THE FUND FOR CHILDREN IN NEED

is an association working all over the Czech Republic since 1990. It was originally founded as an association for helping foster families. Nowadays we are trying to help neglected, abused and orphan children who miss the love of their parents. The Fund has 21 branches at the moment working within the whole country and dealing with approximately 2000 cases per year. Most of money for our activities is raised from fellow citizens, businessmen and companies, but we also receive grants from the government.

is a new project of FOD. Its purpose is to provide warm family environment instead of institutional children homes for children who don´t have a family or who cannot stay in their family.

Either married couple or an “aunt” or two “aunts alternating in period of one week” are taking care of children the same way as parents do. They stay with children all night and day cooking, cleaning, playing…

Kangaroo families can stay either in the flats in the house established by FOD or in the houses owned by "aunt"

Maximum number of children in a kangaroo family is four or three, if there are babies in that family.

Klokánek is suitable for children of any age and thanks to this all brothers and sisters can stay together in one kangaroo family. They don´t have to be separated as in the institutional children home (separation in accordance with the age of children).

Children are accepted to Klokánek either upon an agreement with the parents, a judicial decision or upon a request of a child itself. Children stay only for a necessary time in Klokánek – until they can go back home or until a new family (foster or adoptive) is found for them. To explain: Foster care in the Czech Republic is different from the one in USA. In Czech it is more similar to adoption and it is not used for a temporary stay of a child.

Kangaroo parents and aunts have to pass the psychological tests and examinations to make sure they are the right people to take care of children.

The best of Kangaroos is the fact, that children don´t have to go to an institution but stay in a family with people who give them love and everything they need. It may be for the first time in their lives to stay with someone who loves them, listens to them and cares for them.

At the moment there are 7 kangaroo houses with flats and 6 kangaroo families throughout the whole Czech Republic.

FOD - Regional centers


Address: Telephone:	Fond ohrožených dětí S.K.Neumanna 1141, 266 01 Beroun +420 311 626 173	Address: Telephone:	Fond ohrožených dětí Francouzská 58 602 00 Brno +420 545 215 105
Address: Telephone:	Fond ohrožených dětí Senovážné nám. 2 370 01 České Budějovice +420 386 356 868	Address: Telephone:	Fond ohrožených dětí Osada Míru 313 747 22 Dolní Benešov +420 553 652 162
Address: Telephone:	Fond ohrožených dětí Riegrová 5379 430 02 Chomutov 2 +420 474 650 575	Address: Telephone:	Fond ohrožených dětí Riegrovo nám. 193 767 01 Kroměříž +420 573 345 555
Address: Telephone:	Fond ohrožených dětí U Trati 3 412 01 Litoměřice +420 416 735 551	Address: Telephone:	Fond ohrožených dětí Budovatelů 1987 434 01 Most +420 476 700 082
Address: Telephone:	Fond ohrožených dětí Sokolská 50 772 00 Olomouc +420 585 221 649	Address: Telephone:	Fond ohrožených dětí Zacpalová 27 746 01 Opava +420 553 616 497
Address: Telephone:	Fond ohrožených dětí Nádražní 66 702 00 Ostrava 1 +420 596 112 341	Address: Telephone:	Fond ohrožených dětí - CNRP Bieblová 8701 01 Ostrava +420 596 111 132
Address: Telephone:	Fond ohrožených dětí Nerudová 880 530 02 Pardubice +420 466 530 981	Address: Telephone:	Fond ohrožených dětí Barrandova 8 326 00 Plzeň +420 377 455 132
Address: Telephone:	Fond ohrožených dětí Na Poříčí 6 110 00 Praha 1 +420 224 236 655	Address: Telephone:	Fond ohrožených dětí Lidická 86 796 01 Prostějov +420 582 331 668
Address: Telephone:	Fond ohrožených dětí Nám. Fr. Křižíka 2840 390 01 Tábor +420 381 254 606	Address: Telephone:	Fond ohrožených dětí Masarykova 50 416 65 Teplice +420 417 570 046
Address: Telephone:	Fond ohrožených dětí ZvŠ, Sušilova 40 789 01 Zábřeh +420 583 411 148	Address: Telephone:	Fond ohrožených dětí U Zimního stadionu 4286 760 01 Zlín +420 577 432 538
Address: Telephone:	Fond ohrožených dětí Studentská 1044 438 01 Žatec +420 415 714 040

Kangaroo houses with flats


Address: Telephone:	Klokánek Dolní Benešov Osada Míru 313 747 22 Dolní Benešov +420 553 652 162	Address: Telephone:	Klokánek Hostivice Komenského 454 253 01 Hostivice +420 220 980 589
Address: Telephone:	Klokánek Kroměříž Riegrovo náměstí 193 767 01 Kroměříž +420 573 331 070	Address: Telephone:	Klokánek Praha 4 Láskova 1803 148 00 Praha 4 – Chodov +420 271 912 500
Address: Telephone:	Klokánek Praha 8 Chabařovická 4 180 00 Praha 8 +420 283 881 097	Address: Telephone:	Klokánek Praha 10 K Učilišti 15 100 00 Praha 10 - Štěrboholy +420 272 653 720
Address: Telephone:	Klokánek Žatec Studentská 1044 438 01 Žatec +420 415 714 040


●	looking for new homes for children who do not have parents or who cannot stay (because of various reasons) at their homes. During the 15 years of FOD existence we have found 524 homes for those children where the state authorities were not able to find a new family themselves. We mediate adoption as well as foster care. In addition we established a new project called Klokánek, which means a little kangaroo in English and is similar to the conception of foster care in the U.K and USA

●	looking after children who need help, children who are ill-treated, abused, desolated or neglected and trying to help them

●	running several asylum houses for mothers or fathers with children

●	providing free guidance and helping families and children in crisis

●	providing financial and not only this kind of help to foster and “kangaroo families” (holidays and trips for families, summer holiday camps for children, concerts and many other events)

●	helping children who are leaving children homes at the age of 18 to start independent lives

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The Fund for children in need Main activities of FOD Klokánek (Kangaroo) Family care in Klokánek	ADDRESS - FOD FOD - Regional centres Kangaroo houses with flats