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Founded by students in 2012, Pragulic – a social enterprise that helps the city’s homeless find work as tour guides – is seeing a growth in interest. Led by Robert, who has been without a permanent address for 12 years, Andrew Day veers off the Czech capital’s well-worn cobblestones to experience homelessness firsthand. But is it tourism or voyeurism?

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“Here’s a Nokia programmed with emergency contacts, and your budget for the next 24 hours: 20 koruna (70p). Now I just need your clothes.”

It’s a cold January morning outside Prague train station and I’m surrendering my parka and trousers to Tereza Jurečková, co-founder of Pragulic. In exchange, I’m given a plastic bag containing a beige shellsuit jacket with a jammed zip and a pair of stained khaki trousers. I look around, and quickly get changed.

The shabby clothing is all part of the Pragulic experience: “You can only start to understand homelessness after you have tried it yourself,” as the website puts it.

Alongside Tereza stands my guide, Robert Pochop – a forty-something man with Tiggerish energy, who is keen to get going. Over the next 24 hours, Robert will be taking me to some of his regular haunts – and revealing a different side of Prague in the process.

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Robert Pochop © Andrew Day

We say our goodbyes to Tereza and head into the busy station.

Mindful of his responsibility, Robert ushers me across the concourse – though, as we pass a ticket machine, he instinctively checks the slot for coins. We ride countless trains, and eventually arrive in Smíchov – an industrialised district mixing faded glory ­– of dilapidated factories and synagogues – with a newfound style made up of glass malls and boutique restaurants.

“There,” Robert said, pointing to the ČKD Tatra factory, which produced trams for Stalin’s Communist party in the late 1940s. Robert’s enthusiasm for the railroads is boundless and provides a unique way into Czech history and culture.

And we’re off again, passing Staropramen (Prague’s largest brewery) to reach the Salvation Army, where Robert works.

It’s not clear what we are doing – Robert’s explanations are sometimes cryptic – then, I’m shepherded towards a pyramid of cardboard boxes, which we, and half a dozen other employees, haul downstairs for the charity’s office move.

Robert is one of nine guides currently working with Pragulic. They earn a fixed fee per tour plus tips, with the rest reinvested into running costs.

“But it’s not just about finding employment,” Tereza explained earlier. “We offer guides a range of development programs, from teaching English to building self-confidence.”

Via a dose of Czech politics we arrive at Cibulka, a pretty but otherwise unremarkable park, dotted with crumbling Baroque statues. While stopping by an 1840s lookout tower, Robert reveals that we will be sleeping on the floor of his late father’s flat. Soon he will have to leave when the property is sold. “To where?” I ask. “Who knows,” he replies, before changing the subject.

Around 10pm, I clear plastic bottles and newspapers from the hallway and try, unsuccessfully, to sleep.

He keeps his living area – a floor-to-ceiling mass of motley possessions and rubbish – in a state of disarray. Around 10pm, I clear plastic bottles and newspapers from the hallway and try, unsuccessfully, to sleep.

Emerging in the early hours we take the first tram to district 5, where, in stark contrast, well-tended mansions and luxury apartments overlook the city. It’s a lovely view, but we are here to deliver newspapers – Robert’s 6am round earns him a bit of extra cash.

It’s on these prosperous streets that Robert speaks candidly about his descent into homelessness. After his uncle sold the family home in 2006, Robert found himself sleeping rough in the capital. “Unfortunately he married a woman that would like me dead,” he says whilst forcing open a frozen mailbox.

Critics claim that tagging along with society's poorest is more voyeurism than tourism. But Robert, for one, believes his new work has helped get his life back on track.

With a now empty delivery bag and our 24 hours complete, we head back to Prague station to collect my belongings and, sadly, part ways.

Critics claim that tagging along with society’s poorest is more voyeurism than tourism. Perhaps that’s true. But the extent to which these tours are welcomed should be decided by the guides themselves.

Robert, for one, believes his new, if unorthodox, work has helped get his life back on track, “I couldn’t be more grateful.”

Beyond Pragulic there are plenty of similar initiatives where homeless tour guides are employed to offer an alternative view of their city. Here, we’ve picked four of our favourites:

1. Shades Tours, Vienna

Launched in 2015, Shades Tours ' aim here is to change the way tourists experience Vienna , whilst reducing the stigma associated with homeless people. As founder Perrine Schober puts it: “Nobody leaves with the same picture of homelessness they harbored before.”

Professional and often personal two-hour tours (available in English and German) introduce small groups to a hidden side of the city via soup kitchens and emergency night shelters. You’ll learn how the Viennese social system works and gain insight into the many “shades” of homelessness that exist.

