 and the support of the Charles 

S. Mott Foundation enabled People in Need to minimize 

the necessary operational expenses paid from the SOS 

public collection. 

On the following pages you will find a report on the use of 

the SOS Floods Campaign as of 15 July 2003. Even now, 

smaller donations keep coming in and the remainder of 

the funds is being distributed to families with cases still 

pending. When the distribution of all funds is completed, 

a report and accounting record will be delivered to the 

municipal government in Prague. Please take a few minutes 

to review the following report and decide for yourself 

if your expectations as a donor were fulfilled. People in 

Need is simply the administrator between you and those 

in need, and your evaluation of the effectiveness of our 

work is the basis on which we gauge our success. 

We thank you in the name of those who were given aid during 

a period of crisis, and we also thank you for the confidence 

with which you entrusted your donations to People in Need. 

Tomáš Pojar, Executive Director 

Šimon Pánek, Director of the SOS Floods Campaign 

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SOS Floods Public Collection 

and Distribution of Entrusted Funds 

SOS Floods Public Collection 269 000 000 CZK 100,0 % 

As of 7 July 2003, CZK 268 521 711 (USD 10 123 726) had been collected 

through the SOS Floods Campaign thanks to 45 000 direct 

donations, 153 000 donations through Czech Telecom’s hotline and 

448 000 special mobile phone donations and material gifts. 

Support of Households 152 000 000 CZK 56,5 % 

Financial support led to the rebuilding and restoration of households 

and direct help to affected families and individuals, with 77 

cases still pending. A majority of funds from the public collection 

were distributed to households. As of 15 July 2003, CZK 152 170 

862 (USD 5 737 101) had been distributed to 3 170 families and 

individuals in amounts ranging from CZK 10 000 to CZK 350 000 

(USD 377 to USD 13 196), and in exceptional cases a higher 

amount was distributed. The amount of support given depended 

on the extent of damage done in conjunction with the social and 

financial situation of the family in question. 

Public Interest Projects 99 000 000 CZK 36,8 % 

An important part of the funds from the Floods 2002 Collection 

is being used to support realization of public interest projects. 

These contributions are used to finance repairs and renewal of 

objects owned by towns and municipalities (schools, residential 

housing and others). As of publication, CZK 98 590 854 (USD 3 

717 043) have been spent on 132 of these projects. In most cases, 

public interest projects have been financed by specific donations 

from corporate donors. 

Small Projects 11 000 000 CZK 4,1 % 

CZK 11 132 661 (USD 419 720) from the public collection were 

used to cover the first humanitarian phase of the aid, including 

covering the costs of coordinating more than 3 000 volunteers, 

distributing material donations and purchasing material aid delivered 

in more than 100 deliveries, as well as financing small 

longer-term projects. Over the course of the seven months following 

the floods, 170 industrial driers severely were used to dry 

flooded buildings, paid for from these funds. This resource was 

also used to finance the Karlin Contact Centre, a multipurpose 

project aimed at social and legal assistance in Karlin, a affected 

quarter of Prague. 

Projects’ completion and organizational costs 7 000 000 CZK 2,6 % 

A financial reserve is needed for completion of projects (the cases 

of aid to affected families and public interest projects which 

are still pending). A minor part of these funds is being used to 

cover necessary organizational and administrative (including 

accounting) costs needed for the realization of the aid. Operating 

costs taken from the public collection were minimized thanks to 

a European Union Phare grant in 2002 and the support of the 

Charles S. Mott Foundation. 

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Aid for Affected Families 

A major part of the SOS 

Floods public donations were 

used to help families and individuals 

whose homes were 

damaged during the floods in 

August 2002. 

Although a large number of donations 

were collected, it was not possible 

to satisfy the needs of everyone 

affected by the floods and it was 

inevitable that some people would 

be dissatisfied. People in Need 

accepted the task of administering 

and distributing the collection in the 

most effective and impartial way, to 

meet the obligations of those who 

contributed to the collection account 

and trusted People in Need. 

GEOGRAPHIC AREAS 

ADDRESSED 

Upon agreement with other humanitarian 

organizations, namely Adra, 

Diakonie and the Czech Catholic 

Charity, People in Need accepted 

responsibility for blanket aid to the 

affected districts of Strakonice, 

Prachatice and most of the flooded 

municipalities in the Melnik and Litomerice 

districts, as well as the cities 

of Usti nad Labem, Beroun and 

Decin. The aim was to visit every 

affected household and to decide on 

a contribution amount based on the 

actual situation of each family, combined 

with knowledge gathered from 

blanket screening. In west Bohemia, 

People in Need took over the most 

complicated cases after an agreement 

with the diocese charity in 

Pilsen. Starting in October 2002, People 

in Need gradually took up projects 

in other territories, mainly in 

the Karlin and Liben quarters of 

Prague. Throughout the fall we 

learned that in some regions where 

People in Need was not active only a 

small number of the affected families 

were getting aid, giving the People in 

Need floods team an impetus to start 

activities in south Bohemia as well. 

SURVEY METHODS AND 

DECISION PROCESS 

Financial aid was given to families 

and individuals affected by the 

floods for the reconstruction and 

rebuilding of apartments and houses 

and for the recovery of basic 

household utilities. These contributions 

were assigned in accordance 

with the extent of the damage suffered 

and the socio-economic situation 

of the families, in conjunction 

with a number of objective and subjective 

stress factors. Household 

surveys were carried out with questionnaires 

completed by trained 

interviewers during personal visits 

to the flooded areas. In the first 

phase over 3000 households were 

registered in the regions where 

People in Need was responsible for 

blanket monitoring of affected people. 

The methodology, questionnaires 

for the field survey and construction 

of the formula for 

evaluating the collected information 

describing the situation of the 

affected families were prepared in 

cooperation with STEM agency, 

which also carried out computer 

evaluation of the data. The families 

chosen after the data processing 

were subsequently visited by ‘social 

judges’ who carried out guided 

interviews, asked about the 

resources available and budget for 

the reconstruction and then suggested 

the contribution amount. 

The social judges also cooperated 

with local mayors and social security 

departments in order to find families 

and individuals who could not 

be contacted during the blanket 

mapping of damages. Altogether, 

5300 families have been contacted, 

registered and received a decision. 

The social judges treated all families 

on an individual basis, and carried 

out over 15 000 visits. Gradually 

the judges became specialists on 

their localities, and with the help of 

the leaders of the municipalities, 

they were able to ensure that the 

contributions were assigned to 

those who needed aid to improve 

their situations and not to people 

who, on the contrary, were able to 

manage without additional help. 

Each household was considered 

individually; mainly to ensure that 

the aid went to those affected who 

were not able to improve their situation 

themselves and whose circumstances 

were not covered by 

the state or other humanitarian 

organizations. The contributions 

were entirely concrete and purposeful, 

providing help "with something" 

(reconstruction, purchasing 

equipment, static securing, new 

construction), not "for something" 

(blanket compensation for the 

floods), and they were provided as 

quickly as possible. 

