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Czech textbooks for thousands of Ukrainians in the Czech Republic are available through the PPF project

PPF Group, through PPF Foundation and The Kellner Family Foundation, has donated Czech language teaching materials to tens of thousands of Ukrainians. The Textbooks for Ukraine project was part of a CZK 100 million pledge for Czech language schooling for Ukrainian refugees announced by the two foundations shortly after Russia's unprovoked aggression against Ukraine, arguing that war does not belong in 21st-century Europe.

PPF Foundation and The Kellner Family Foundation Launch Czech Language Textbooks for Ukraine Project

PPF Group through the PPF Foundation and The Kellner Family Foundation, together with the Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports of the Czech Republic have announced the launch of the Textbooks for Ukraine web portal today. The aim of the project is to help educate Ukrainian children from refugee families and integrate them into Czech society through the free distribution of Czech language teaching materials. The portal will be open to all schools and educational institutions, teachers of Czech, and other non-profit organizations and associations helping the Ukrainian community.

The family foundation of Mrs Renáta Kellnerová and Mr Petr Kellner distributed CZK 91 million in grants in 2020

The Kellner Family Foundation has published its audited annual report for 2020. The family foundation of Mrs Renáta Kellnerová and Mr Petr Kellner channels generous support towards children and young people studying in both public and private schools. Since the establishment of the first Kellner family foundation in 2002, they have distributed CZK 1.6 billion in total to support education in the Czech Republic. Last year alone, The Kellner Family Foundation donated a total of CZK 91 million.

Applications for The Kellner Family Foundation’s grant award for Czech students at foreign universities opens on 1 February

The family foundation of Mrs Renáta Kellnerová and Mr Petr Kellner has announced the next round of applications for grants awarded to students in bachelor’s programmes at foreign universities. Secondary school students who will be enrolled at a foreign university for the 2021/2022 academic year and Czech students already studying at a university can also apply for a grant. Online applications can be submitted between 1 February and 30 April 2021. The Foundation’s Board of Trustees will make their decisions in June. Over the last 11 years, the Foundation has awarded almost CZK 100 million to 193 graduates from secondary schools across the Czech Republic.

The family foundation of Mrs Renáta Kellnerová and Mr Petr Kellner in 2019: Generous support for 97 secondary school students, 61 university students, and 860 teachers at publicly-funded primary schools

The Kellner Family Foundation has published its annual report for 2019.

The Helping Schools Succeed project plans expansion into one hundred public primary schools

The family foundation of Mrs Renáta Kellnerová and Mr Petr Kellner has been pursuing improvement in the quality of education in public primary schools for a long time. It does so through Helping Schools Succeed, a project that to date has involved 23 primary schools from across the Czech Republic. Following ten years of the project’s successful operation in public schools, the Foundation has decided to increase the number of schools involved to about 100, which means approximately 4,000 teachers and 43,000 students. The Kellner Family Foundation has already donated a total of CZK 250 million for improving the quality of education in public primary schools and expects to provide support to the tune of approximately CZK 40 million annually.

Long-term evaluation of Helping Schools Succeed project in publicly funded primary schools: eight out of ten teachers are proud of their profession

The Helping Schools Succeed project is now in its tenth year of publicly funded primary schools. The long-term plan for improving educational standards and teachers’ professional development was initiated by the family foundation of Mrs Renáta Kellnerová and Mr Petr Kellner, which has contributed approximately CZK 37 million a year to the project over the last few years. According to a survey carried out in collaboration with experts from the Institute for Research and Development of Education at Charles University’s Faculty of Education, 91% of teachers from schools involved in the project are satisfied with their profession and 81% are proud of their profession. The survey confirmed that professional training for teachers is more effective when implemented directly in schools; the result is greater motivation and self-confidence among teachers.

The foundation of Mrs Renáta Kellnerová and Mr Petr Kellner distributed more than CZK 89 million in 2018

The family foundation of Mr and Mrs Kellner, The Kellner Family Foundation, donated CZK 89.5 million in 2018, primarily for the development of education in the Czech Republic. Most of the funds were channelled into activities in the public and private educational systems, which are being sponsored on a long-term basis: they were intended for pupils, students, and teachers. Over its ten years, the Foundation has distributed as much as CZK 710 million.