Social responsibility

Fighters Jindra and Tomáš

At the beginning of this year, we again launched nominations for this year’s M2C People project, when we were again looking for a child fighter who deserved our help. In the end, we selected two fighters from the nominations received, Jindra and Tomáš, to whom we will concentrate our help this year. We will thus divide the individual financial donations equally between these fighters.

The first fighter is 6-year-old Jindra, who has his own world. After a financially and time-consuming walk to various doctors and examinations, the parents were informed three years ago of his diagnosis, namely a congenital brain defect of the autism spectrum of the 2nd degree (moderate autism). Little Jindra had a hard time learning to talk, walk and do all the common things young children do. Now Jindra goes to a special kindergarten with the support of an assistant teacher, who teaches Jindra and accompanies him from his own world to “normal life”, accompanying not only Jindra but also his parents, who are trying to get closer to Jindra’s world. Jindra needs constant care, he has a large number of other examinations by medical specialists, all are assisted by other specialists such as a speech therapist or a psychologist. Jindra requires all-day care with a great deal of patience from his loving family.

The second fighter is Tomáš, a very skilful boy who, however, needs constant supervision and care due to a diagnosed autism spectrum disorder. He goes to the eighth grade of primary school, where he is accompanied by a teaching assistant. For six years now, she has been visiting the Morning Care Center twice a week, where she learns social skills, communicates with other children and adults, and practices daily tasks and situations she may experience. He is a bright boy with an excellent memory, but he is closed and does not say out loud and in front of others his opinion or answer, pain or worry. He likes sports, especially football and hockey. He monitors all matches, has a complete overview of players and their transfers, maps stadiums throughout the country and would like to visit them all over time. In September last year, an unfortunate event took place, which greatly affected Tomáš and his parents. His mother had a serious injury, was treated in hospital for a month, and all the care of daily life and online teaching was up to his father. Bravely, though not easily and without problems, they both dealt with it.

Fighters Martin and Jaroušek

At the beginning of 2020, it was really not easy to choose from the nominations received, as each of the received stories deserves our support. And since this is the fifth jubilee election this year, we have decided to select two fighters this year.

The first fighter was Martin from Liberec. Martin has a congenital malformation of the left upper limb. He has been suffering from severe migraines for 6 years, which have been really severe in the last six months, he has been bullied at school and therefore it is necessary to go to psychologists. However, he is a smart boy who would like to be a programmer in the future. Although Martin basically has only one hand (the other one is stunted), until recently he devoted himself to the martial sport of karate. Now he is engaged in bushcraft and photography and sings in the prestigious music choir Jablonec nad Nisou, where he wants to work his way up to the ensemble Iuventus Gaude (this year he will undergo casting). He enjoys cooking and tries parkour during the summer.

The second fighter was Jaroušek from Kutná Hora, who suffers from developmental dysphasia, ADHD, and is almost blind due to premature birth (ZTP / P). Jaroušek’s health condition requires regular examinations throughout the country (Prague, Pardubice, Kolín), which is of course very financially and time-consuming.

Warrior Alex

In 2019, we supported little Alex.

Alex was born in 2010, weighed almost 5 kilos and was lively to the world. After a while, however, his development stopped, he began to have speech problems, and he was very restless and suffered from insomnia. His hyperactivity

it gradually became unbearable and he could not be left alone for a moment so as not to hurt himself. His parents, who both work at M2C, arranged shifts so that someone was always at home with him. Then they finally learned the diagnosis – Alex has incurable childhood autism with mental retardation. Now Alex is attending a special primary school, where he is helped by a specially trained assistant and he is slowly managing, for example, trips, even though it is very difficult for his parents.

Warrior Lukáš

Lukáš is a child fighter for 2018. He has been blind since birth, he has undergone cerebral palsy and right-sided hemiparesis (partial paralysis). Due to all diseases, he is completely dependent on the 24-hour care of his parents every day. The collection was used for medical aids for the blind and non-walking and an orthosis for the right arm and leg.

Warrior Markétka

The warrior Markétka suffers from the rare Zellweger syndrome. Taking care of her is very difficult for the whole family. The pram in which she carries it is already small for Markéta, and the standard pram for disabled children cannot fit in the family’s car. We therefore donate the proceeds to the purchase of a bicycle trolley, which will make their daily lives easier and also give them the opportunity to spend more time together. They will be able to go on a trip without having to stay at home.

Warrior David

The very first supported child was Davídek, to whom we handed over a total voucher for rehabilitation aids, because he suffers from cerebral palsy.