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Current AffairsMosts Czech children happy but disimprovement in some areas, suggests new survey
Sixty-three percent of children in the Czech Republic are happy, according
to a survey of 9- to 17-year-olds carried out this year on behalf of the
Czech branch of the United Nations children’s fund, UNICEF. The last
study of its kind seven years ago also suggested that two thirds of Czech
children were happy. But in some other areas things appear to have
changed,
the director of the Czech branch of UNICEF, Pavla Gomba, told me at the
launch of the new report. More
One on OneJitka Škovránková, the head of a Czech hospital in Uganda
The Archdiocese Caritas Prague is one of the three biggest charity
organizations in the Czech Republic. Every year, it spends some 70 million
crowns, or almost 5 million US dollars, on various projects around the
world in countries such as Belarus, India, Zambia and Uganda. Our guest
today in One on One is Jitka Škovránková who has recently returned from
Uganda where she headed the project of a Czecho-Slovak hospital in the
town
of Buikwe. More
Current AffairsPeople in Need launch new campaign to raise funds for overseas development work
Prague-based Czech NGO People in Need this week announced the start of a
new charity campaign aimed at raising funds for development assistance
overseas. The fund will be used to help development in some of the world's
poorest countries and the scheme aims to get Czechs to donate on a regular
basis, not just when a head-line making crisis strikes.
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Talking PointCzech Republic expects wave of immigrants but is it ready to accept them?
The Czech Republic has traditionally been quite a homogenous country with
just a small number of foreigners living here, but that picture is
changing, and fast…Twelve years from now immigrants and their families
could make up nearly 8% of the Czech population and, by 2065, the share may
reach as much as 30%. That is, at least, according to a study by
demographers from Charles University. Indeed, last year saw the biggest
influx of registered immigrants in this country’s history, with some
84,000 people coming to live and work here. But is the Czech Republic ready
to accept and accommodate this wave?
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MailboxMailbox
This week in Mailbox: Radio Prague’s annual contest; important message
for Andrew Bultas; the Czech-born tennis legend Martina Navrátilová;
reception reports from Australia and New Zealand; earthquakes in the Czech
Republic. Listeners quoted: Andrew Bultas, Mostofa Kamal, Bob Boundy,
Sanusi Isah, Li Ming.
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Current AffairsCzech government, aid groups join Burma relief effort
Time is running out for hundreds of thousands of people stranded without
food, drinking water and medical supplies on Burma’s Irrawaddy Delta, in
the wake of the devastating typhoon that hit the region nine days ago. A
number of Czech humanitarian aid organisations have joined the relief
effort – raising money and trying to assess the priorities for aid.
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Czechs TodayHelena Houdová – bridging the worlds of humanitarian aid and modelling
As a champion of animal rights and an advocate of green politics,
Plzeň-born Helena Houdová was an atypical beauty queen when she became
Miss Czech Republic in 1999. She went on to become one of the few winners
of the competition to enjoy a successful international career as a model,
though today her time is split between modelling and running the Sunflower
Children humanitarian organisation. It’s based in New York, which is
where I met Helena Houdová. More
Talking PointWill the city resort to repressive measures against the homeless?
Homelessness remains a complex and vexing problem in the Czech Republic,
especially in Prague, despite notable gains and successes by NGOs as well
as the city. A year ago, the Czech capital saw the opening of a new shelter
on the Vltava River, adding 250 beds to already existing sites run by
organisations such as Naděje and the Salvation Army. But with a homeless
population of at least 2,000 (by conservative estimates - some social
workers double the number) it’s clear more needs to be done. The question
is "what".
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Current AffairsCzechs send humanitarian aid to Bangladesh
Czech humanitarian organizations as well as the Czech Foreign Ministry have
decided to send aid to Bangladesh. The country was hit by a disastrous
cyclone last Thursday, which has claimed more than 3,000 lives so far. The
Czech office of the Adra humanitarian organisation has already launched a
fund-raising campaign to help the devastated region. I asked its
coordinator Radek Spinka whether they have their own representative in the
afflicted area.
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Current AffairsMore paper work for church charities
More paper work for religious charities in the Czech Republic is the
outcome of a Constitutional Court ruling on Tuesday. The Court rejected a
complaint against a controversial 2005 amendment to the Act on Churches and
Religious Societies. As of now, every church-run charity in the Czech
Republic will have to register with the Culture Ministry.
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