REGION památkami. Daří se Vám tyto prostory postupně renovovat? Konkrétním příkladem renovace původních objektů je aktuální sídlo Chráněného bydlení a dílen Charity sv. Alexandra. Nachází se v areálu bývalého Dolu Alexandr v Ostravě-Kunčičkách a jsou památkově chráněny. Od roku 2001, kdy Charita sv. Alexandra vznikla, do roku 2008 získala postupně 3 zdevastované objekty.

Kovárnu, zrekonstruovala na textilní dílnu, humanitární šatník a zázemí společnosti; kočárovnu, opravila na chráněné dílny a kotelnu; a správní budovu, opravila na chráněné bydlení pro zdravotně znevýhodněné. S financováním tak rozsáhlého projektu pomohly z větší části evropské fondy a dále granty a nadace. Dalším pozitivním příkladem zachráněných objektů v kraji jsou hospodářské

budovy přiléhající ke kostelu sv. Mikuláše v Ludgeřovicích. Jejich opravou vznikl charitní Domov sv. Mikuláše, ve kterém nalezli svůj nový domov senioři, kteří již nemohou zůstat ve svém domácím prostředí. Služby zde provozuje Charita Hlučín. Děkujeme Vám za rozhovor. Redakce magazínu.

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Charitní domov sv. Mikuláše

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Helping Not Just Around Christmas The aim of Charita is to offer the church service of merciful love to people in danger or need regardless of age, gender, political views, family, health, sexual preferences, social and economic status, ethnicity and nationality, religion and culture. The organization works through social, health and other services. Here is the interview on the help, support and activities of Charita of the Czech Republic with Mr Lukáš Curylo, CEO of Charita of the Czech Republic and CEO of Charita of the Diocese of Ostrava and Opava. Mr Curylo, the mission of Charita is to help those in need not only during Christmastime. In which ways can we keep helping in our region? Charita offers helping hands to all in need regardless of their faith, origin, or nationality. In the Czech Republic there are over 300 Charita branches looking after over 145 ,000 people annually. In the MoravianSilesian Region and part of the Jeseníky Mountain Region, where Charita of the Diocese of Ostrava and Opava (Diecézní charita ostravsko-opavská) operates eighteen Charities, there are over 168 facilities providing thirty types of healthsocial services, which makes us the greatest non-governmental provider of health and social services in the region. One of our mottos is “Anybody can help” no matter if it is through spiritual, material or financial means. Help can be in the form of a student who volunteers at a seniors’ home, a mother who donates clothes to a family in dire straits, or a young couple who send money to support a particular charity project. At the start of winter each of us can remember the homeless: an opportunity to spend a night in a warm place may save their lives. For example, Nový Jičín

offers “Zetko”, a voucher you can sponsor, for 50CZK, to pay for one person a night in a shelter or a doss-house. Traditional activities of Charita include Twelfth Night Charity Collection (Tříkrálová sbírka). Where does the money go from there? In 2020, the Twelfth Night Charity Collection will have been held for twenty years. In that time, the contributions have supported thousands of charity projects. 65% of what donors put in Charita’s collection boxes remains at the local Charita, who organize the collection. 15% is allocated to the Charita of the Diocese, 10% helps the people abroad in need, 5% supports national projects, and 5% goes to the running costs of the collection. In 2019, donations allowed us to buy two cars to improve the jobs of nurses of Charita in Opava who travel over 25,000 kilometres monthly when visiting clients. The full list of the Twelfth Night Charity Collection spendings is available at www.trikralovasbirka.cz

Heritage Buildings. How do you manage upkeep? A good example of renovation is the current Sheltered Home and Workshop of the Charity of St. Alexander. It is situated in the former Alexander Mine in Ostrava–Kunčičky at the National Heritage Buildings. From the foundation of the Charity of St. Alexander in 2001 to 2008 the Charity acquired three badly damaged buildings. The smithy was turned into a textile workshop, humanitarian clothes store and charity offices; the coach house into a sheltered workshop and boilerroom; and the administration headquarters were renewed to provide sheltered housing to the disabled. The large project was co-financed mostly through funds of the EU and also through grants and endowments. Another fine illustration of salvaged buildings in the region is the premises at the Church of St. Nicolas (kostel sv. Mikuláše) in Ludgeřovice. That renovation provided a Charity Home of St. Nicolas (Domov sv. Mikuláše), housing for seniors who cannot stay in their homes any more. The service is operated by Charita Hlučín.

Charita ČR often operates from interesting facilities, some of them listed as National

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