The Angel Tree is a nationwide project launched in 2011 across the Czech Republic aiming to guarantee that every child with a parent in prison receives a gift for Christmas. The project specifically targets children whose parents do not have the financial means to buy them a Christmas gift. This year, 1,500 volunteers participated in … Read More
The Angel Camp
During the week of 9 August 2020, the Czech Prison Fellowship organised a summer camp, “Angel Camp”, addressed to children with a parent in prison in Hrachov. The camp aimed to support children and provide a safe space to talk about their experience of having a parent in prison. During the day, children were offered … Read More
Assisted Children’s Visits
The Czech Helsinki Committee has been successful in advocating for children’s rights to visit a parent in prison and are now holding days for assisted prison visits. These visits include children in foster care. Many of these visits are to female prisons and in these cases, mothers get to meet and have lunch with their … Read More