The financial contributions were 

distributed mainly in the form of 

checks made out to the name and 

birth certificate number of the recipient. 

In a few cases the building and 

reconstruction work or material 

purchases were covered (e.g. in 

cases where the family was not able 

to compromise and ensure that 

some of its members would not use 

the gift for a different purpose than 

reconstruction after the floods). 

When deciding on the amount of 

aid to be given, the contribution 

committee took into account the 

damages caused by the floods and 

the actual situation of the family 

(problems and concrete needs), as 

well as the possibilities and means 

the family had at its disposal. With 

the contributions, we were able to 

provide households with difficult 

family circumstances with indispensable 

financial resources to 

meet basic needs, as well as cover 

the cost of equipment, reconstruction 

or construction of a new home. 

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Distribution of Financial 

Resources 

The Reconstruction of Households in Numbers as of July 15, 2003 

187 cities, villages and small communities were covered by the People in Need project to help 

families in the Czech Republic. 

5 334 households damaged by the floodwater were registered with People in Need, including 

454 clients whose homes were completely destroyed by the floods or whose homes were condemned. 

152 170 862 CZK were distributed to 3 170 families and individuals, in increments ranging from 

10 000 CZK to 350 000 CZK. 77 cases remain open or unresolved at the time of printing. 

989 cases were closed under the direction of the flood committee with no aid being given. 

1 142 households were assessed as having experienced such a low level of damage that either no 

aid was given by People in Need or the cases were passed to another organization. 

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Details of Aid for Affected Families 

Financial contributions distributed by People in Need to individuals and families in areas 

affected by floods. 

BEROUN 10 963 001 CZK 

Beroun, Hlásná Třebáň, Hýskov, Karlštejn, Lety, Nižbor, Roztoky u Křivoklátu, Řevnice, Srbsko, Strádonice, Zadní Třebáň, Zbečno, 

Žloukovice 

ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE 4 415 000 CZK 

Boršov nad Vltavou, České Budějovice, Doudleby, Dubné, Hluboká nad Vltavou, Hrdějovice, Plav, Roudné, Trhové Sviny, Týn nad 

Vltavou, Vidov 

ČESKÝ KRUMLOV 1 480 000 CZK 

Benešov nad Černou, Český Krumlov, Dolní Dvořiště, Kaplice, Kájov, Rožmberk nad Vltavou 

DĚČÍN 2 160 000 CZK 

Děčín, Dobkovice, Choratice, Malšovice, Hřensko, Těchlovice, Malé Březno 

JINDŘICHŮV HRADEC 1 595 000 CZK 

Hamr, Klec, Lomnice nad Lužnicí, Lužnice, Majdalena, Nová Hlína, Stará Hlína, Třeboň 

KLATOVY 1 660 000 CZK 

Horažďovice, Hrádek, Klatovy, Kolinec, Podmokly, Rabí, Sušice, Žichovice 

LITOMĚŘICE 16 038 000 CZK 

Bohušovice nad Ohří, Brzánky, Černěves, Kyškovice, Libochovany, Libotenice, Litoměřice, Lovosice, Lukavec, Mlékojedy, Nučničky, 

Okna, Píšťany, Počáply, Račice, Štětí, Velké Žernoseky, Záluží, Žalhostice, Židovice 

MĚLNÍK 67 863 649 CZK 

Dolní Beřkovice, Horní Počáply, Křivenice, Zlončice, Dolánky, Kly, Kralupy nad Vltavou, Liběchov, Libiš, Lužec nad Vltavou, 

Chramostek, Mělník, Mlékojedy u Neratovic, Nelahozeves, Neratovice, Miřejovice, Nové Ouholice, Staré Ouholice, Obříství, Tišice, 

Tuhaň, Veltrusy, Vlíněves, Vojkovice, Všestudy, Dušníky nad Vltavou, Zálezlice 

NYMBURK 50 000 CZK 

Vestec u Nymburka 

PÍSEK 2 510 000 CZK 

Bernartice, Kestřany, Milenovice, Mirotice, Písek, Protivín, Veselíčko, Žďár 

PLZEŇ 490 000 CZK 

PLZEŇ-SOUTH 705 000 CZK 

Merklín, Nepomuk, Nýřany, Přeštice, Starý Plzenec, Stod, Šťáhlavy, Štěnovice 

PRAGUE 13 928 200 CZK 

PRAGUE-EAST 1 760 000 CZK 

Husinec u Prahy, Klecany, Řež 

PRAGUE-WEST 5 853 012 CZK 

Černošice, Davle, Dobřichovice, Dolany, Libčice na Vltavou, Roztoky u Prahy, Štěchovice, Úholičky, Všenory 

PRACHATICE 1 605 000 CZK 

Husinec, Mičovice, Strunkovice nad Blanicí, Těšovice, Vitějovice, Malovice 

ROKYCANY 160 000 CZK 

Rokycany, Zbiroh 

STRAKONICE 3 892 000 CZK 

Bavorov, Bezdědovice, Blatná, Buzice, Čejetice, Mladějovice, Radešov, Dolní Poříčí, Horní Poříčí, Katovice, Lnáře, Malenice, Metly, 

Předmíř, Nišovice, Pracejovice, Střelské Hoštice, Štěkeň, Tchořovice, Vodňany, Volyně, Zborovice 

TÁBOR 10 445 000 CZK 

Bechnyně, Borotín, Dráchov, Jistebnice, Nadějkov, Planá nad Lužnicí, Roudná, Sezimovo Ústí, Soběslav, Stádlec, Tábor, Veselí nad 

Lužnicí 

ÚSTÍ NAD LABEM 4 163 000 CZK 

Dolní Zálezly, Povrly, Ústí nad Labem, Velké Březno 

ZNOJMO 435 000 CZK 

Znojmo 

GRAND TOTAL 152 170 862 CZK 

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People in Need has received countless moving letters of thanks from aid 

recipients, and we would like to share a few of them with you, the people who 

made the recovery and rebuilding possible. 

We thank all of your staff for their difficult work that has returned our hope and given 

ordinary people strength for the future. H. H., KOZLOVICE 

Dear All, 

I am sitting down deeply moved to write this letter, with tears in my eyes and a shaking 

hand. Thank you very much for your gift. 

I have just brought the money you have given us home, and I thank you all for it. It is 

a great help to us who have lost everything. 

Please express my thanks to all the members of People in Need, and I shall remember you 

with love and gratitude. R. V., TYN NAD VLTAVOU 

The financial support my wife and I received has made us very happy. It is very important 

for us and we consider it an expression of real humanity, understanding for other 

people s troubles and a sensitivity for interpersonal relationships - the things we value 

so much about your organization. K. K., REVNICE 

To tell the truth, your donation has helped me financially as well as psychologically. 

When I returned to my flooded house and saw the havoc caused by the floods, I was so 

shocked I did not even want to live. I could hardly bear the total loss of all the 

things I had prepared for my retirement and old age. Your support brought me back to 

thinking about future again. Thank you with all my heart, and I will never forget your 

support and help. 

