People in Need marks 15 years of existence

The Czech NGO Clovek v tisni (People in Need), these days marking 15 years since its foundation, held a day of celebrations in Prague on Saturday. People in Need, one of the largest humanitarian organisations in the new EU member states, has been active in disaster and war-stricken regions of Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe, as well as in the Czech Republic, mainly during the floods of 1997 and 2002. It is involved in providing and distributing humanitarian and development aid as well as programmes of social integration focusing on areas of social exclusion. People in Need also organises the annual human rights film festival One World.