dobrovolnictvi.ukrajina@upol.cz

+420 736 676 006
daily from 8 am to 8 pm
NB: This hotline is only for UP students and employees.

How can we help?

Any UP student or employee who finds themself in need can contact the UP Volunteering Centre. There are always volunteers from the Centre at our contacts, every working day. Call or send an e-mail, we will listen to you and try to help. We can advise you about housing opportunities and help for your family members, we can arrange legal advice and psychological help, we supply information about the forms of aid which our university can offer; together, we will search for solutions to your specific problems. We can also refer you to other institutions and places which offer additional aid.

Psychological and other help can be sought here not only by Ukrainian students and employees of UP but by all UP students and employees who are seeking help and support in conjunction with the war.

Interest-free loan for employees

UP employees who find themselves in a difficult situation can apply for an interest-free repayable loan to bridge their difficult financial situation up to CZK 20,000 by means of a written application. More information can be found in this internal standard (article 3, point 7; in Czech).

Contribution from the fund-raising campaign

Applications for contributions from this source are currently suspended due to the depletion of funds in the fundraising account.

For students and staff who have Ukrainian citizenship, another way of assistance is available. This is a contribution from a public fund-raising campaign, to which students, employees, alumni and other supporters of UP contribute. You can apply for a contribution using the Žádost o finanční podporu z veřejné sbírky form, which you can find after logging in to the Electronic forms system in UP Portal. Then send it to lenka.dolezelova@upol.cz. Funding will be granted according to the current amount of funds in the fundraising account and the date of receipt of your request, but in any case we will try to help you. The only condition for submitting an application is Ukrainian citizenship.

Monthly scholarship for new students

Ukrainian students who have enrolled for the first time at Palacký University this semester can apply for a scholarship to support their studies in the Czech Republic in the amount of CZK 11,000. This scholarship is linked to the measures of the Ministry of Education and is limited in time to the period from September to December 2022. Students can apply for this scholarship until 7 October via a special form on the UP Portal. Further details and conditions are described in this article and in the relevant internal standard (in Czech), which is available to UP students and employees after logging in using the traditional university login details. The application for the scholarship to support studies in the Czech Republic in connection with the armed conflict in Ukraine can be filled in on the UP Portal under the ELF/Forms tile.