Those who give fast, give twice. J. C., MELNIK 

Dear friends, 

We do not know how to start and how to express everything we feel. We had hardly recovered 

from the shock of seeing what happens when the nature says "enough", when suddenly 

there was another shock... a pleasant one this time. A fairytale grandpa, if he had been 

that age, appeared at the door. We would have never believed such a beautiful fairytale 

could exist today- a fairytale of love, compassion and understanding. There really are 

still people who care for others! 

Thank you very much once more. J. V., PISEK 

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Public Interest Projects 

Flooded structures owned by 

towns and municipalities – 

schools and kindergartens, 

communication infrastructure, 

bridges and footbridges, community 

care houses, homes for 

the elderly, ferries, libraries, 

sources of drinking water, 

domestic houses and other 

public institutions, systems and 

buildings – were included on 

the list of public interest projects 

because they serve the 

community. 

A preliminary database of these projects 

and repairs necessary after the 

floods was created by the analytical 

information center of People in Need, 

which evaluated data collected by 

mobile teams working in the affected 

localities. A database of approximately 

260 necessary reconstructions 

became the basis for aid to the 

municipalities and towns, financed 

from the SOS Floods funds for public 

interest projects. 

MONITORING AND 

PROJECT SELECTION 

In the weeks after the floods, a number 

of contributions from corporate 

donors and institutions, along with 

individual gifts, began to appear. Corporate 

donors wanted to know the 

concrete purpose of their donations. 

The idea of connecting the corporate 

donors’ gifts with public interest projects 

developed, and as a result indi- 

vidual donations were used for aid to 

individual beneficiaries - households 

- and the corporate donors´ gifts were 

assigned to support public interest 

projects. Thorough monitoring carried 

out by People in Need coordinators 

provided valuable information 

on the importance of demands, other 

financial resources at the municipalities´ 

disposal and the schedule and 

technological circumstances of the 

planned renewal and reconstruction. 

The decisive criteria for selecting a 

project and stipulating the amount of 

financial support were the necessity 

and importance of the public interest 

project, the financial outlook of the 

municipality and the ability of the 

municipality to cope with the situation 

itself. The decision-making took 

place in Prague by a commission 

composed of the coordinators of public 

interest projects, representatives 

of the floods team board and the 

management of People in Need. 

CONTROL OF THE USE 

OF CONTRIBUTIONS 

Every contribution was secured contract 

between People in Need and 

either the afflicted institution itself or 

its operator (a town or municipality). 

Part of the conditions for paying out 

80% of the financial gift (purposely 

the majority of the contribution 

because often time was an important 

factor in the flooded areas and cash 

was needed to start the reconstruction) 

was an outline of the project, a 

list of equipment to be renewed, a 

budget listing possible procedures 

and time frames and information on 

additional financial resources of the 

municipality or town. In some specific 

cases People in Need required 

more information and documents 

related to the project. In cases of 

doubt or uncertainty about the appropriateness 

of the budget for renewal 

or equipment purchase an assessment 

was carried out - a construction 

specialist employed by People in 

Need was sent to the site or an average 

market price was determined and 

compared with prices on the budget. 

The remaining 20% of the contribution 

was transferred after a final 

report, which included information 

on finishing the reconstruction or 

repairs and purchasing equipment, 

was handed in. A statement of 

progress on the project and documentation 

of project completion was 

also submitted. 

You can find an overview of the projects, 

including specific gifts from 

corporate donors and their application, 

in the following table. The 

amounts of money in the table are set 

aside for each project (usually representing 

only one portion of overall 

costs, as the rest are covered by other 

resources of the town or municipality) 

and guaranteed by a contract. 

The full transfer of money was 

dependent on fulfilling the conditions 

necessary to control accountability 

and the utilization of resources. 

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SCHOOLS AND KINDERGARTENS 

PUBLICLY OWNED APARTMENT BUILDINGS 

OTHERS 

Public Interest Projects in Numbers as of 15 July 2003 

98 590 854 CZK were allocated for 132 individual projects. 

64 school facilities are currently being built or reconstructed. 10 assisted living facilities are currently 

being reconstructed or rebuilt. A number of cultural projects and other projects are being completed, 

including several libraries, museums, a mental institution, a water works facility and several bridges. 

22 publicly owned apartment buildings are being built or reconstructed. 

51 projects were completed at the date of publication. 

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Supported Public Interest Projects 

CITY, MUNICIPALITY PROJECT AMOUNT DONOR OR SOURCE 

Bavorov Bridge 700 000 Phillip Morris 

Bavorov Public Housing 150 000 SOS Floods 

Beroun Home for Assisted Living 500 000 Canadian Embassy 

Bohušovice nad Ohří Public Housing 300 000 SOS Floods 

Bohušovice nad Ohří Kindergarten 1 000 000 Czech-German Fund for the Future 

Bohušovice nad Ohří Kindergarten 1 000 000 ČSOB 

Buzice Public Radio Station 250 000 SOS Floods 

České Budějovice Home for Assisted Living 1 400 000 Phillip Morris 

České Budějovice Kindergarten Čéčova 150 000 Unreal Technology 128 000 + SOS Floods 22 000 

České Budějovice Kindergarten Dlouhá 150 000 SOS Floods 

České Budějovice Kindergarten Neplachova 150 000 SOS Floods 

České Budějovice Kindergarten Vrchlického nábřeží 500 000 Canadian Embassy 

České Budějovice Kindergarten Zeyerova 150 000 SOS Floods 

České Budějovice Special Kindergarten 500 000 ING Group 

České Budějovice Special School Štítného 3 542 000 Cesky Mobil – Oskar 

České Budějovice Elementary School Čéčova 300 000 SOS Floods 

České Budějovice Elementary School Dukelská 300 000 SOS Floods 

České Budějovice Elementary School Kubatova 300 000 SOS Floods 

České Budějovice Elementary School Matice školské 300 000 SOS Floods 

České Budějovice Elementary School Nerudova 300 000 SOS Floods 

České Budějovice Elementary School Oskara Nedbala 300 000 SOS Floods 

České Budějovice Center for the Physically Handicapped 1 000 000 SOS Floods 

České Budějovice Shelter and Day-Care for Single Mothers 670 000 Canadian Embassy 500 000 + SOS Floods 170 000 

České Kopisty Center for the Mentally Handicapped 20 000 SOS Floods 

Český Krumlov Elementary School Linecká 1 080 000 NHL 435 000 + NHL PA 435 000 + HC Tampa Bay 58 000 

+ Alena and Dominik Hašek 152 000 

Děčín Bridge 1 500 000 SOS Floods 

Děčín Nursing High School 521 000 Cesky Mobil – Oskar 221 000 + SOS Floods 300 000 

Dobkovice Elementary School 400 000 SOS Floods 

Dobkovice Elementary School 500 000 Walmark 200 000 + Benefit Concert „Over Water“ 41 700 

