Creating Conditions for Decent Life of People with Disabilities
The Czech Radio Endowment Fund fulfils its mission through its long-term projects Světluška and Ježíškova vnoučata and one-off humanitarian collections.
Blind Fan
Blind Fan makes entertainment accessible (2022) by Jakub ŘíkovskýCzech Radio
Blind Fan makes entertainment accessible
Blind Fan, a joint project of the Czech Radio Endowment Fund and Radiožurnál, is a service that makes sports and cultural events accessible to the visually impaired through live audio commentary.
The live audio commentary notices details (2022) by Jakub ŘíkovskýCzech Radio
The live audio commentary notices details
Radiožurnál Sport commentators pay much more attention to the visual context of the event, i.e. the description of the environment, the playing field, the stands, the players or actors and their non-verbal expressions.
Guide in your headphones (2021) by Milan VobeckýCzech Radio
Guide in your headphones
Live audio commentary is delivered to fans with visual impairments through headphones using basic interpreting technology. The special commentary is based on a classic radio coverage, but is more specific.
Blind Fan notices barriers (2021) by Jan BrychtaCzech Radio
Blind Fan notices barriers
During events, in addition to live audio description, we also focus on making the venue itself and other services needed in a given situation accessible so that the experience is as authentic as possible.
Sports and theatre experiences
Blind fans have already enjoyed with us, for example, the football derby between Sparta and Slavia, a match of the national ice hockey team, the World Cup in water slalom and biathlon, or the Great Pardubice Cup and the theatre performance The Leaning Church.
Fanhood without barriers (2023) by Blind Fan FoundationCzech Radio
Fanhood without barriers
Being a fan means being part of a community. Being a fan means enjoying the atmosphere of a sporting or other event live. Blind Fan allows you to share emotions with the fan community live and without barriers 🙂
Blind people cheering for the blind (2022) by Blind Fan FoundationCzech Radio
Blind people cheering for the blind
The cheering was all the greater during the qualifying round of the Super European Goalball League, when blind and partially sighted fans enjoyed a sport exclusively for people with visual impairment for the first time. After the matches, the commentators themselves got to experience the game.
Firefly
We glow in the dark (2022) by Martina ŠtěpánkováCzech Radio
We glow in the dark
Firefly is a long-term project of the Czech Radio Endowment Fund that helps people with severe visual impairment of all ages.
Those who see the world through different lens (2022) by Firefly FoundationCzech Radio
Those who see the world through different lens
Whether it is Ivo the sportsman, Žany the creative, Nicole the lawyer or Marie the journalist, we help all people with visual impairment to balance their living conditions and live a full and dignified life.
Living an independent life of your own choice (2021) by Markéta ZavůrkováCzech Radio
Living an independent life of your own choice
Just like us, the visually impaired are trying to live to the fullest, to develop and move closer to the idea of an independent life. Thanks to the support of our donors, we give them a helping hand on this journey and help them cope with the obstacles they have to face because of their disability.
Cafe POTMĚ: All year in the company of our donors (2021) by Jiří ŠedaCzech Radio
All year in the company of our donors: Café POTMĚ
Since 2003, we have been trying to make people happy twice, both by providing continuous financial assistance to the visually impaired and by organising educational and experiential activities for all donors.
Concert Light for the Firefly (2022) by Jiří ŠedaCzech Radio
Donating as a unique experience: Concert Light for the Firefly
We meet our donors regularly at the Night Runs for Firefly, in the Café In the Dark or during the traditional benefit concert Light for Firefly.
Santa's grandchildren
From Vysočina to the whole Czech Republic (2021) by Khalil BaalbakiCzech Radio
From Vysočina to the whole Czech Republic
Santa's Grandchildren is a year-long project of the Czech Radio Endowment Fund, the main highlight of which is the pre-Christmas collection.
Santa's Grandchildren fulfill Christmas wishes of seniors
On the website jeziskovavnoucata.cz, people can choose from thousands of wishes of seniors, which are added to the website by the caring staff of homes and residential care homes.
A gift is often just the beginning (2022) by Markéta ZávůrkováCzech Radio
A gift is often just the beginning
As part of the collection, kind donors fulfill Christmas wishes to lonely seniors. And the gift is often just the beginning, because the donors give themselves, their interest and attention in addition to the gift.
Shared experience (2022) by Markéta ZávůrkováCzech Radio
Shared experience
Among the most common wishes of the elderly are practical things for everyday use. But more and more often there are also adventure wishes, which are often only the first step towards long-term friendships and time spent together.
Joy in homes for the elderly (2020) by Khalil BaalbakiCzech Radio
Joy in homes for the elderly
Santa's grandchildren are symbolically opening the doors of the homes to more volunteers and people ready to give their time, care and interest to the lonely elderly.
Czech Radio is Santa's grandchild (2018) by Jiří ŠedaCzech Radio
Czech Radio is Santa's grandchild
Czech Radio also plays an admirable role every year, not only by supporting Santa's grandchildren in broadcasting, but also by personal visits to seniors, concerts, talks or inviting seniors to a live broadcast in the Czech Radio building.
There is no time to waste (2021) by Czech RadioCzech Radio
There is no time to waste
There is no time to waste. It's important not to stop believing in the power of relationships. Whether it's family, friends, neighbors, students, or the relationship between a caregiver and a senior.
Santa's grandchildren create new families (2021) by Khalil BaalbakiCzech Radio
Santa's grandchildren create new families
It is the kind relationships that help overcome the feeling of loneliness of the elderly, as this is twice as true in the homes where they spend their days.
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