Children's Hour
The Children’s Hour (Hodina deťom) is a year-long public financial fundraising that is organized by the Children of Slovakia Foundation (CSF). The Foundation uses the fundraising to also point out the needs of children and youth in Slovakia and concentrates on projects that fulfill the following:
- prevention,
- solution of problems,
- improving the lives of children and youth.
The Children’s Hour was launched for the first time in 2000. After the 12 years of its existence the Children’s Hour managed to collect 4 179 976,88 EUR and support 1 469 meaningful projects.
The bank account of Children’s Hour can be permanently used to send financial donations through SMS on the number 800 (in Slovakia), from home phone on the telephone number 18 222 (in Slovakia), ATM, Internet or by direct deposit on the account IBAN: SK61 0900 0000 0002 2220 0200 – BIC: GIBASKBX.
From the history of Children’s Hour
Total yield from the previous 12 years of the public collection Children’s Hour is represented by the income of 125 925 983,49 SKK / 4 179 976,88 EUR.
The individual years of Children’s Hour came out the following way:
Year of Children’s Hour
|
Number of projects
|
Income in EUR |
Income in SKK |
| 1th (1999 – 2000) |
201 |
464 851,36 |
14 004 112,00 |
2th (2000 – 2001)
|
171 |
445 675,03 |
13 426 406,00 |
3th (2001 – 2002)
|
117 |
338 927,01 |
10 210 515,00 |
| 4th (2002 – 2003) |
149 |
302 742,98 |
9 120 435,00 |
5th (2003 -2004)
|
146 |
339 130,63 |
10 216 649,50 |
| 6th (2004 – 2005) |
102 |
287 951,11 |
8 674 815,00 |
7th (2005 – 2006)
|
92 |
258 486,05 |
7 787 150,74 |
| Special collection on anniversary endowment |
10 |
6 634,20 |
199 862,00 |
8th (2006 – 2007)
|
106 |
298 774,78 |
9 000 889,00 |
9th (2007 – 2008)
|
111 |
295 649,49 |
8 906 736,67 |
10th (2008–2009)
|
128 |
531 578,94 |
16 014 347,00 |
11th (2009–2010)
|
76 |
307 571,12 |
9 265 887,56 |
12th (2010–2011)
|
60 |
302 004,18 |
9 098 177,93 |
| IN TOTAL: |
1 469 |
4 179 976,88 |
116 827 805,47 |
Total income of the ongoing 13th year of Children’s Hour is going to be announced on 1st April 2012, on the name day of Hugo the mascot of Children’s Hour.