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Although the time before Christmas did not pass by but literally flew by, the teachers from our friendly kindergartens reserved very nice moments with the children with carols. And they sang carols and sent greetings to grandmothers and grandfathers in senior homes, where they regularly come to create, talk and get to know each other. And not only to them but also to us and to all of you! Listen to them all and sing with them in the video below this text.

Do you know, who is the super action hero of Denmark? Not a Viking, but a senior! Journalist Judita Matyášová, who has joined the Mezi námi team, has been coming to Denmark for twelve years. Originally, she was brought to the Scandinavian country in search of the fate of 80 Czech Jewish teenagers who were saved by Danish foster parents during World War II. She recorded interviews with the survivors, and gradually discovered that the Danes were very supportive of the elderly to actively volunteer. Judith helps us to promote our activities internationally! Last week she attended a meeting organised by the Danish Ambassador Søren Kelstrup in Prague. The Danish Embassy is very interested in the Danish and Czech senior community. The ambassador invited representatives of senior organizations from all over the Czech Republic to Prague. Judita told them what we can teach Denmark and what the Danes can learn from us. Denmark does not yet have a tradition of intergenerational programs, so maybe we will inspire them soon 😊!

The organization Together Against Solitude approached us in 2020 with a request for cooperation and that they would like to start their own Club of Fairy Tale Reading Grandmothers and Grandfathers in Teplice. We were happy to provide them with our knowledge so that they could start the club and continue to run it themselves. We then met with our colleagues in Teplice at joint meetings where we exchanged knowledge and experience. Together Against Solitude will unfortunately no longer be involved in volunteer activities, so they suggested that we take over the club in Teplice. We gladly agreed, because their club in Teplice is working wonderfully and has 7 great reading grandmothers. We also visited Teplice, where the chairman of the organization, Robert Zauer, took very good care of us and prepared a meeting with kindergartens and grandmothers. We really enjoyed our time together and immediately introduced the grandmothers to their new local coordinator, our new colleague Vendula Váňová. So we would like to introduce to you the new Grandmothers and Grandfathers Fairy Tale Reading Club in Teplice. Thanks to Robert Zauer for the beautiful photos from the meeting.