Prague, June 16 (CTK) – The People in Need Czech humanitarian organisation will join forces with its Slovak counterpart, People in Peril, its spokesman Tomas Urban has told CTK, adding that they will share administrative costs such as the financing of offices and auxiliary staff at their missions abroad.
Nevertheless, the two organisations will remain separate entities each with its own management, decision making and projects.
The planned cooperation will make their humanitarian aid faster and more effective, Urban said.
“After many years of working parallelly, we decided to join our forces and share our experience…in our work at home as well as crisis areas abroad,” People in Need director Simon Panek said.
“At present, the situation in the areas where we operate requires more expert knowledge and long-term efforts. Our two organisations can contribute to this by providing competent employees and financial resources,” People in Peril director Brano Tichy said.
In addition to the cooperation plan, the Slovak branch of People in Need will be merge with People in Peril.
As a result, People in Peril will take over People in Need’s projects in Slovakia including those focusing on excluded localities.
The organisation to arise from the merger will become a part of the international People in Need organisation.
The history of the Czech People in Need NGO dates back to 1992 when a group of journalists established Epicentrum, a humanitarian team that started helping in the war-tormented Nagorno Karabakh.
The organisation was later changed to a foundation and in 1994, it was registered under its present name.
People in Need has been helping all over the world. It supplies foods, medicines and other items to countries stricken by wars or natural disasters. It helps reconstruct public buildings, construct schools and implements educational projects.
It also offers help at home in the Czech Republic.
The Slovak People in Peril NGO was established in 1999 by journalists in reaction to the humanitarian crisis caused by the war in Kosovo. As a humanitarian, development and educational organisation, it helps tackle natural disasters and humanitarian crises and eradicate poverty.
