SPOLEČNOST TADY A TEĎ, o.p.s. is an NGO located in Pilsen, Czech republic. Since 2004 it has been working with poor, socially disadvantaged and often also ethnically stigmatised  families with children. Our vision is to help those people break free from the barriers leading to pitfalls in education and also failures on the job market and dependency on social security system respectively. 

 
SUMMER CAMP IN DETAIL

 

For the eigth time in our history we would like to arrange a week long summer camp for those kids we work with in the education support programs during the school year. Each time, the program of the whole week is divided into two lines. The first line is “The Story”. Once we were the settlers discovering the New World peacefully, other times we were taking a journey around the world or used the time machine and found ourselves in different epochs each day. The second line reminds us that we are not dreaming and it can be called “The Game”. It is a simulation of the world of adults. Through various activities children are given the basic ideas about how to get a job and what is needed (for example via “job interview”). Each kid has to choose from the camp job/camp role which should be carried out each day. Thus we have a journalist, porters, chef assistants and others who keep the place going. Each day each kid is given camp salary but when doubts arise concerning the quality of work, it can lead to the lay off. Thanks to the salary (“special camp currency”), the children can “buy” some sweets or little things the last evening. Both lines are focused on the themes and values like cooperation and education. Huge benefit is the sole fact that the children living in poor city areas will leave the city limits at least for a week. From our experience we know that these few days are a thing for them.