T-Mobile Fund: grants totalling CZK 2.5 million distributed

• A total of 46 grant applications out of 166 received have been granted financial support
• T-Mobile will support 16 projects in Prague 11 with an amount exceeding CZK 750,000

Prague, 27 October 2005 - The results of the T-Mobile Fund grant programme have become known. Members of the evaluation committees carefully studied the applications for the grant programme which met with great interest. The evaluation committee has selected 46 winning projects from among 166 grant applications. Applicants from Prague 11 and the Hradec Králové and Louny districts will soon receive cheques in the total value of nearly CZK 2.5 million. The official awarding of funds will take place in the T-Mobile buildings in Hradec Králové, Louny and Prague.

"We are really pleased about the large number of people who found our programme interesting. We believe that the next round of this programme which is planned for 2006 will also meet with great interest," says Jitka Chocová, Corporate Social Responsibility Manager at T-Mobile.

The evaluation committee for City District Prague 11 has decided that a total of 16 projects out of 30 grant applications submitted will receive financial support. The VIA foundation, which administers the T-Mobile Fund for Prague 11, will thus distribute CZK 765,000 among the winning organizations and associations.

Financial support will be granted particularly to projects which are focused on sports and leisure-time activities for children and young people, projects for integration of disabled children in pre-school facilities and projects focused on assistance services for vision-impaired persons.

The winning projects include the Daily Activities Center - People for People project submitted by the ESET-HELP association, which focuses on educational activities for people with chronic mental disorders, as well as projects for the construction or renovation of several children's playgrounds in the Jižní Město area, and projects focusing on work therapy for disabled people living in Prague 11.

The T-Mobile Fund was announced for the first time this year, as a new initiative of T-Mobile for three regions where this No. 1 Czech mobile operator has its offices: Prague 11, and the Hradec Králové and Louny districts. For this year, T-Mobile donated almost CZK 2.5 million to the Fund. This amount has been distributed among recipients by the Community Foundation of the Euroregion Labe in the Louny district and by the VIA Foundation in City District Prague 11 and the Hradec Králové district. The maximum amount of each grant is CZK 80,000 for one project which has to be implemented during the period from November 2005 to August 2006.

T-Mobile Fund for Prague 11 district: 

• 30 applications in total
• 16 projects supported
• Grants awarded in the the amount of CZK 765,000

T-Mobile Fund for the Louny district: 

• 60 applications in total
• 15 projects supported
• Grants awarded in the total amount of CZK 797,000

T-Mobile Fund for the Hradec Králové district: 

• 76 applications in total
• 15 projects supported
• Grants awarded in the total amount of CZK 765,000

For complete information on this grant programme and winning applicants, please visit www.lepsisvet.cz, or the websites of both foundations - the VIA foundation at www.nadacevia.cz, and Community Foundation of the Euroregion Labe at www.komunitninadace.cz.

Name of the organization*	Name of the project	Funds granted
Center of Social Services Prague - South City	Work therapy for disabled people living in Prague 11	CZK 39,000
Center of Social Services Prague - South City	Senior Gallery	CZK 17,000
Christian Center South City	Advice and Help	CZK 70,000
Citizen's Association Chodov	Development and maintenance of children's and sports playgrounds in Chodov	CZK 29,000
Community Centre Jižní Pól, o.s. Proxima Sociale	Jižní Pól - handicapped accessible club for children and young people	CZK 60,000
Ekocentrum Jižní Město 01/44. ZO ČSOP	Play Prevents Trouble	CZK 30,000
Elementary school Chodov	Assistance services for a handicapped pupil	CZK 62,000
ESET-HELP, o.s.	Daily Activities Centre - People for People	CZK 79,000
Kamínek, Association for Children and Young People	Oasis for Everyone, or renovation of playgrounds and gardens - Phase 1	CZK 70,000
Muscular Dystrophy Association	Social legal consultancy services	CZK 14,000
Muscular Dystrophy Association	AMD newsletter	CZK 38,000
Special School of J. A. Komenský	Garden	CZK 72,000
Sports Club South City	Organization of sports events for children's organizations, handicapped accessible facilities and for children who do not belong to any organization	CZK 11,000
Sports Club South City Chodov	Special exercises from MUDr. Věra Kleplová	CZK 40,000
Sulanský Nursery School	Give Us a Chance - integration of seriously disabled children in pre-school facilities with the help of an assistant or teacher	CZK 80,000
YMCA Praha - Domeček Nursery Centre	Maintenance of the premises and sandbox of the Domeček Nursery Centre	CZK 54,000

Note: * in alphabetical order

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