Legal Form:
Civil Association

Address:
Miletičova 7, 821 08  Bratislava 2
http://www.erko.sk
t.č.: 0907/713 169
       0911/713 169

Contact Person:
Marian Caucik
e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
tel: 02 / 20 445 250

Year of Establishment: 1990

Number of employees/ volunteers: 14 employees/ 1300 volunteers

Membership in the Platform: full

Description:
eRko is development organization focusing on children. Its main objective is to help in transforming children from Christian families into mature Christian personalities that are able to by living qualitative personal life help to develop the society n which they live. Since 1995 it is organizing event Good News. Its financial gain is given to support of development projects in Africa.  

Activities:

Activities for children
- regular meetings with children in children’s communities
- camps, trips and open events for children
- active education of volunteers through seminars and courses

Publishing activities
- methodical- information magazine Lusk
- children magazine Rebrík and other publications for childrern

Development Activities:
- Caroling event Dobrá novena organized during Christmas joined by fund- raising for needs of those you are living in developing countries, “third world”
- support of development projects in African states
- development seminars
- development education
- representation of interests of children in public

Development and humanitarian cooperation:

During 10 years eRko supported more than 70 development projects in Kenya, Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Mali, South Africa, Zambia and in Madagascar.

Examples of some foreign development projects:

Year: 1996
Name of the Project: Children from the street
Country: Kenya
Area: children from the street

Year: 1997 -1999
Name of the Project: Program for children from the street
Country: Ethiopia
Area: children from the street

Year: 1998
Name of the Project: Orthopedic Center
Country: Uganda
Area: health care

Year: 1999 - 2003
Name of the Project: Education in Rumbek
Country: Sudan
Area: education

Year: 1999 - 2004
Name of the Project: Informal school for boys from the street
County: Kenya
Area: children from the street

Year: 2000 - 2004
Name of the Project: Clinic in Mapuordit
Country: Sudan
Area: health care

Year: 2001 - 2003
Name of the Project: Support Center for children from the street
Country: Mali
Area: children from the street

Year: 2002 - 2004
Name of the Project: Education in Nubia mountains
Country: Sudan
Area: education

Year: 2002 - 2004
Name of the Project: Education for adults
Country: Kenya
Area: education

Year: 2002 - 2004
Name of the Project: Center for dying on AIDS
Country: South Africa
Area: health care

Year: 2003 - 2004
Name of the Project: Water Project
Country: Kenya
Area: water

Year: 2004
Name of the Project: Food security
Country: Sudan
Area: agriculture

Projects for increase of Slovak public awareness about development cooperation:

Years: Annually since 1995
Name of the Project: Good News – Carol event combined with fund- raising camping to support development projects in Africa
Area: development education – thematic seminars
Target Group: activists, public, children and youth

Year: 2004
Name of the Project: Education- chance for countries from Africa
Target Group: activists, public, children and youth

Funding:
Ministry of Education SR, grants, private donations, membership donations

Magazine:
- magazine for children- Rebrík,
- methodical- information magazine Lusk