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2. Los Angeles Mission, Los Angeles

Bang in the center of downtown LA , groups of 10 to 25 people can experience “ 24 Hours of Homelessness " on the streets of Skid Row – the city’s sprawling homeless encampment.

Ivan Klassen, director of the neighbourhood's non-profit Christian mission, hopes to “communicate the reality of homelessness, in a safe and informative framework” and encourages participants to “engage” at the drop-in centres and dining halls visited on the tour.

3. Hidden City Tours, Barcelona

With Hidden City Tours , formerly homeless guides offer a fresh perspective on Barcelona . In-depth, two-hour tours aim to “show the hidden layers of the Gothic and Raval quarters”, interwoven with personal stories revealing the daily challenges of homelessness in the city – from making money to seeking out a sleeping spot.

Guides speak English, French or German (as well as their native Spanish and Catalan), and earn fixed hourly salaries, plus pocket 100 percent of tips.

Meeting points and times vary so email ahead.

Hidden City Tours

Hidden City Tours © Vincenzo Rigogliuso

4. Unseen Tours, London

In a city not short on guided tours, Unseen Tours explore a different side to London , with not-for-profit neighbourhood walks that cover Brick Lane, Camden Town , Covent Garden , London Bridge or Shoreditch .

Themes include street art and music; but beyond Banksy and Britpop these award-winning strolls – designed and led by the capital’s homeless or formerly homeless people – touch upon the causes behind social injustice and provide guides with paid work for food and ultimately housing.

Most walks last two hours and dogs are welcome.

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Homeless people have been guiding tourists for five years

Tereza Jurečková had a brave idea for a project called Pragulic , which shows people the capital city through the eyes of the homeless. She also helps them to get off the streets and to have a roof under their heads again. This opportunity to take part in this unusual tour is also offered in Olomouc and České Budějovice.

How do you rate the project itself after these five years?

Looking back, I can see all the work we have done. We started from zero. We had no money, no contacts, no experience. We were just three friends who wanted to try to start a new project.

Has it fulfilled your expectations?

Not only fulfilled but mainly exceeded. I believed that it would work out, but I had no idea how much. In the end, it became my job, and it will be there both in my personal and professional life.

Is the interest in the guided tours getting higher?

We have more customers each year. We often have some of the guides booked for the whole two upcoming months. The interest is also increasing among groups, mainly students, who regularly come here from foreign countries.

How many homeless have you employed as guides?

Twenty-one have taken part in the project so far. But more people are in contact with us. Nine guides have a stable relationship with us.

How much do they earn?

The guides receive over 300 Czech crowns for each tour, and the customers often give them tips. In total, they can earn decent money, and they can also lower their living expenses since we offer them a lot of advantages. If someone wants, he can get maximum support from us to get off the streets.

Do you monitor how they use the money afterwards?

The spending is totally up to them. We work with people who are motivated and are more or less responsible. We are under no illusions that they will always invest them correctly, but that happens to all of us sometimes.

Has it changed the lives of the long-term guides?

They found meaning in the job and the possibility to earn money. They have a place to live, which they can more or less keep. They get off the streets, they meet new people, and this job forces them to change their routines.

Is it hard to work with the homeless?

The hardest thing is probably to endure everything from a psychological point of view. The guides are in hard life situations, and they transfer their problems onto you as well. It can be very exhausting. I never had a problem with them not respecting me. I am their employer and someone they can talk to. Not exactly a friend, like in the beginning, but the relationship changes over time, of course.

Have you ever found yourself in a dangerous situation?

I wouldn’t say dangerous per se, but definitely uncomfortable. For example, I found myself in a lodging house with a few workers and homeless people, who started making inappropriate advances after a while. I was even a witness to a fight between two homeless men, and in such cases, you have to be alert and react quickly.

What are your plans for the future?

There is still a lot to do for the homeless. We want to provide respectable and interesting housing and mobile showers and to allow other people also to enable them to help the homeless. We have many plans, so we are looking for suitable partners and investors who can help us realize them.

More information : http://pragulic.cz/

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The homeless guide to Prague

Being that Prague is one of the most scenic and historical cities in Europe, there are an abundance of tours all around the city. But no tour experience is quite as unique as Pragulic tours , which show you Prague through the eyes of a homeless person. The Pragulic project is an incredible way to change how people see the homeless and give the local homeless a chance to start again.