+ SOS Floods 258 300 

Dobřichovice Elementary School 1 500 000 General Electric 

Dobřichovice Foot Bridge 1 500 000 SOS Floods 

Dobřichovice Kindergarten 900 000 SPP Bohemia 

Dolany Public Water Main 150 000 SOS Floods 

Dolní Beřkovice Public Housing 1 500 000 SOS Floods 

Dolní Beřkovice Elementary School 1 500 000 People in Peril SK 341 180 + SOS Floods 1 158 820 

Hořín Kindergarten 600 000 Stora Enso Timber Ždírec 

Hořín Elementary School 1 150 000 Komerční banka 1 000 000 + SOS Floods 150 000 

Husinec Foot Bridge 1 204 000 Philip Morris 900 000 + SOS Floods 304 000 

Husinec, část Řež Kindergarten 1 500 000 SOS Floods 

Husinec, část Řež Elementary School 500 000 Czech-German Fund for the Future 

Husinec, část Řež Elementary School Husinec 542 000 Cesky Mobil – Oskar 

Chodouny-Lounky Public Housing 700 000 SOS Floods 

Chodouny-Lounky Public Housing 500 000 SOS Floods 

Klatovy Center for Children and Young People 500 000 Czech-German Fund for the Future 

Kly Elementary School 500 000 Czech-German Fund for the Future 

Kralupy nad Vltavou Elementary School Komenského 200 000 Cesky Mobil – Oskar 

Kralupy nad Vltavou Elementary Art School 2 000 000 CCS Česká společnost pto platební karty, a. s. 

Křešice Kindergarten 700 000 Cesky Mobil – Oskar 

Křivoklát Elementary School 400 000 Cesky Mobil – Oskar 

Lety Kindergarten 1 500 000 SOS Floods 

Liběchov Museum in Liběchov Castle 269 000 Expatriate Community in Australia and New Zeland 

Libiš Public Housing 400 000 SOS Floods 

Libotenice Support of the Municipality 30 000 SOS Floods 

Litoměřice Housing for the Socially Disadvantaged – Želetice 200 000 Czech-German Fund for the Future 

Lnáře Castle Fortification 500 000 Východočeská plynárenská 

Lnáře Support of the Municipality 191 306 SOS Floods 

Lomnice nad Lužnicí Public Housing 200 000 SOS Floods 

Lužec nad Vltavou Ferry 600 000 SOS Floods 

Majdaléna Support of the Municipality 100 000 SOS Floods 

Malé Žernoseky Ferry 200 000 Czech-German Fund for the Future 

Mělník Public Housing 1 800 000 SOS Floods 

Mlékojedy Home for Assisted Living 100 000 Czech-German Fund for the Future 

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CITY, MUNICIPALITY PROJECT AMOUNT DONOR OR SOURCE 

Nové Kopisty Kindergarten 1 000 000 Sony Europe Foundation 

Obříství Public Radio Station 600 000 SOS Floods 

Obříství Public Housing 200 000 SOS Floods 

Obříství Public Housing 1 090 000 First Data Western Union Found 

Obříství Support of the Municipality 1 500 000 SOS Floods 

Písek Public Housing 980 000 American Fund for Czechoslovak Relief, NY 

Písek Special Elementary School Písek 600 000 Cesky Mobil – Oskar 

Planá nad Lužnicí Elementary School Planá 1 400 000 General Electric 

Planá nad Lužnicí Home for Assisted Living 1 960 000 Phillip Morris 

Prague 1 City Library in Prague 348 200 Expatriate Community in Australia and New Zeland 

Prague 1 Kindergarten Letenská 400 000 ING Group 

Prague 1 Kindergarten Řásnovka 110 000 ING Group 

Prague 1 Business Academy Dušní 500 000 Deloitte & Touche 

Prague 1 Conservatory and Instrument Tuning 1 000 000 SPP Bohemia 

Prague 2 Special School J. A. Komenského 82 464 Felber, Kristofori & Greif 

Prague 5-Velká Chuchle Kindergarten 500 000 Deloitte & Touche 

Prague 5-Zbraslav Elementary Art School 200 000 American Restaurants (KFC) 150 795 + SOS Floods 49 205 

Prague 6-Suchdol Center for Mentally Handicapped 500 000 American Restaurants (KFC) 

Prague 7 Kindergarten U Průhonu 281 100 ING Group 

Prague 7 Restoration Department of the NTM 2 060 000 ČSOB 

Prague 8 Catholic Girls’ School 80 000 The Living Light Foundation 50 000 + SOS Floods 30 000 

Prague 8 Kindergarten Invalidovna 1 000 000 Sony Europe Foundation 

Prague 8 Special School Molákova 744 000 The American Joint Distribution Committee 600 000 

+ SOS Floods 144 000 

Prague 8 Vocational Economic School and Business Academy 600 000 Cesky Mobil – Oskar 

Prague 8 Elementary School / Kindergarten Lyčkovo nám. 3 000 000 Reader’s Digest 

Prague 8 Elementary School Molákova 3 000 000 The American Joint Distribution Committee 

Prague 8 Elementary School Pernerova 577 000 SOS Floods 

Prague 8 Elementary School Zenklova 542 000 Cesky Mobil – Oskar 

Prague 8 Youth Center 23 305 ING Group 

Prague 8 Catholic Girls’ School 200 000 SOS Floods 

Prague 8 Youth Center 75 376 SOS Floods 

Předmíř-Metly Public Housing 1 950 000 SOS Floods 

Radotín Home for Assisted Living 800 000 Caritas Hamburg 

Roudné Kindergarten 1 000 000 Sony Europe Foundation 

Roztoky u Prahy Central Bohemian Museum, Roztoky 151 925 Deutsch-Tschechische Gesellschaft Hamburg 

Soběslav Wastewater Treatment Plant 750 000 Kraft Foods Czech Republic 

Soběslav Elementary School Komenského 500 000 Tipsport 

Solenice Central Heating Plant 1 070 000 ČSOB 750 000 + Credit Lyonnais 220 000 + Přerovsko Municipalities 100 000 

Srbsko Bridge 1 000 000 SOS Floods 

Strunkovice nad Blanicí Support of the Municipality 500 000 SOS Floods 

Strýčice Elementary School 300 000 SOS Floods 

Suchdol nad Lužnicí Public Housing 450 000 SOS Floods 

Štěchovice Home for Assisted Living 1 073 378 Accenture Central Europe B.V. 746 894 + Accenture Services 328 580 

