The charity Sunray for Children to help Slovak-speaking immigrants.
We have been operating since 2022, we all work as volunteers.
We are the only charity in the UK that specializes in international cases and provides advice for Slovak speakers.
We consider it crucial to preserve the integrity and continuity of the child's life. Therefore, we strive to ensure that children do not have to leave their family environment at all, or that they can return to it as soon as possible.
We provide help and advice to parents after a child has been taken away. We support them in the difficult process of returning the child back to the family.
We communicate with the public. We openly communicate about the issue of the difference in life between countries (Slovakia and Western Europe). We try to eradicate the prejudices and show the situation of the removed children in a true light.
We do all this in accordance with the Declaration of the Human Rights of the Child, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Charter of Family Rights.
Our goal is to bring families together. Children have the right to live with their biological family, extended family and know their culture.
Our guiding principle is: "A child is a GIFT, not a commodity!"
Life abroad is different from life in your home country. Ignorance of the differences in the legal and social system, also ignorance of the language makes the whole situation difficult. Parents and children have many questions about family issues, which we are happy about.
We provide counseling services to help and protect victims of domestic violence, in the case of separation and divorce of spouses, as well as in issues related to parental rights and obligations towards children.
We inform about the differences in the life of parents with children between Great Britain and CZ/SK in the social, educational and legal system.
We participate in and co-organize events such as conferences and trainings.
We organize collections for children in material need.
Sunray for Children charity number 1201206
HMRC Charitis reference number ZD30348