If you’ve ever been to Prague, you’ve probably seen beggars on the street. Unlike the homeless in other cities that may seek you out asking for money or even harass you, the homeless in Prague typically kneel face down on the ground with their arms outstretched over their heads holding a cup or a hat that you can drop a few coins in. It’s both sadder and easier to ignore. In contrast to homeless people around the world, they are no rush to look you in the eyes, much less tell you how they ended up there. But these tours are giving the homeless a voice and attempting to remove the stigma surrounding the people that make the city streets their home.

What is a Pragulic Tour?

Pragulic tours are a way to hear one of those stories from a homeless guide and see what Prague is like for someone living on the street.

Tours are 250 czk for adults and are booked online with a specific guide. This means that each tour is completely unique and covers a different part of Prague – typically a part that you wouldn’t think to visit while sightseeing.

You might want to join Jiri , a bankrupted businessman, through Lesser Town and Petrin Hill where he used to sleep. Or let a former Prague Philharmonic musician play you a violin solo in Kampa. Or meet Vaclav ’s dog and cat who live with him under Hlavka Bridge. Some of the guides are former prostitutes or recovering alcoholics and they have a story to share as well as survival tips. You’ll discover how they kept clean and where they could get a restful night of sleep. But mostly, you’ll discover that homeless people are still just people and that the difference between you and your guide might be some bad luck or a bad decision.

One special tour, Prague Underworld First-Hand , is a five hour tour that begins at 7:30 pm and ends after midnight, taking you through some of Prague’s least glamorous locales where prostitution and drugs are a thriving business. This tour is booked two months in advance, so it requires some planning ahead of time.

If you don’t just want to hear about the experience but live it yourself, you can sign up for a completely authentic 24 hour homeless experience.

Aside from frank conversations and interesting stories, all Pragulic tours give you the satisfaction of knowing that your tour fee and your tips are helping someone rebuild their life. What’s the catch? Well… your guides are all Czech speakers. But you can notify them that you will need an English translator and a volunteer translator will join your group.

A homeless tour of Prague is certain to be an eye-opening experience that will leave you a little more streetsmart and hopefully a little kinder.

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The homeless have been accompanying tourists for five years.

Tereza Jurečková had the idea for a courageous project called Pragulic, which shows people the capital of Prague from a homeless perspective arose. In addition, the project helps homeless people to get off the street and get a roof over their heads again. The opportunity to take part in unconventional tours is also offered in Olomouc and České Budějovice.

How do you evaluate the project itself over the past five years?

When I look back, I see what a huge piece of work we have done. We have really started from scratch. We had no money, no contacts, no experience. We were just three buddies who wanted to start a project.

Were your expectations met?

Not only have they been fulfilled, but they have also been far overcome. I believed it would be a success, but I didn´t think that much. In the end, it became my job and a brand that will accompany me in my personal and professional life.

Is there ever-increasing interest in the tours?

Year after year, customers want more. Regularly, we have sold out some guides for two months in advance. Interest among groups, especially students, who regularly arrive from abroad is also rising.

How many homeless people have you ever employed as guides?

As of now, twenty-one has joined the project in the guided tour. Of course, there are many more people who are in contact with us. We have nine guides in Prague.

What kind of cash rewards do they get?

Guides get a reward of over three hundred crowns for each tour, and often customers give them extra tips. In total, they make quite good money in our country, and at the same time, they can lower their cost of living because we offer them many benefits. If one wants, he has the maximum support from us to get out of the street.

Are you checking on how they behave with the money?

Spending the money is entirely up to them. We work with people who are motivated and more or less responsible. We are not under the illusion that they always invest properly, but that happens to every one of us.

Do you observe the guides who have been with you for a long time as their new mission changes their lives?

At work, they find meaning and the ability to make money. They have housing that they can afford with little or no effort to keep up. They get off the street and get in touch with new people, which forces them to change their routines.

Is it difficult to work with homeless people?

The most difficult thing is to endure it on a psychological basis. Guides are in hard life situations, and their problems get transferred to you. It’s very exhausting. I never had a problem with them not respecting me. I am primarily an employer and a person to whom they can talk. I am less of a friend; that was the case at the beginning, but that relationship changes, of course, over time.

Have you ever been in a dangerous situation in such an environment?

I would not say a dangerous situation literally, but an unpleasant one. I’ve found myself several times in a dormitory with a few workers and homeless people who, after a while, will make dire suggestions. I’ve even witnessed a few attacks among the homeless, and in that case, you have to be alert and react quickly.

What do you plan for the future?

For the homeless, there is still a lot to do. We want to ensure dignified and interesting housing and mobile showers, and we also want to allow people to help the homeless. We have many new plans, so we are looking for suitable partners and investors to help us realize them.