Štěchovice Public Housing 700 000 SOS Floods 

Štěchovice Kindergarten 500 000 SOS Floods 

Štěchovice Elementary School 1 500 000 SOS Floods 

Štětí Elementary School 1 400 000 General Electric 

Štětí Library 400 000 Czech-German Fund for the Future 

Štětí Special School 221 000 Cesky Mobil – Oskar 

Švihov Public Housing 800 000 Aimtec 100 000 + SOS Floods 700 000 

Terezín Retirement Home 600 000 The American Joint Distribution Committee 

Terezín Public Housing 600 000 Czech-German Fund for the Future 

Terezín Library 600 000 Czech-German Fund for the Future 

Těšovice Support of the Municipality 300 000 SOS Floods 

Tchořovice Water Main 1 200 000 SOS Floods 

Třeboň Public Housing 500 000 SOS Floods 

Tuhaň Public Housing 800 000 SOS Floods 

Týn nad Vltavou Public Housing 500 000 SOS Floods 

Velké Březno Retirement Home 1 300 000 Czech-German Fund for the Future 

Velké Březno Retirement Home 600 000 Taipei Economic and Cultural Office 

Velké Žernoseky Public Housing 1 000 000 Czech Telecom 

Veselí nad Lužnicí Public Housing 5 000 000 SOS Floods 

Vodňany Foot Bridge 1 250 000 ČSOB 

Všestudy Retirement Home 1 000 000 SAP Czech Republic 

Všestudy Retirement Home 500 000 SOS Floods 

Zálezlice Support of the Municipality 200 000 SOS Floods 

Zálezlice Support of the Municipality 1 500 000 SOS Floods 

Zbraslav Theatre 1 000 000 SOS Floods 

Zbraslav Library 500 000 SOS Floods 

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Small Projects 

VOLUNTEERS 

As the floods reached their peak, 

People in Need were forced to leave 

the coordination of aid to specialists 

in rescue operations, despite the 

interest of people who were willing 

to help with the integrated rescue 

system of the Czech Republic. People 

in Need is not a lifesaving team and 

does do not have the necessary 

equipment and experience to be able 

to duplicate activities of lifesavers, 

fire brigades, army forces or the 

police. Danger subsided along with 

the flood water, leaving enormous 

amounts of cleanup work behind. It 

was necessary to clean the flooded 

areas and to clear away alluvium. As 

soon as possible, groups of volunteers, 

organized by People in Need 

and the Volunteer Center of Charles 

University, were dispatched. People 

in Need realized that it is easy to 

complicate a situation while trying to 

be helpful, which is why teams were 

sent in only after an agreement with 

local mayors or crisis management 

groups in the affected areas. Each 

group had all the necessary equip- 

ment and was well organized, with a 

leader who negotiated with the 

municipality and coordinated the 

division of work. 

In just a few weeks, over 3000 volunteers 

were dispatched to dozens of 

flooded localities. They provided a 

total of more than 150,000 manhours 

of labor for flood relief. 

CONTACT CENTER IN KARLIN 

People in Need were aware that the 

number of affected localities was 

enormous and that despite the great 

support and trust it was given, People 

in Need could not be present in all 

flooded regions. Prague, although it 

was severely affected, was evaluated 

as a locality that for the most part 

was able to cope better than flooded 

villages and small towns. However, 

the situation in the Karlin quarter of 

Prague was alarming. People began 

returning to their homes in September 

and one big problem was a lack 

of information. A People in Need 

Contact Center was opened on Karlinske 

Square as a multipurpose pro- 

ject. A team, working from a trailer, 

offered practical information on the 

re-connection of telephone lines, gas 

and electricity supplies, structural 

appraisal of houses, financial benefits 

and possibilities of finding alternative 

accommodation, as well as other 

information for those affected, 

including free legal advice. The team 

coordinated with institutions of the 

quarter and of the local government 

of Prague, to the benefit of those 

affected by the floods. It served as an 

independent source of information 

about the Karlin quarter. Members of 

the team were involved in solving the 

often complicated cases of flooded 

families. There were several social 

workers, mainly helping the elderly, 

who facilitated the return of people to 

a quarter where facilities were not 

open or working (e.g. there was not a 

single store open). The "drying team" 

offered its help to private owners of 

houses - basements and cellars in 

hundreds of houses were flooded 

and saturated with water, and with 

winter coming, structural engineers 

were rather pessimistic. From fall to 

spring there were more than one 

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Small Projects 

hundred industrial dryers running, 

provided by People in Need. Their 

operation meant a continuous supply 

of petrol was needed (most of which 

was provided from state reserves), 

meaning that more than two tons of 

petrol was carried manually to cellars 

and used in the hot-air driers. 

With its presence, the Center helped 

solve many concrete cases of those 

in need, and by means of People in 

Need social judges for inner Prague 

who were based there, it took part in 

the distribution of SOS Floods contributions 

to affected families. 

MATERIAL 

HUMANITARIAN AID 

The demand for material aid and 

offers of material gifts in the first 

days and weeks after the floods created 

a great confusion which was not 

easy to understand. People in Need 

sent only materials requested by 

mayors or crisis management 

groups and accepted only practical 

gifts. More than 100 humanitarian 

aid deliveries of different sizes were 

dispatched to the affected localities. 

A wide range of materials, including 

hygienic supplies and disinfectants, 

non-perishable food, work clothes, 

protective devices, tools for knocking 

off the soaked plaster and heavy 

technology, were delivered. During 

the next seven months 170 industrial 

dryers, sump pumps, generators and 

bore hammers were loaned or run by 

People in Need. 

THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE IN NEED STAFF MEMBERS, EXTERNAL STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS PARTICIPATED IN THE SOS FLOODS CAMPAIGN 

Šimon Pánek – Humanitarian and 

Development Aid Director, and Director 

of SOS Floods Campaign 

Tomáš Vyhnálek – Aid to Families 

Coordinator 

Pavel Mandula – Public Interest 

Projects Coordinator 

Majda Šnajdrová – Public Interest 

Projects Coordinator 

Social Judges 

Milena Alinčová, Štěpán Bolf, Lenka 

Budilová, Matěj Dlask, Antonín Frel, Jakub 

Hradílek, Kateřina Jedličková, Klára 

Kalibová, Pavel Kouřím, Ondřej Lachman, 

Bronislav Podlaha, Ondřej Poduška, Martin 

Přidal, Petra Sedláčková, Michal Stark, 

Michal Tošner, Tereza Zíková 

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Veronika Dvořáčková – Information Service 

and Public Relations 

Kristina Hasoňová – Project Assistent 

Jiří Velenský – Logistical Coordinator 

Markéta Hajská – Aid to Families Project 

Assistent 

Miroslav Parvonič – Aid to Families Project 

Administrator 

Ester Lauferová – Karlín Contact Center 

Coordinator 

Milan Machalíček – Karlín Structural Drying 

Coordinator 

Adam Navrátil – Social Judge, Karlín 

Contact Center Coordinator 

Zdeněk Brabenec – Hardware Logistical 

Coordinator 

Karlín Contact Center Staff 

Marek Šmídl, Jan Faltus, Dan 

Weidenhoffer, Emil Fučík, Vladimír 

Svoboda, Čeněk Němec, Petr Baše, 

Martin Srdce 

Also thanks to the following 

David Čálek, Milan Demeter, Vladimír 

Demeter, Petr Dobrovodský, Dana Glacová, 

Petr Jančárek, Petr Kolínský, Adriana Konti, 

Martin Slimák, Leona Svobodová, Matěj 

Šarközy, Martina Uramová, Kateřina 

Weisová, Lenka Zikmundová 

... and everyone who contributed to 

the sucess of the SOS Floods Campaign.

