The 15th edition of the Tehlička public fundraising campaign for 2020 was entered in the register of public collections of the Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak Republic on 16 November 2019 under number SVS-OVS2-2019/032436.

The gross proceeds of the collection amounted to 71,198.54 euros. The costs of running the collection were 24.89 percent. The net proceeds were 53,475.10 euros. With the funds raised we will help relocate a school in danger of collapse to a safe site. In the first phase, we will help build replacement housing for teachers, since the current quarters are being destroyed by water. Together with you, we are safeguarding education for more than 3,000 children and young people in the Kakuma refugee camp. We work with the local Salesians of Don Bosco, who have been present in Kakuma since 1993. They came at the invitation of the UN.

The costs of running the collection reached 24.89 percent. This was caused by the fact that the materials prepared and sent to schools and centres — which were subsequently closed because of COVID-19 — did not reach the pupils. In the demanding situation at that time, it was difficult to find an effective way to make people aware of the initiative.

Directly involved in the collection were 97 kindergartens, primary and secondary schools, 19 Salesian youth centres and other communities, 7 parishes and also 1 company in towns and villages across Slovakia.  All participants received promotional and background materials, which served not only the campaign for the collection but also as resources for education and awareness-raising in the area of development cooperation. As part of the collection, schools — with our consent — carried out their own activities serving its purpose.

For schools, parishes and youth groups we also prepared spiritual materials such as Stations of the Cross, adorations and retreats.

THANK YOU TO ALL DONORS AND PARTICIPANTS FOR SUPPORTING TEHLIČKA 2020