Website: http://pragulic.cz/

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Poverty tourism: homeless guides show Prague's less salubrious side

Social enterprise Pragulic employs homeless people in the Czech capital to raise awareness of the hardship of life on the streets

N icknamed Sherwood thanks to its reputation as a hangout of thieves and vagabonds, the park outside Hlavní Nádraží, Prague’s main train station, isn’t typically included on a walking tour of the Czech capital. However, it’s obvious from Karim’s shocking pink feather eyelashes and broken umbrella that he isn’t your average tour guide.

Karim, who spent decades on the streets as a sex worker and drug user, is one of ten homeless guides currently employed by social enterprise Pragulic . On Friday evenings he escorts curious tourists and locals on a route of his own devising that takes in major landmarks and less salubrious side streets – all illuminated by Karim’s lively patter, which blends historical facts, tall tales and matter-of-fact explanations of the realities of homelessness.

Launched in August 2012 by three students on the masters programme in civil sector studies at Charles University in Prague, Pragulic’s mission is twofold: to provide employment to homeless people (it currently employs 10 guides) while raising awareness of the hardships they face.

Locals and visitors pay 250 Czech Republic koruna (£7) each and guides receive a flat fee of 353czk (£10) per tour plus tips; the rest is used to cover running costs as well as provide a range of support services including free haircuts, help finding employment and access to a psychologist.

Karim credits his work for Pragulic with turning his life around: “it’s better in terms of accommodation, lifestyle, in terms of the fact that I am, in brackets, a celebrity.” He now lives in sheltered housing and earns a living through guiding along with other awareness raising activities put on by Pragulic.

Pragulic co-founder, Tereza Jurečkova, sitting by the water

Tereza Jurečkova, the project’s co-founder and director, recalls “the beginning was very hard. We didn’t have any money and we needed a lot of guidance because we didn’t have any experience.”

Initially guides were recruited via the DivaDno theatre that worked with the homeless, and Nový Prostor, the Czech equivalent of the Big Issue. Now that Pragulic has become better known, those interested in guiding get in touch directly. Jurečkova and her team provide training which includes help with presentation skills and access to research materials.

Pragulic is now entirely financed by revenue raised through payment for its services. “Since basically the end of 2013 we became a financial sustainable, and then profitable, organisation,” Jurečkova says. All profits are reinvested into the support services.

While all such organisations must somehow balance altruistic and commercial goals, Simon Teasdale , professor of public policy and organisations at Glasgow Caledonian University, observes that “there are other challenges around homeless people needing much higher levels of support than conventional employees.”

Teasdale is also sceptical about long term impact: “It’s almost certainly not the most needy homeless people who’ll be running the tours but nobody’s really found a proper way to help those people who need it most.”

Does he regard the concept as a type of poverty tourism? “There is an exploitative aspect to it – wanting to see how poor people live,” said Teasdale, who has conducted extensive research into the role social enterprises can have in assisting the homeless. That said, he can see the positive worth in such initiatives. “It does, I suppose, make the homeless people feel more valued because people are interested in their lives and their stories.”

Karim confirms that he finds sharing his difficult experiences with an audience therapeutic. “It cleanses me so I don’t have negative thoughts or self-pity.” There are, however, uncomfortable moments: “Sometimes it’s like shock therapy because you never know what kind of people will come and what they’ll ask,” he says.

As well as the walking tours, Pragulic generates additional income from presentations in schools, team building events and the 24 Hour Homeless Experience . Billed on its website as creating “agents of change”, the latter involves spending a full day with one of its guides surviving on the streets. Participants hand over their wallets and clothes, and are given an alternative outfit and 30czk – around 85p.

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Sociologist Petr Vašát attended the experience and was accompanied by Karim, who received around 1,000czk (£28) of the total 3,600czk cost. The academic attempted begging on Prague’s tourist-crammed Na Příkopě street, went dumpster diving for food and slept in a night shelter.

While some may regard this kind of activity as voyeuristic, Petr found it gave him invaluable insight that even a three-year ethnographic research project he had conducted on the subject could not. “I was really surprised how the conditions and experiences are reflected in your physical state – a sort of embodiment,” Petr recalls.

With around 16,000 customers to date, Pragulic has been so successful that it has provided a blueprint for similar projects in two other Czech cities, České Budějovice and Olomouc. “We have local teams there who answer to us under our brand with our know-how,” Jurečkova said.

Similar initiatives with homeless guides exist in several European cities including Berlin, Barcelona and London. Although the essential concept remains the same, business models vary: in contrast to Pragulic’s flat fee, London’s Unseen Tours gives 60% of customer revenue directly to guides.