Donors 

More than CZK 10 000 000: Red Bull Czech Republic 

CZK 1 000 000 – 10 000 000: American Fund for Czechoslovak 

Relief, New York | BP Czech Republic | CCS Česká společnost pro 

platební karty, a. s. | Czech-German Fund for the Future | Cesky Mobil 

Oskar | Czech Telecom | ČSOB | Delloitte & Touche | First Data Western 

Union Foundation | Florindon Stiftung Zürich | General Electric | 

HVB Bank Czech Republic | ING Group | IPS Skanska CZ | Canadian 

Embassy to the Czech Republic | kníže Kolowrat-Krakovský | Komerční 

banka | LNM Holding Rotterdam | Microsoft | NROS | Opel C & S | 

Philip Morris Czech Republic | Reader’s Digest | Sanoma Magazines 

Prague | První investiční společnost, a. s. | SAP Czech Republic | Sony 

Europe Foundation | SPP Bohemia | The American Joint Distribution 

Committee | U.S. Steel Košice | Via Foundation | ZP Metal – Aliance 

CZK 500 000 – 1 000 000: Accenture Central Europe B.V. | Alena and Dominik 

Hašek | American restaurants (KFC) | Caritas Hamburk | eBanka | Ferrero Czech 

Republic | JT international | Kraft Foods ČR | Expatriate Community in Australia 

and New Zeland | Region of Hradec Králové | Miele | New York University, New 

York | Pražská správa nemovitostí | Housing Co-operative of Liberec | Stora Enso 

Timber | Taipei Economic and culture Office | Tipsport | Východočeská plynárenská 

| YPO International Chapter 

CZK 200 000 – 500 000: Accenture Services | ACNielsen Czech Republic | Aisa | Alpla | Biocel 

| Boehringer Ingelheim | Campanula | Ceps | Cortelazzi Praha | Credit Lyonnais | Czech Airlines | 

People in Peril SK | Dupont CZ | Fotolab | Golub-Europe | Good Year Dunlop | Karel Gott | 

Gregory Peter S. | Hilsinger Arthur R. | Chládek a Tintěra | IPB Pojišťovna | Karosa | Kokta Josef | 

Kraus Petr | KRC GENK | Line Art | International Woman’s Association in Prague | Nadační fond 

Česká rada | Opatov Market | Procter and Gamble | Prometheus | Provident Financial | Respekt | 

Restkupon | Sellier & Bellot | Severočeské doly | Schinnenburg Petra | Šindler, důlní a stavební 

společnost | Union Internationele DES | Walmark | NHL | NHL PA 

CZK 100 000 – 200 000: 3Com | A & L Soft | Law Offices of Kocián, Šolc & Balaštík | MLJ Agency | Agris | Aimtec | Embassy 

of the Czech Republic to Ireland | ASC | Assist | Bata | BDO CS | Jaroslav Beran | Bertelsmann Springer | BKB Metal | Ivo Burget 

| Cabot Corporation Foundation | CAC Leasing | František Cihlář | Community Foundation Silicon Valley | Czech and Slovak 

society of Oregon | CZK1 | Roman Čechmánek | Delvita | Ondřej Dršata | Eli Lilly ČR | Euro Sarm | Europeum Praha | Eurotec Praha 

| EZ Praha | Factory PRO | Gardena Třinec | Gemax | Geneva Consulting | Grisoft | Grund spinning | Robert Half | Henkel Ecolab 

| Horák & Chvosta ADV | Hana Hubáčková | HVM Plasma | IBM Czech Republic | Ing. Zdeněk Hrdlička | Ing. Antonin Kopp | 

Intax | Inter Transtech | Daniel Jablonský | JHV – Engineeiring | Petr Knapp | Kodys | Simon Kos and Dorothy Stermer | Pavel 

Kruber | Ondřej Landa | Lékařský odborový klub | Ligum | M+M Holding | Miroslava Mašková | Dragica Matoušková | Memorex 

Telex Commun | City of Bystřice nad Perštýnem | City of Jičín | Mgr. Eliška Barthele | Mgr. Helena Bartlová | Mgr. Jiří Fiedler 

| Martin Micka | Alice Michlová | Ivan Moravec | Stan and Shawna Neckar | Deutsch-Tschechische Gesellschaft Hamburg | Jiřina 

Novotná | Municipalities of Přerovsko | OEZ | Olympus C&S | Ondřej Dršata | Optimi | Peter Hero | Phoenix lekarensky v. | 

Pontex | Lower Chamber of the Czech National Parliament | Promedica | Promont Pardubice | Questa | RNDr. Tomáš Tichý | Miloš 

Růžek | SGS Czech Republic | SHD software | Martina Složilová | Karel Steiner | Ster Century Czech | Subaru Czech Republic | 

Škoda Export | Tate International | Tes Media | Print Shop Jiskra | TMV SS | TPC | Transchem | Tronic | Unreal Technology | Urbia 

| VOG | Wastech | Employees of the Law Offices of Kocián, Šolc & Balaštík 

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CZK 50 000 – 100 000: Adax | ADB Polska SP Z | Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro | Alan R. 

Walden-Jones | Alba-Form | American Appraisal | Andre | Asociace provozovatelů stravovacích 

systémů | Aspi Publishing | Audicont | Aveco | AVG | Avos Vyškov | Daniel Bičík | Blanka Blažková 

| Bohemian Ventures | Bontonfilm | Brueckner Eastern Europe | Jaroslava Brychtová | BTL | Cash 

Counting Center | Contactel | Copymat | CUE | Czech Online | Bohuslav Čepelík | Česká agentura 

PRO Z | Český spolek na Slovensku | CSSD | Danfoss | Marie Daňková | Darte | Divadelní agentura 

Echo | F. X. Šalda Theatre Liberec | Domy | Dr. Petr Štulc | Dubtracks | Dubtraks | Ecolab Znojmo 

| ED | Eichler Gabriel | Elektroline | Elmet | Energetika Třinec | Enven | Epimex | Expandia | 

Thomayer Teaching Hospital | Fehrer Bohemia | Felber, Kristofori & Greif | Fobeco | Jindřich 

Franc | Production D0 France | Petr Grasser | Jiří Hájek | Nigel Hawker | HC Electronics | Antonín 

Hetflejs | Homola AYH Projektma | Honeywell | Luboš Horák | HP Exclusiv | Huber Bern | HVB 

Leasing Czech Republic | Chesterton ČR | Chicago Community Foundation | Milena Chlumská | 

