Child Sponsorship Background from Brno, Czech Republic

SOS Children's Village Medlánky, near Brno

The SOS Children's Village Medlánky is located at about twenty minutes driving distance from the city centre.

The children's village comprises nine family houses, a village director's house with flats for co-workers, a community building including rooms for SOS aunts (who support the SOS mothers and take care of the children when the mothers are on leave), an activity house for workshops for children, a multipurpose building with rooms for the psychologist and educator and an administration and service area. A playground has also been added. Many children can be taken in and find a new home at SOS Children's Village Medlanky.

The tenth family house in Medlánky is currently been used as an SOS Youth Home for the youngsters from SOS Children's Village Chvalčov, who can stay there during their vocational training or higher education and prepare for an independent life

Background to Brno

Brno is the second-largest city in the Czech Republic about 200km from Prague.  It was founded in 1243, although the area had been settled since the 5th century. Today Brno has about 400,000 inhabitants and is the seat of the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic, Supreme Court, Supreme Administrative Court, Supreme Prosecutor's Office and Ombudsman. Brno is located in the southeast part of the country, at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers.