Patron
Project owner: League of Open Men (LOM)
Responsible person: Tereza Herdová
2014
1,000 Euro Prize
CS
Civil Society / Social Economy
Diversity
Two worlds get to know each other: socially successful men called "patrons" take care of male youths who spent their childhood and adolescence in homes – materially well provided for, but without knowledge how to survive in the adult world, and without or with few male role models. The project reacts in a socially innovative way and looks for "patrons" that help their young protégés to find their path from institutional assistance into "independence". Two worlds learn from each other: the patrons that they can be useful in a very different social context; their young protégés that someone looks after them, just like that.