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About the children in Detske domovy, finally with them
In collaboration with the Sirius Foundation and the director of the film Amerikánka, Viktor Taus, we explored what helps children from DD succeed in adulthood - from their own perspective. While there has been a lot of research on institutional care, no one has typically interviewed the children themselves.
Our qualitative research included not only children in institutional care and adults who have aged out of it. The sample was also supplemented by caregivers and host families - volunteers who give their time and personal attention to the children in the facility and create a safe relational environment for them outside of the Home. The full research report can be found on the Sirius Foundation website.
HOW DID WE GO ABOUT IT?
Czech Detske domovy (Children's Homes) are rather an exception in international comparison - despite all their qualities, institutional care has its limitations. Children who do not have the opportunity to grow up in a family home lose their home a second time when they leave the Children's Home on the threshold of adulthood. They enter independent life without a background, but more importantly - as research has shown - without important skills and experiences that are significantly lacking at the start of the next phase. We have investigated what is missed and how to compensate it.
OUTCOME
CLIENT’S FEEDBACK
Through the Sirius Foundation, the findings of the research were shared with MPs, the newly established MLSA working group and, thanks to TV Nova and other media, with the wider and professional public.