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Prague Through the Eyes of the Homeless People – an authentic tour of Prague’s street-life with an experienced guide – all the ups and downs of the city at once.

On this tour, attendees will go off the beaten path to discover Prague’s historic city center from a different local perspective. The tour will give them a deeper understanding of the stereotypes homeless people face in Czech society, what it takes to survive while homeless, and how one can struggle to get on the right path. They will learn about different means of income for homeless people, including both legal ones and illegal ones like stealing, smuggling, or prostitution. They will learn about the role drugs, alcohol, and other addictions can play in life without a home.

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Out of all the amazing activities from this unforgettable Prague spring trip, the homeless walking tour given by someone who used to be homeless herself was something that stuck with me and made me heavily reflect.

In this activity, we were guided around many parts of the hustling bustling city of Prague, and were shown different places of significance for homeless people, both currently and from the past, thanks to the personal experience of the tour guide.   Although I can’t particularly think of anything I did that could be seen as a CAS activity, the cooking for the homeless that my group and I did afterwards could’ve been considered a service activity.

But notably, the walking tour and the heavy-hitting words from the guide about life on the streets made me all the more motivated and inspired during the cooking. Moreover, if the guide were to hypothetically submit a CAS activity, hers would’ve definitely been a service. I genuinely cannot recall the last time I felt so moved and felt so aware of a different part of society, her speeches made me so much more open-minded. I will never forget her act of service by teaching us so much about an almost taboo or touchy subject that needs to be openly discussed more.   This activity also helped me realize my lack of open-mindedness when it comes to struggling parts of society, everyone knows that they struggle, but not many truly think about how many things that are normal for the comfortable people in society and how the things that we do can affect the ones who are struggling to get by. With this activity, I felt enlightened, and I experienced much personal growth because of the in-depth look into this part of society.

Therefore, because of how much this activity stuck with me, I gained the inspiration to want to look into planning future CAS activities to hopefully help out my local homeless communities. I remember, during one of the guide’s speeches, she talks about different shelters and what they did for the homeless, which made me reflect on what my home countries are doing.

So, at one point, I want to look into shelters and help centres locally, and see if I could do anything to help them in hopes of changing something or even just making their lives a little easier.

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Prague homeless hired as tour guides to show different part of city life

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Prague will soon have teams of homeless people as tour guides if an award-winning student project has its way.

The idea was created by three Czech graduate students who entered a contest asking for ideas on how to best solve social problems through entrepreneurship.

“The tours are all based on the personal experience of the guides,” said Tereza Jureckova, one of the founders of the initiative, Pragulic, reported the Christian Science Monitor .

“Throughout the tours they’re sharing their personal stories, along with sharing sites.”

It is estimated that Prague has nearly 4000 homeless people said the Prague Post with that number increasing everyday amidst a recession.

The innovative tour company is already up and running with nine tours, all designed by the once homeless guides.

Tours include visits to guides' childhood neighborhoods and soup kitchens and homeless shelters.

“It’s still easy for them to return to homelessness, so we are trying to help prevent it,” said Jureckova, reported the Christian Science Monitor .

The tours are aimed at a younger, more alternative crowd that are sick of sanitized historical tours.

Despite the hype, homeless tours are nothing new.

Similar tours are offered in San Francisco, New Delhi, Melbourne and a number of other cities.

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In Prague, the Homeless are Now Giving Visitors City Tours

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There’s a side of Prague that few visitors see. The gritty spaces under bridges, the anonymous faces sleeping in train stations, the men and women sitting on park benches carrying their entire lives in a backpack. These are Prague’s homeless. As a non-profit organisation, Pragulic organises city tours guided by the homeless, allowing you to discover another side to Prague.

A new city tour has been launched in Prague, aiming to show you a side of the city that very few people get to see. The tour guides are currently homeless and working to find a way out of their situation. With them as your guides you will get a chance to enter squatted buildings, discover less known landmarks, and see the hidden corners of the city that the homeless call home.

Homeless tour guide Helca

The tours are an allegory in many ways, a journey starts at a train or bus station and works its way though the city. In a way, these tours are a poignant reference to the life of the homeless that are part of Pragulic –their journey to change their lives, to earn money, to find their way back into mainstream society. Pragulic’s tour guides are paid for their work, but they also are given a chance to do something meaningful without being rejected or discriminated against.

The tours are mostly focused on the guides themselves and what life is like for Prague’s homeless. As the tour guides will tell you, many of the over 4000 homeless living in Prague ended up that way because of issues with drugs, alcohol or gambling. However, many became homeless after running away from home, losing their jobs or going through personal tragedies. You’ll hear their personal stories as you walk through the city.

