Interview with Ivana in Lidove noviny

Ivana Tykac, the founder and director of WOMEN FOR WOMEN, o.p.s., gave an extensive interview in today’s issue of Lidove noviny (September 23, 2022).

The interview focuses on the issue of hungry children in the Czech Republic and the W4W: Lunches for Children project, which has been providing assistance to children whose parents cannot afford to pay for school lunches. You can read the full interview on page 4 of today’s Lidove noviny or in the scan below.

  • It's Friday. As they say in America, Thank God it's Friday. And today, I am just briefly at work, since one of my daughters is currently in the Czech Republic, and I want to spend the day with her. I
  • When a toothache starts to bother us, when our knee complains after a conditioning run, or when our back betrays us after a long day at the computer, we usually don't hesitate to see a doctor. We address physical ailments
  • With the increasing date on the August calendar, my nervousness is also on the rise. I watch my twenty-year-old daughter and sense that soon she will say, "Mom, I think I'll be leaving." By that, she means that the holidays
  • During them, we first discovered the taste of the sea, encountered our first love, experienced sleeping under the open sky, found that the best sausages are the ones roasted on a freshly cut stick, or that after blueberries, our mouths
  • Mothers. They raise us, soothe every pain, wipe away tears, and tend to scraped knees. They teach us to navigate life and appreciate all its beauty. It is to them (just like fathers) that we owe who we are, our
  • I remember those words distinctly. We all surely remember Miloš Zeman's memorable statement: "I saw it in the bottom left corner." He was referring to an article that, according to the former president, was published in the pre-war magazine "Pritomnost."
  • She had large, round glasses and fiery red hair, spoke three languages, and was so strict that in her classes, no one dared to even cough. She didn't stick to the official curriculum, but her lectures were so captivating that
  • Wham. A big snowball is heading straight for my neck. And another one behind it. And one more. We're in the mountains, and the snowflakes are falling on our faces. For over an hour, my daughter and I have been
  • Do you still remember what we were experiencing roughly around this time three years ago? Back then, I was convinced that I would remember those gloomy winter days forever. All schools closed. Restrictions for citizens and businesses. Empty streets, deserted
  • Imagine opening your social media account in the morning, having thousands of followers, and sharing your opinions or engaging in lively discussions with the community you've built over the years. After a few hours, all your posts and comments are
  • A few days ago, my friend from Switzerland shared a funny story about her 14-year-old son. Her curious student had created an amazing school essay on the topic of "Commonwealth - Advancing Democracy and Human Rights in the World." It
  • The intense campaign of this year's elections is behind us, and it fills me with joy that the outcome didn't lead to protests in the streets. After the first round of elections, I, like most people, began to sense the
  • We've unwrapped all the presents, devoured the Christmas cookies, visited our extended families, and the New Year's champagne has faded away, allowing us to dive into 2023. The past 12 months were marked by the shock of inflation. It was
  • After five years, we will once again receive a presidential campaign under the Christmas tree, and a few days after the Feast of the Three Kings, the presidential elections. More than two thousand years ago, people in a time we
  • What can you accomplish in 10 years? A first-grader, who sits at a school desk for the first time, will become a fully grown person with a wealth of knowledge in 10 years. They will absorb a heap of information,
  • This week, we heard that President Putin is mobilizing another 300,000 reservists. We learned that the Chinese president is preparing for war. We heard about Azerbaijan attacking Armenia. The media seems to compete in delivering the bad news. But do
  • When the German publishing house Ravensburger announced the withdrawal of several children's books based on stories about Winnetou at the end of August due to "accusations of folkloric stereotypes about Native Americans and expressing an inappropriate cultural possession," I tried
  • We had two mugs, four plates, decorated with suns, right from the painter, sugar in five lumps, four fairy tales, two rings on installments, empty compartments...
  • We all have times when one bad piece of news follows another, leaving us restless, irritable, and drained of energy. Our minds are overwhelmed with worries, and we urgently need to pause for a moment to find peace and harmony.
  • I may have only been a nine-month-old infant on August 21, 1968, but the dramatic events of those days somehow etched themselves under my skin in a peculiar way. I can hardly remember them, but through my mother's authentic storytelling,
  • "Friendship is a part of human happiness," Jan Werich used to say, and "Friendship makes our happiness brighter, it increases its sparkle. Misfortune then becomes more bearable because it is shared and endured with us," wrote the Roman philosopher and
  • Holidays. This word subconsciously evokes pleasure. It conjures up sweet idleness, sunshine, water, and laughter. I think there's no other school-related word for which children haven't come up with any mocking or derogatory expression yet, and to me, that's clear
  • Who was the first significant man in your life? Could it be that adorable blond boy from the kindergarten who hit you with a cupcake so hard that it made you cry, and he wiped away your tears with a

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