Chr. Hansen Czech Republic | IE-Consult | IFE-CR | Imi Partner | ING Lease (CR) | Ing. Petr Formánek 

| Ing. Jan, Kavka CSc. | Ing. Milena Macková | Ing. Jarmila Nicová | Ing. Radim Stengl | 

Ing. Radim Svoboda | Ing. Václav Svojtka | Ing. Václav Valeš | Ing. Tomáš Vaněk | Ing. Jan Žurek 

| Inos Zličín | Investiční společnost | Ivan Charvát, EL-CHA | Jinpo plus | Miloslav Jirák | Stanislav 

Jírovec | Jokey Bohemia | JuDr. Roman Felix | JuDR. Jaroslav Handl | Vladimir Karban | Kardioroll 

| Jakub Klos | Taťána Kohlerová | Kolem 2000 | Komfort | Kopr | Miroslav Kornalík | Irena 

Krieglová | KSF | KTP Praha | Zdenek Laciga | Langmaster International | Benedikt Lavrinčík | 

Pharmacy U Salvátora Nové Město na Moravě | Lightning Foundation | Alexandr Linhart | Lipnická 

společnost | Logica | Olga Lučinová | LVZ | Makrofakt | George Malek | Michal Malý | 

Jaroslav Matějovič | Median | Mediaresearch | Medical Technologies | Medicamen | 

Mgr. Renáta Zbranková | MuDr. Míla Kubištová | Alena Musálková | Nábytek Říha | The Living 

Light Mahaprabhudeep Satsang Foundation | Aura Foundation | Jaroslava Navrátilová | Nikon 

| Municipality of Chotětov | Municipality of Stráž nad Nisou | OK Klima | Orion-Yhtyma OYJ | ORS 

| Ourednik Pension | PAS Jablonec | Pavel Jirka | PHDr. Zdenka Kubrová | PHDr. Tomáš Smetanka 

| Planeta Peru De.Ops | Medical Clinic of Slaný | Proconord ČR | Prodomus | Proficolor | 

Profimet | Prograf | Proteco System | Zorka Pštrossová | Vladimír Resl | Riegelein | Rigips | RNDr. 

Veronika Vlčková | Eva Rollerová | Vlasta Rubešková | Sachl | Salto | Secheron Tchequie | Sieza 

| Silicon Valley Community Foundation | Simu RT | Bohumil Slabý | Oldřich Slavata | Solvay 

Alkor Foli | High School for Food Production | E. Soukupová | Spectra | Spectris Praha | Society 

for Joga in Daily Life | Stavoservis 68 | Stavum | Petr Strnadel | Blanka Strouhalová | Sumitomo 

Corporation | SVK Elektronik | J. Špaček | Ondřej Španěl | Alena Švejnohová | Tabák plus | 

Taylor Nelson Sofres | Techservice CZ | the Sokol Sport Union | Test | The British Internat | Petra 

Tomancová | TOR Cheb | Třinecký vkus | Jaroslav Urban | V. Dlabač stavebniny | Valmont ČR | 

Viapont | Vodovody a kanalizace | V-Press | W plast plus | Wells Fargo Bank | Eva Zabová | 

Employees of the Czech Television| ZO OSE Trade Union | Milada Zoulová | Elementary School 

of Slaný | Železniční projekční stavební kancelář | Libuše Žilková | Tampa Bay Hockey Club 

CZK 10 000 – 50 000: 1. účetní a daňová | 2PM | AA-Vet | ACI – Auto Component | Acta M | Addex | 

Agro+Bio | Akad. mal. Zora Groh | Anestar | Aqua-Chemie | Arco Technik | Atofina Prague | Auditor 

Prague | Autogas Liberec | Aveflor | Awa | B.A.R. Praha | Barentz | Bauch, Navrátil | BBA-Monolit | Josef 

Bedřich | Jared E. Bibler | Bngeo | Bohemia Trading and Consulting | Bona ČR | BOWIS Consulting | Pavel 

Brom | Milan Broum | Nina and Olga Brzorad | Centrum Housing Co-operative | Jitra Housing Co-operative 

| C.H.S. Prague | Elisabeth Cates | Cinepol Consulting | Compuplast | Connect | Constanta | Copan 

Services International | Crédit Industriel et Commercial | CSAO Praha Černokostelecká | Czech Crystal 

Lion Poděbrady | Czech Fisherman’s Union | Český Leasing | D R I S – Družstvo inženýrských služeb | 

D.U.K. H&C | Dahlhausen CZ | Delta Shipping and Trading | Demoautoplast | Dexim | Radim Drahozal | 

DTP Bouček | Dusil a spol. | Economia | Ekont | EMBA | Ermeg | Escad | Estec | Eurotrend | Expertis | Ferona 

Thyssen Plastics | FIDELITY Credit Union | Finnproduct | Fio Credit Union | Stephen H. Frishauf and 

Else Pappenheim | Garant | Geneze | Gitus | Glass Trading Toral | Degas Graphics Studio | Milada 

Hamáčková | Hana Tours | Hansa Interier | Václav Hanton | Jane Hartley and Ralph Schlosstein | HC Hamé 

Zlín | Hemax | Petr Herman | HET | HP Trumex | Humusoft | HVK | Chladova – M Art Print | I. Rubenstein 

Family Charitable Foundation and Bonnie and Louis Cohen H. a | Indos | Ing. Josef Ježek | Ing. Petr 

Křenek | Ing. Martin Nemrava | Ing. Milan Panoch | Ing. Vladimír Prokeš | Ing. Věra Seidlová | Ing. Jaroslav 

Vávra | Inkasta | INTO CZ | Izolace Arax Jihlava | J.T.O. systém | Jan Mayen | Jarnette Réclame | Jídelní a 

lůžkové vozy | Jplus | JSG | JuDr. Ivan Houdek | Kanada | Chancellery of the Senate of the Czech Republic 

| Karla Katschnerová | William H. Kautz | Kemin Central Europe | Kerabel | Kersial Pro | Kingspan | 

Kleentek | Eduard Klimeš | KLT Sport | Kočka, inženýrské technologie | Kohutová | Korail | Koudelka – Elko 

| Kubíček | Kvarta | Šárka Laboutková | Jeremy P. Lang | Laser-Tech | Lázeňská Pharmacy | SALVIA Pharmacy 

| Lemak | Josef Lojin | M – Soft | Macom Trade | MacTrend | Magpalena1 | Maywood M. Mach | 

MARC – SA Building Systems | Maren | Marketing Solutions | MarTech | Oldřiška Marvanová | Maxim Zlín 

| Mazák Jaroslav Pharm | Mega Books International | Merit | Merka Spedition | Mesing | City Theatre of 

Zlín | Mibcon | Mirage | Mius | Muzo Prague | MZ-Biochem | Nosta | Miroslava Nováková | Nový | O. K. 

