domestici pro pomoc druhým: campaign for project DOMESTICI.CZ | Martin Souček | For a Dignified End of Life

8 Days for Palliative Care

8 days, 8 hospices, 8 powerful stories about the courage to live the end of life at home.

Every stage of life matters — including the final one. Thanks to home hospice care, it can be lived with dignity, according to one’s wishes, and surrounded by loved ones. Yet many people are unaware of this option, or don’t realize that hospices have to cover half of their costs themselves.

That’s why this June we’ll get on our bikes and set the whole Czech Republic in motion — to raise awareness of their work and help raise 2 million CZK for their care.

Join us! Follow the route, come to a local event

From June 6 to 14, we’ll be cycling across the Czech Republic — together with the heroes who have cared for their loved ones at the end of life.

Follow the ride online at www.8dni.cz. Take part in the challenge and add your own piece to our shared goal!

At each of the eight stops along the route, there will be public events. Come and help us thank the local hospices, ride the final symbolic 8 kilometers of a stage with us, and enjoy the program prepared by each hospice.

Stops of the charity ride “8 Days for Palliative Care”

📍 June 6 – Prague
📍 June 7 – Hospice Athelas, Písek
📍 June 8 – St. Kleofáš Hospice Care, Třeboň
📍 June 9 – St. Zdislava Home Hospice, Třebíč
📍 June 10 – St. Elizabeth Hospice, Brno
📍 June 11 – Barborka Home Hospice, Žďár nad Sázavou
📍 June 12 – Home Hospice Care, Charity Hradec Králové
📍 June 13 – Hospice Tempus, Mělník
📍 June 14 – Good Shepherd Hospice, Čerčany

Domestici.cz connects sport, solidarity, and support for palliative care in the Czech Republic. We bring together active people who care about how our loved ones live — and how they leave this world. Together, we help ensure that the end of life can be calm, dignified, and spent close to those who matter most.

Why is palliative care important?

Palliative care helps people with incurable illnesses live quality lives until the very end — without unnecessary pain, in safety, and with support provided not only to them, but also to their loved ones.

In the Czech Republic, approximately 70,000 people need palliative care today.
Yet 40% of people don’t even know what palliative care means.

We believe that no one should be left alone, in pain, or in fear at the end of life.

What do we do as Domestici.cz?

We are building a community of people who speak openly and respectfully about palliative care — and who actively support it.

We organize awareness-raising events.
We connect people through challenges and personal stories.
We provide financial support to hospices and organizations that develop palliative care across the Czech Republic.

The project was born out of the founder Martin Souček’s passion for ultra-cycling. In 2024, he linked his participation in the Race Across America with support for palliative care. And around this idea, a community of “Domestiques” gradually grew — a community of people who help others.

How exactly will your donations help?

All funds raised will be distributed among outstanding organizations that are advancing palliative care in the Czech Republic, specifically:

The Forum of Mobile Hospices, helping make palliative care more accessible
The Center for Palliative Care, which provides education and awareness for healthcare professionals across the system as well as for the public
Hospice Athelas Písek
Hospice Care of sv. Kleofáše Třeboň
Home Hospice of sv. Zdislavy Třebíč
Hospice of sv. Alžběty Brno
Home Hospice Barborka Žďár n. Sázavou
Home Hospice Care – Charity Hradec Králové
Hospice Tempus Mělník
Hospice of Dobrého Pastýře Čerčany

Become a Domestique!

Anyone can get involved — in a way that suits their possibilities:

Donate any amount.
Create your own fundraising challenge at the bottom of this page and involve people around you! Connect Domestici.cz with your sporting challenge, event, or personal story.

You don’t have to be an athlete. All you need is the desire to be there for others.

Thank you for helping change the way we accompany people at the end of life in the Czech Republic.
The Domestici.cz Team
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The Domestici.cz project is carried out based on a public challenge initiated by Martin Souček, in contractual cooperation with the organization Domestici pro pomoc druhým z.s. For this reason, your personal data may be shared — strictly to the necessary extent and exclusively for the purpose of project administration — with Domestici pro pomoc druhým z.s. This includes thank-you messages, analysis of the project's impact, further communication regarding the project, its results, and opportunities for continued support, as well as fundraising activities related to the project.

Pro malé velké hrdiny:-)

Vendula Mašátová

CZK 1,000

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