Nadační fond Emil

Stop feeling sorry for them, start supporting them,
or flap your wings with us for a good cause.,

About Emil

Emil is a little bird who fell out of his warm nest and broke his wing. He was afraid he would lose his greatest joy - flying. But his inner strength and desire for freedom was so great that he never gave up, learned to fly with one wing, and today teaches other little birds to fly. Emil is brave, persistent, a great role model and a hero. Emil is a friend who has his arms open for all children who need it.

The Emil Foundation is a non-profit organization that helps handicapped children and young people to participate in sports, primarily through direct financial assistance. The Emil project was founded in 2003 and after a successful start it became an official foundation in 2009. To date, NF Emil has supported over 8,000 individual athletes and sports teams, helping to improve specific young lives.

Our basic mission is to be a symbol of effective help to handicapped children, to help them throughout the Czech Republic through sport to overcome their own barriers, find new friends and discover "their" sense of life.

We focus our assistance mainly on children and young people under 30. These young people with physical, sensory or mental disabilities have a very limited opportunity to play active sports, mainly due to the unavailability of special equipment that they need for sport. We therefore accept individual requests and through our staff we identify target children who can be helped. We would like to contribute to improving the quality of life of disabled children, as well as their families and the surrounding area. While there are government programmes to support sport and physical activities for children without disabilities, targeted systemic support for children with disabilities is virtually non-existent. This is what we are trying to change through NF Emil.

Who we help

Rehabilitace pro Adélku

rehabilitace

220 000 Kč

Adélka se narodila s rozštěpem páteře a hydrocefalem a v raném věku podstoupila několik operací. Přesto je dnes veselá, empatická a odhodlaná 8letá holčička, která nechodí, ale dělá pokroky díky neurorehabilitacím. Velmi jí pomáhají pravidelné fyzioterapie a hipoterapie.

Tigers České Budějovice

rozvoj klubu basketbalu na vozíku

100 000 Kč

Basketbal na vozíku vnímáme jako výborný prostředek, abychom ke sportu a aktivnímu životu přiváděli další hendikepované spoluhráče. Máme velkou radost, že se nám to daří a v letošním roce se naše smečka rozrostla o dva další hráče. Finanční prostředky bychom tak využili především na jejich vybavení (např. sportovní vozíky a tréninkové pomůcky) a rozvoj (účast na trénincích, zápasech), aby se s námi mohli plnohodnotně zapojit. Děkujeme za podporu!

Patriček

léčba a terapie

150 000 Kč

Život nám často staví do cesty překážky, které nás učí vážit si každého okamžiku. Patriček se narodil se vzácným genetickým syndromem Rubinstein-Taybi, který ovlivňuje jeho zdraví i vývoj. I přes všechny tyto obtíže je ale plný energie, miluje zvířata a vodu. Rádi bychom jednou absolvovali delfinoterapii, která by mohla přispět k jeho dalšímu vývoji. Jeho neuvěřitelná síla a odhodlání nás denně inspirují, v cestě nám ale stojí finanční náročnost léčby.

Aktuality

4.10.2024

What we do

Emilova sportovní, z.s.

Emil's Sports, z.s. is a society founded by the Emil Foundation to support the development of physical activities of the public and people with disabilities, organizing sporting events and establishing sports clubs. Thus, the Foundation expands and increases the visibility of its charitable and sporting activities. For example, the first figure skating club for the handicapped, the first wheelchair workout club or the first parapaddleboarding club have just been established under Emil's Sports.

Emil Open

The European Disability Youth Games is an international, sporting and social gathering of young people with disabilities. The ever-increasing number of participants, the international concept, the range of sports activities and the accompanying cultural programme make it a unique event of European format. Emil's Sports, z.s. organised the 11th edition in 2022, which was attended by more than 800 participants from 16 European countries. So far, more than 5000 young athletes and their escorts from more than 23 European countries have participated in the Games.

Days without barriers

With this project we want to contribute to a higher participation of people with disabilities in society through sport and physical activities. We aim to improve the quality of life of people with disabilities, with a focus on young people, whom we want to bring into sport. Using the knowledge of both partners, we will enable these people to have new experiences while engaging the public in joint activities. We will introduce athletes and their families to new opportunities in sports and the public to the real barriers that prevent people with disabilities from participating in sports and beyond. To do this, we want to use the know-how of our Austrian partner as the umbrella association of the disabled and our experience.

IWAS

In 2016, the Emil Foundation was selected to host the IWAS U23 World Games for disabled youth. The IWAS U23 Games are organised annually under the auspices of the British organisation IWAS - International Wheelchair & Amputee Sports Federation. Athletes from 30 countries took part in the Games in Prague. They competed in four disciplines - athletics, fencing, table tennis and swimming and everything was held according to the current Paralympic rules. Today, the IWAS U23 World Games is one of the largest events of its kind with significant development potential.

Paramoraviacup

The Para Moravia Cup is a newly established para athletics league, founded by Emilova Sportovna, z.s. The schedule of competitions and dates will be announced in the calendar of the ČATHS, Wheelchair Athletics and on the websites of individual clubs. The league is being recalculated uniformly according to the worldwide conversion system (WPAPS for field events 2022) with an effort to sanction races to the IPC world rankings. The competition is open to athletes competing in throwing events, both seated and standing. Future expansion to include running events is planned.

Board of Directors

Jana Procházková

Chairman of the Management Board

That's why I'm Emil

Dear supporters, partners, donors, I would like to thank you on behalf of the NF for deciding to "be Emil" and become part of it. I am glad that you are willing to help and become a sparring partner for children in need. Your help is very much appreciated.

Jan Kraus

Actor and moderator

Why am I Emil? Because it's necessary.

I have been in the NF since its beginning. Actually, since the moment Emil, like a little bird, fell out of the nest. With a few people we found him, got him hooked and I am happy how he is still thriving after so many years. The achievements of NF Emil that have been accomplished are not few - we have gotten microbuses for sports teams, reached and involved almost 10,000 disabled and able-bodied children thanks to the organization of the European and in 2016 the World Games for disabled youth.

Zdeněk Sedlák

CEO of EPRIN

Personally, I feel a moral obligation to use my skills and opportunities to support and help address the social, environmental and humanitarian issues of the day. Especially in my own neighbourhood, of course. I think social responsibility also compels me to look for ways to improve the conditions of life around me and in the communities in which I move. I make an honest effort to make sure that EPRIN and I personally contribute to long-term positive changes in our society. We plant trees, keep bees, and help those in need. And I am grateful to be able to do so.

Tomáš Bábek

track cyclist and CEO of GS Plus

I have known the Emil Foundation for many years and I admire the work that it and its members do. As an active professional athlete, I was a long-time ambassador of the Emil Open Games, and now that I am moving into the world of business after retiring from my sporting career, I am honoured to become a member of the Board of Trustees of this Fund and to support its activities from my current position. I believe that those of us who do not live in scarcity should also give back and help the world and society. The Emil Endowment Fund is a wonderful and transparent vehicle for this noble purpose.