The tour takes you to places Prague’s homeless call home

Because the tours are so connected to the life of the tour guide, they all offer a very different experience. For example, tour guide Vaclav used to be wealthy but lost everything and now lives under the Hlavka bridge with his dog. He knows very well what it’s like to fall between the cracks of society and not be able to find your place again. Tour guide Helca (who is originally from Slovakia ) can tell you about the local drug scene and the role prostitution plays in the city.

The tours are educational and fun, but they are also eye opening. You’ll walk away seeing the homeless in a completely different light, as people who stumbled along the way and weren’t able to get up and keep going the “regular” way.

The tours don’t stop because of rain

While Pragulic’s tours might have an underlying tone of sadness running through them, they are also inspiring. Some of the guides are walking away from a life of drugs and alcoholism and now stand on their own two feet, willing to show others that it can be done. Others, like tour guide Zuzka, spend their time helping homeless youth and cooking for other homeless people through a program called “Cooks Without Home.”

Pragulic’s tours offer a chance to hear unique details about the city’s history and architecture, but it’s the people leading the tours that you will remember long after the walk is over.

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Prague Homeless – The Hobohemia Project

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HoBohemia was a 2-year research project run by the Institute of Sociology under the Czech Academy of Sciences covering homelessness in the cities of Prague and Plzen. It is estimated that there are 70,000 homeless people in the country and another 130,000 “at risk” of becoming homeless.

The first census of homeless people was in 2004 and was basically just a count of people sleeping on the streets (Prague Homeless total was @5000). The EU ETHOS program (European Typology of Homelessness and Housing Exclusion) defines being homeless as 1) without a roof, 2) without a house, 3) insecure housing or 4) inadequate housing. Subsequent homeless studies have largely concentrated on the numbers within the first and second categories.

The HoBohemia project was set up to cover all 4 of the above categories, to not just crunch numbers but also to understand how homelessness happens, what it is to be homeless, seasonal rhythms, life strategies and urban social movement . It is not a census, it is an investigation by a team of social anthropologists, sociologists and urban geographers.

Their goals are defined as: 1) to identify the characteristics of homeless persons, their life trajectories and causes of their homelessness. 2) to describe patterns of spatial and temporal mobility of homeless persons in urban space and the factors which influence them. 3) from the perspective of the homeless to describe places and locations they inhabit in public space, and which are used by those persons for their activities. 4) to describe their time-perception and uncover where it comes from.

HoBohemia is unique in that it does not seek to support the homeless, they do not provide food or shelter etc. It “employs” Plzen and Prague homeless people by involving them in the project and defines this process as RDS (Respondent Driven Sampling) to acquire data in a structured manner. Many Plzen and Prague homeless people have agreed to carry GPS trackers. Some have been given cameras to take pictures of their everyday activities then to be asked why they chose to take particular pictures and the impact that this scene had on them either good or bad. Homeless people covered by the project are regularly interviewed about their lives and circumstances as Ethnology (the study of people and cultures) is at the heart of the project.

One of the initial findings was homelessness has been in relation to debt and above you’ll find a breakdown of the figures of 468 people involved in the project. Notice how the value of debt is far more of a factor with the younger homeless than the older but overall two in every three has some kind of debt problem.

The Project ended in December 2017. You can read more about it on the HoBohemia website . If you want to support the Prague homeless then take a look at the Novy Prostor – Czech Big Issue page and for an example of the homeless made good then be inspired by the Story of Bohumil Fiala .

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FriendShip Prague is an English-speaking network of Czechs and Expats which exists to provide support and friendship to people in need in Prague. Our history is connected to the Help Prague`s Homeless group, where we first meet and volunteered since January 2018. In 2021, we have expanded to a bigger “ship” in order to support more of our homeless friends, registering FriendShip as a formal registered non-profit. Driven by our values of community and cooperation, FriendShip Prague communicates in English so that non-Czech speakers can be given opportunities to learn more and work together to serve those in need.

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We gather food, clothes and other necessities every weekend. We not only supply goods but, most importantly, we provide friendship and guidance. For this reason, we listen to all needs and wishes of our friends, trying to offer what each of them, truly and specifically, requires and desires. We seek to restore their sense of dignity and humanity through mutual and genuine friendships.

FriendShip Prague is a place where members of the expat, Czech, volunteer, and homeless communities can meet, access resources, and share their journeys. A network of friends with a ‘people matter’ attitude who aim to turn philanthropy into a habit.

The FriendShip Prague Instagram is an online page of positivity, built on beautiful stories that we publish to inspire generosity and to show you the impact that your donations are having on our work with the homeless.

