Help us use our film to raise awareness of palliative care
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Have you seen our film? Help us bring it to more people.
For us, the film 8 Days, 8 Hours is more than just a memory of Race Across America. It is a way to open up the topic of palliative care through a real human story in a way that is accessible and easy to understand. With your support, we can bring the film and the discussions that accompany its screenings to even more people.
The film 8 Days, 8 Hours follows cyclists Martin Souček and Tomáš Navrátil as they take on the extreme Race Across America 2024 and shows how their determination inspired Zorka, a cancer patient, to take on a cycling challenge of her own. Alongside the sporting achievement, the film also brings the topic of palliative care closer to audiences – a subject that is still not easy to talk about.
Film screenings followed by discussions with Martin Souček have become part of our long-term awareness-raising project. Through them, we bring the topic of palliative care to towns, schools, companies and cultural centres, reaching people across generations. We believe that real human stories can break down prejudices, help people talk about difficult subjects and change the way we think about the end of life and care for people with serious illnesses.
We want the film to reach even further – to adults and young people who may be encountering the topic of palliative care for the very first time.
If the film resonated with you, you can help us do just that. Your donation will support the work of Domestici and enable us to continue organising screenings, discussions and meaningful awareness-raising activities.
Thank you for helping us bring both the film and the topic of palliative care to more people. 💚
domestici pro pomoc druhým z.s.
In cycling, domestiques are team members whose role is to support their leader and help them reach the finish line in the best possible shape.
Domestici.cz is a project that connects active people with the topic of palliative care — so that they can support their loved ones while they still have the strength, and contribute to the development of palliative care, which sooner or later, most of us will need.
Life should be lived with quality and dignity until the very last second. That is why palliative care exists.
Our dream is to build a strong and meaningful awareness project dedicated to this important topic. And for the good work to continue, we need your support. Thanks to you, thousands more people will be able to learn about the benefits of palliative care. They will be better prepared for the moment when someone close to them may need it at the end of life.
This is what we have already achieved – thanks to you:
You fulfilled the dream of terminally ill physician Petra Vrbová to raise CZK 1 million for the hospices in Semily and Vrchlabí – through the “Petra Calls 155” fundraising campaign.
More than 20 podcast episodes have been released, exploring end-of-life topics from every possible perspective.
As ambassadors, you have organized more than 50 fundraising challenges in support of hospices and other palliative care services.
We were able to produce the feature-length film 8Days, 8Hours about the challenging journey across the ocean to compete in the Race Across America – a story about the power of pushing boundaries and bringing hope to others.
Where Your Donation Goes
Your support helps us cover the essential costs of running and growing our non-profit activities, including:
Organizing public talks, panel discussions, and meetings with both experts and the general public
Hosting the 2nd annual charity ride “8 Days for Palliative Care” in 2026
Reaching out to more and more donors who care deeply about palliative care and are not indifferent to this important cause
Recording additional episodes of the podcast Nejedu sám (“I’m Not Riding Alone”)
From time to time, we will inform you about palliative care and how to support it by email newsletter.
--- The domestici.cz project is carried out based on a public challenge 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 extent necessary — with domestici pro pomoc druhým z.s. for purposes such as project administration (thank-you messages, project impact analysis, ongoing communication, updates on results, opportunities for further support, and project-related fundraising).