Plus | Municipality of Chaberice | Municipality of Starý Kolín | Odin | Robert and Ladislava Pajer | Panflex 

| Partnership Pictures | Pegystol | Pentas Trading | Petynka | Phelan Ellen | Piovaty Suzan | Hanna F. Pitkin 

| Planet Link | Plasko | Markéta Podhurská | Pontika | Pragokoncert Bohemia | Press-Pygmalion | Pro Truck 

autopříslušenství | Production Brothers | Provis | Proxis | PV Plast | Radio Bonton | RANTEP Jeseník | Refil 

| Rene | RO & RO aukční a realitní společnost | Roda | Rosa Praha | S.B. Company | Sahu | Samat | Scandecor 

| Scintila | SDC | Servis chlazení | Servis Port | Daisy E. Shenholm | Schlike-Domi | Sidat | SIGMA 

Hangelsgesellschaft – Wiesbaden | Singa | Sob Color | Sommer | Cultural Center Neratovice | Center for 

Rehabilitation Care | St. Bernard's School | Stand CZ | Craig Stapleton | REMA '93 Studio | Stymo Trade 

| Rose and William Styron | Sultrade Prague | SV Potrubí | Radim Špaček | Tamdirect | Tehum | Temav | 

VČE Tennis Club | Tento Czech | The Grodzins Fund | The Kazie Metzger & John C. Harvey Charitable Fund 

| Thermida | Top Con Servis | Tout | Joe Toyoshima | TRADING M & K, Import-Export | Trango | Květoslava 

Uhrová | Ultra Premium Brands – Central Europe | Unipol | United Brands | Vápenka Čertovy schody | 

Varta Aku | Vasa Interier | Vertigo Film | Veverka Consulting | Viktor Lobl – Novafe | Volf Office Supplies 

| VTC | VTS Dental Prague | John and Rosemarie Wyke | Deborah Zeman | Zonta klub Náchod 

Material Gifts: Ahold | Anavel | Andreas Stihl | Animalco | Arok | Bauhaus | 

Bonduelle | Haron Reprostudio | Hertz CR | Hotel Palace Prague | Jungheinrich 

| Kostelecké uzeniny | Ladislava Daňková | Lidrukov | Lybar | M. Říha – Nábytek 

Říha | Mediclin | Furniture Exner | OBI | Oktant | Panasonic Czech Republic | 

Phoenix | Prabos Plus | Řempo Net | Siemens | Velkosklad Eva | ZTS Bohemia 

| ŽOS Nymburk 

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Media 

Support 

Association of Outdoor Advertising 

| Boomerang | CIA Czech 

Republic | Český okruh | 

Metropolis | Pragoplakát | Rencar 

| U-turn 

Radio: Blaník | Bonton | Country | 

Český rozhlas | Eurok Liberec | 

Evropa 2 | Expres | Frekvence 1 | 

Hity Olomouc | Impuls | Kiss | 

Krokodýl Brno | Life Pardubice | 

Metuje Náchod | Proglas Brno | 

Radio 1 | Zlatá Praha 

Daily newspapers: Blesk | newspapers 

published by Vltava Labe 

Press (Moravia, Deníky Bohemia, 

Večerník Praha) | Hospodářské 

noviny | Lidové noviny | Mladá 

fronta Dnes | Prague Business Journal 

| Právo | Sport 

Magazines: 100+1 | Ekonom | Euro 

| Europress Publishing House (Žena 

a život, Tina, Chvilka pro tebe, Rytmus 

života) | Fit for Fun – Euronews 

| Heart of Europe | Houser | Chip | 

Info Magazine of the Czech TV | 

Instinkt | Listy hlavního města Prahy 

| Literární noviny | Nový prostor | 

Pátek – magazín LN | Profit | Respekt 

| Rock a Pop | Top Magazín | Týden | 

Hachette Filipacchi Publishing 

House (Elle, Marianne, Quo) | Ringier 

Publishing House (TV Revue, 

Týdeník Televize, Reflex) | Sanoma 

Magazines Publishing House 

(Strategie, Story, Květy, Překvapení, 

Ring, Vlasta) | Xantypa 

Internet Media: Seznam – main 

partner | abclinuxu.cz | Atlas.cz | 

B3Net | Billboard.cz | Centrum | 

České noviny | Flashnews | iDnes | 

iHned | Neviditelný pes | Novinky 

Main Media Partner 

Special Thanks 

for support of the SOS Floods Campaign 

operational costs

The Mission of People in Need 

The People in Need was started, 

more than ten years ago, 

to respond to the hopeless 

situation of civilians in Bosnia 

and Herzegovina and Nagorno 

Kharabakh through minimal 

humanitarian assistance. 

Soon after it’s founding, People in 

Need realized that it is not enough 

to treat the symptoms of crises 

caused by closed-minded leaders 

and tolerated by democratic countries 

sick with appeasement. Since 

the mid 1990’s, People in Need 

has been a multifunctional organization 

with a strong vision that far 

transcends simple humanitarian 

aid. 

Democracy, human rights and the 

rule of law play an increasingly 

important role in world affairs. 

This is undeniably true for the 

international bodies of which the 

Czech Republic is a member - the 

United Nations, the Organization 

for Security and Cooperation in 

Europe and NATO - and to the 

European Union, which it aspires 

to join. More than 40 years of 

communist rule have created an 

atmosphere of xenophobia and 

self-victimization, from which the 

Czechs are emerging and working 

to develop an understanding of 

the rights and responsibilities that 

go hand-in-hand with democracy 

and the ideals of an open society. 

People in Need believes that only 

through systematic education and 

the dissemination of information 

about the globalized world - its 

fundamentals of open, democratic 

and responsible societies - to the 

general public can the Czech 

Republic accept its share of global 

responsibility. By focusing on 

younger generations in particular, 

People in Need hopes to help the 

Czech nation accept the responsibility 

demanded by peacekeeping 

operations, international treaties 

SOS Sarajevo, SOS Kosovo, SOS Afghanistan, SOS Floods... 

10 Years of Helping. Join Now. 

People in Need Club of Friends — www.pinf.cz/club 

and convents and foreign aid programs, 

and at the same time, work 

to create a domestic climate that 

is tolerant of others. 

The aim of People in Need is fourfold: 

to effectively assist and support 

people in need in crises and 

post-crises regions; to generate 

discussion about the role played 

by the Czech state and its citizens 

in global affairs and institutions; 

to create a more tolerant and 

inclusive society that sees cultural, 

ethnic, racial and other differences 

as a source of enrichment 

and not a threat; and finally, to 

mobilize public support for an 

active pro-democratic, human 

rights-orientated Czech foreign 

policy. We deeply believe that 

these four goals, when combined, 

contribute to a synergetic effect 

that will prevent wars, dictatorships 

and totalitarian regimes 

from ever being accepted as normal 

in the course of world events. 

Published by People in Need (Člověk v tísni při ČT, o.p.s.), Sokolská 18, 120 00 Prague 2, Czech Republic. E-mail: mail@pinf.cz, www.pinf.cz. 

Editor: Verka Dvořáčková, Layout: Pavel Sláma. Photography: Lubomír Kotek, Šimon Pánek and the People in Need archive.

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