Organizers Of Civil Association String
DiS. Miluška Magenheimová
provazek@provazek.org 
Chairwoman of a civil association and co-ordinator of Open Arms Project,
founder of a civil association String.
She studied journalism and social pedagogy and theology at JABOK school in Prague. She worked as a volunteer in Sue Ryder foundation hospic in England, then as an independent journalist, tutor in children homes during holidays.
Mia Magenheimová closely cooperated with Tereza
Maxova Foundation from 2001 till 2006. In the first two years she provided
the realization of the special project – The research of institutional care in
Czech republic. She has visited almost all infant and child homes in Czech
Republic, as well as many Half-way homes, pedagogical institutions, diagnostic
institutions, special boarding-houses, child centers, asylums of social care
(and other institutions for abandoned children) to examine this topic and to
render an aimed help to specific children and specific institutions.
Mia Magenheimová established Open Arms volunteer
project thanks to support of Eurotel Foundation and Tereza Maxova Foundation, in
OS Člověk hledá člověka. Originally for twenty volunteers first, who would visit
child home with children till the age of 3 years in As, which was in a
matter of interest put aside. Since that time the project has visited eight
asylums already, several hundred children and more than 700 volunteers
arrived to help them. After the careful selection and schooling the voluteers by
a simple human touch help the children in asylum care to change the uneasy
destiny and to reduce the psychic deprivation.
Mia Magenheimová established own Provázek
Foundation and Open Arms project was implemented there. Tereza Maxova Foundation
still markedly sponsored it.
Mgr. Pavel Provazník
Co-founder of a civil association String, first Open Arms Project volunteer, teacher of philosophy, ethics and religion, ex-consultant of Safety line. Pavel Provazník Pavel Provazník
Mgr. Gabriela Dymešová
Psychologist and special educationalist, author of technical publications. She has graduated in a selfexperiencing training in psychodynamics and deep psychotherapy , basic course „Crisis Intervention“, course „Body and Crisis – Theory and Praxis“ (about 80 hours), „Critical Incident Stress Management“, crisis management of Czech Army. Former psychologist in refugee camps, psychologist in Headquarters of of Czech Army and co-ordinator of a project Human in emergency. Now scientist and psychologist of Psychological Institution AV of Czech Republic, member of an international EuroQual team of Millward Brown. A great support and patron of the project from the very beginning concerning professional psychology of Open Arms Project, first and chief psychologist of the whole project.
Mgr. Barbora Benická
Psychologist, currently works in Tomas Bata University in Zlin as pedagogue focusing on personal preparation of future helping professionals (social pedagogues, teachers) and also as coordinator and psychological adviser in consulting center for students. She has an experience with psychological care and work with people suffering from mental disorders. She is a trainee of Complex psychotherapeutic training of Gestalt psychotherapy). She is a tutor of personality development and soft-skills lessons (communication, stress-management etc.).
Markéta Švecová
A student of Faculty of Humanities at Charles University. She spent a few months in England as an au pair and she helped in summer art and creative camp. She is a private teacher of English. She helps with translation to English for Provazek. She is a coordinator of project Open Arms for Children’s Homes in Milovice and Children Home in Kasperske Hory.
Gabriela Kvapilová, DiS.
She has been a coordinator of project Open Arms since August 2006 within a civic association Domu!. She is responsible for coordination of the project for Regional Children's Home in As and Karlovy Vary. She works as a social worker in the home in Karlovy Vary at the same time. She is a graduate specialist of social work on Higher Vocational School of Social Work in Prague.
Tereza Pipková
the clerk