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Our vision is to be a community-based effort that supports the homeless community in Prague from a central location. Our long-term goal for is to launch our Day Center Ship that will be the heart of our work, effort and fun! There, we will organize our regular activities and events, we will meet our homeless friends and listen to their needs, we will gather food and clothes and we will also provide shower and hygiene services, trying to aid those who want to reintegrate in the community. Our dream for the future is to launch a café` & atelier where homeless people could be employed.

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City game “Prague Homeless Challenge” is an interactive half-day to full-day program for groups of young people, focused primarily on high school and middle school students; its main aim is promotion of education in the areas of social awareness, sustainability and ecology. The concept stands on three basic interconnected pillars, namely: practical training in survival on the street (e.g. building transitional homes, tour of an asylum house, salvaging articles from garbage containers) charitable activities (e.g. recovery of public space, grading the quality of waste recycling, visit to a homeless community) entertainment (e.g. relay running race with a full plastic bag, street art, community art) The whole program builds on the rich experience of our homeless guides of life on the street, their useful knowledge, for example in the field of waste recycling. There is a large variety of tasks and activities available; the specific program is tailored to the needs of each group.Ideal number of participants is 15-20.

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All aboard the FriendShip: New platform connects Prague's homeless with volunteers

A new project from the help prague’s homeless group wants to provide aid to a larger proportion of the homeless community..

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Life for Prague’s homeless community is hard, but there are ways to help. A number of organizations exist providing goods and services to help improve the situation facing homeless people, and schemes are being introduced to allow people to help through donations.

Now, the Help Prague’s Homeless organization is launching a new platform to provide support for a wider community. FriendShip Prague is a united community of Czechs, expats, and homeless people coming together to connect over shared experiences.

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The Help Prague’s Homeless Facebook group will remain a platform for volunteers and nonprofit organizations. FriendShip Prague is a new organization with its own program for the provision of goods and services to homeless people, including at 2 hostels: Sophie’s Hostel, accommodating 64 men and women, and the women’s-only Amadeus, accommodating 30 female residents.

While providing essential services, food and clothes, FriendShip Prague also focuses on providing vital social connections, friendship and advice. With an emphasis on restoring a sense of dignity to those in need, the organization aims to launch a Day Center Ship as the beating heart of its operations. The Center would organize regular activities and events with volunteers, while providing counselling services and a restaurant employing homeless people.

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“We are continuously working towards our goal of opening the Day Center Ship, but this will take time and, most importantly, financial resources which we do not currently possess. In the meantime, we are seeking a more temporary office to store extra clothing and goods donated by volunteers,” said FriendShip Prague.

“People can support us to turn this dream into a reality by making an online financial contribution ,” they added.

FriendShip Prague is set to launch a new initiative, called the CZK 20 Program. This initiative will see bars, restaurants and shops asked to become members of the FriendShip network, with donors asked to eat or shop at one of these partner businesses. Shoppers and diners will have the option to add CZK 20 to their bill, to go towards funding for programs and resources for the city’s homeless community.

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With Covid making in-person programs difficult to carry out, emphasis is also being placed on events, to which volunteers are always welcome.

“For larger-scale events, we are planning to organize opportunities for members of the homeless community to showcase their art work, music, and photography at various locations throughout the city. We are also planning city tours, led by residents of our hostels who are keen to share their personal stories of homelessness,” said FriendShip Prague.

With pandemic restrictions lifted, FriendShip Prague is looking forward to new programs and events. The establishment of this platform provides a new opportunity for the public to help improve the lives of homeless people in the Czech capital.

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In Prague, the Homeless are Now Giving Visitors City Tours

In prague, the homeless can take you on tours to discover a sadder, darker side of the czech capital very few visitors ever get to see..

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There’s a side of Prague that few visitors see. The gritty spaces under bridges, the anonymous faces sleeping in train stations, the men and women sitting on park benches carrying their entire lives in a backpack. These are Prague’s homeless. As a non-profit organisation, Pragulic organises city tours guided by the homeless, allowing you to discover another side to Prague.

A new city tour has been launched in Prague, aiming to show you a side of the city that very few people get to see. The tour guides are currently homeless and working to find a way out of their situation. With them as your guides you will get a chance to enter squatted buildings, discover less known landmarks, and see the hidden corners of the city that the homeless call home.

The tours are an allegory in many ways, a journey starts at a train or bus station and works its way though the city. In a way, these tours are a poignant reference to the life of the homeless that are part of Pragulic –their journey to change their lives, to earn money, to find their way back into mainstream society. Pragulic’s tour guides are paid for their work, but they also are given a chance to do something meaningful without being rejected or discriminated against.

