We provide social and health services, corps (congregations) and community centers in 20 cities in the Czech Republic. Our mission is to meet the social, health and spiritual needs of people experiencing vulnerability, loneliness, illness, disability or social exclusion. We help people who are at risk of losing their homes, those who have lost their homes and those who have lost hope of finding housing. Our team of 1,000 employees provides a professional service to around 15,000 users annually.
The Salvation Army was founded by William Booth in 1865 in east London. Today we operate in more than 130 countries worldwide. The Salvation Army began its work in Czechoslovakia in 1919, but its activities were violently terminated by the Communist regime in 1950. The work resumed in 1990.
