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Diaspora Care z.s.Help and adaptation centre Where to start

Free help for foreigners in Czechia

Arriving in a new country doesn't mean being alone

Diaspora Care z.s. helps foreigners in Czechia settle into a new place: find their way around institutions, look for housing and work, practise Czech, and get support in difficult moments.

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Where do I start?

Answer three short questions and we'll show how we can help you. Your answers aren't sent anywhere unless you decide to write to us.

Who we are

About us

Diaspora Care z.s. is a non-profit, non-partisan association (spolek) based in Brno. We help foreigners in Czechia adapt and become part of society, protect their rights and dignity, and support good neighbourly relations with local people.

Some of us started our own lives in Czechia from scratch. That's why we know how much it matters to have someone by your side who will listen and point the way.

Support

We listen, give advice, and stay by your side in difficult situations.

Integration

We help you understand institutions, the language, and everyday life in Czechia.

Opportunities

We support you in finding housing, work, and your place in a new society.

Story

Our story

From personal help to a stronger community

2014
One act of help changes a life
2018
Help grows — there are more of us
2022
A large influx of refugees from Ukraine
2026
Diaspora Care z.s. is founded, and the help continues…

Tereza

Humble beginnings, great success

In 2014, Tereza and her husband helped Hanna's family, who had arrived from Donbas. She gave her a job and provided the material things they needed.

Hanna

Hanna

Pass kindness on

She has lived and worked in Czechia since 2014. She learned Czech and got to know Czech life. Today she helps people who have come to Czechia looking for a new home to settle in.

In 2022 she joined the effort to help refugees from Ukraine. In 2024 she also helped Táňa take her first steps in Czechia.

Táňa

Táňa

Two years from receiving help to giving it

She arrived from eastern Ukraine with her husband and her sick mother. In Czechia she quickly learned the language, started working and, with the help of others, arranged treatment for her mother.

We joined forces

Centrum pomoci a adaptace

We joined forces

Experience
Humanity
Understanding

We understand how you feel. We know what you fear. We know how to help.

The next one could be you

Someone once helped us. Now we help. Maybe one day you'll pass kindness on too.

I need help I want to help

Areas

How we help

Choose a topic to learn more. If you're not sure where to start, just write to us.

Finding your way in Czechia

Institutions, accompaniment, legal questions

Institutions and systems

We help you understand how public offices, healthcare, social security and education work in Czechia, where to go, and what to prepare.

Interpreting and accompaniment

Interpreting and translation in everyday situations, and accompaniment to offices, doctors and other institutions — provided by qualified professionals.

Basic legal orientation

We help you get your bearings on a legal question and find a professional lawyer if you need one.

Housing and work

Finding housing, keeping your home, the job market

Housing

Advice and help with finding suitable housing, dealing with landlords, and preventing the loss of your home, including material support.

Job market orientation

We help you find your way around the Czech job market: where to look for work and how to start.

Support in hard times

Psychosocial help, accompaniment during treatment

Psychosocial support and art therapy

Psychological consultations, art therapy and support programmes for people who have been through trauma or another serious life experience — provided by qualified professionals.

By your side during treatment

Support for people undergoing cancer or other demanding treatment, and for their loved ones: accompaniment and help during treatment, surgery and rehabilitation.

Families, children and school

Education and life in a new environment

School and education

We help migrant families, children and young people enter the education system, communicate with schools, and understand Czech culture and surroundings.

Language and community

Czech practice, dialogue between cultures and generations

Czech language practice

We organise meetups to practise Czech — in a calm and friendly atmosphere.

Dialogue and good neighbours

We support dialogue between generations and cultures, and good neighbourly relations between foreigners and the local community.

What we do

Projects and our help in numbers

Since early 2022 — even before our official registration — we have been helping people who came to Czechia. Here is what we achieved.

What we helped with

Number of stories per area. We often helped one person in several areas at once.

Where the people we helped come from

The figures are aggregated: we never publish names or other personal details.

Our projects

Your opinion

Feedback

Share an impression, an idea or a remark. Feedback appears on the site only after a moderator has checked it.

Czech

Everyday Czech

Short phrases for offices, the doctor, school, housing and work. Tap the speaker to hear how it sounds in Czech, or enlarge a phrase and show it to the other person.

Emergency in Czechia: 112 · Ambulance: 155

Calendar

Meetups and events

Czech practice, neighbourhood meetups and other events.

Openly

Transparency & trust

We are open about who we are and how our work is organised.

Official status

Diaspora Care z. s. is an association (spolek) entered in the register of associations kept by the Regional Court in Brno (L 32394), IČO 30061563. We are non-profit and non-partisan.

Where the money goes

We are funded by subsidies, grants and donations. Profit is never shared among members or management — all funds go solely to our statutory purpose.

Cooperation

We are open to cooperation with public authorities, healthcare facilities, schools, employers and other non-profit organisations.

Organisation details

Statutes of the association

The official text of the statutes in Czech.

Download the statutes (PDF, Czech)

Together we can do more

Support our work

We work thanks to subsidies, grants and donations. Every contribution goes to helping real people — those just starting their life in Czechia.

Become a partner

Online donations via Darujme.cz will be connected as soon as the association's bank account is open.

All funds go solely to our statutory purpose
Profit is never shared among members or management
Open to partnership with municipalities, foundations and companies

What's new

News

We are just getting started — below is an example of how news will look here.

Write to us

Get in touch

Tell us what you need help with, or how you'd like to help. We'll reply by e-mail and help you take the first step.

E-maildiasporacare@gmail.com

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