The tours are mostly focused on the guides themselves and what life is like for Prague’s homeless. As the tour guides will tell you, many of the over 4000 homeless living in Prague ended up that way because of issues with drugs, alcohol or gambling. However, many became homeless after running away from home, losing their jobs or going through personal tragedies. You’ll hear their personal stories as you walk through the city.

Because the tours are so connected to the life of the tour guide, they all offer a very different experience. For example, tour guide Vaclav used to be wealthy but lost everything and now lives under the Hlavka bridge with his dog. He knows very well what it’s like to fall between the cracks of society and not be able to find your place again. Tour guide Helca (who is originally from Slovakia ) can tell you about the local drug scene and the role prostitution plays in the city.

The tours are educational and fun, but they are also eye opening. You’ll walk away seeing the homeless in a completely different light, as people who stumbled along the way and weren’t able to get up and keep going the “regular” way.

While Pragulic’s tours might have an underlying tone of sadness running through them, they are also inspiring. Some of the guides are walking away from a life of drugs and alcoholism and now stand on their own two feet, willing to show others that it can be done. Others, like tour guide Zuzka, spend their time helping homeless youth and cooking for other homeless people through a program called “Cooks Without Home.”

Pragulic’s tours offer a chance to hear unique details about the city’s history and architecture, but it’s the people leading the tours that you will remember long after the walk is over.

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10 Alternative Tours of Prague (and 1 to Avoid)

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This post was originally published in October, 2016 and was updated in November, 2017.

There are so many ways to see a city – museums, walking tours, guidebooks – but experienced travelers want authenticity with their history. This alternative guide to Prague tours includes passionate individuals who can introduce you to the Czech capital through different eyes, no matter what your interests.

The Ghost Tour

Prague has plenty of dark stories lying beneath its cobble-stoned streets. On this tour, you’ll hear urban legends about the Golem living in one of the Jewish synagogues, the romantic struggles of a nunnery and the unfortunate fate of the man who designed Prague’s Astronomical clock. The charismatic guides in historic costumes tell their tales by the flickering lights of an oil-burning lantern.

Mysterium Tours: The Dark Shadows of the Old Town +420 776 010 952 mysteriumtours.com Days: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday Duration: 2 hours Price: adults €20; students €18

The Food Tour

What people eat can tell a lot about a culture, which is why we love introducing people to the world of Czech cuisine. Our Prague Food Tour ranges from a traditional soup at the top of a bell tower to a traditional butcher off Wenceslas Square or Napoleon’s connection to a local dessert. As the Czechs like to say before any meal, dobrou chut or enjoy your meal! There’s also now an evening food tour from Prague castle .

Eating Prague: Prague Food Tour +420 228 885 011 eatingpraguetours. com Days: Monday – Saturday Duration: 4 hours Price: adults €84; adolescents €72; children €50

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  The Homeless Tour

It is often said that “A nation’s greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members.” In this alternative tour, members of Prague’s homeless community give visitors a glimpse of their life on the streets and the personal stories that brought them there. Pragulic supports their guides with presentation training, a source of income and access to a psychologist. Tour options include team-building activities that apply street smarts to the business world or experiencing a few hours or a full day in a homeless person’s shoes.

Pragulic +420 725 314 930 pragulic. cz Days: Daily Duration: 5-24 hours Price: adults 250-2400 CZK

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The Bike Tour

Health conscious travelers can burn off last night’s meal by seeing the city on two wheels. A bike tour is one of the most efficient ways to see Prague, covering sights on both sides of the river in half the time. This tour is tested and approved for even beginner and amateur cyclists (although Prague’s cobblestone streets do make it a bumpy ride) and there are plenty of stops for photos and storytelling from your guide.

Praha Bike: Classic City Tour +420 732 388 880 prahabike. cz Days: Daily Duration: 2.5 hours Price: adults 540 CZK

The Beer Tour

A foam-topped pivo (Czech for beer) is an essential part of the culture and often the first word the locals like to teach visitors. This “brews and views” tour will show you exactly why Czechs drink more beer per capita than any country in the world . You’ll visit microbreweries and pubs, learn about Czech beer history, and catch some stunning views across the city from little-known spots that’ll leave you feeling like the ultimate VIP.

Eating Prague: Brews and Views Beer Tour +420 228 885 011 eatingpraguetours. com Days: Tuesday – Saturday Duration: 3.5 hours Price: adults €65

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  The Communism Tour

Prague spent a large portion of the 20th century under Communism, which shaped the character of both the city and its residents. This guided tour pulls back the Iron Curtain to help visitors imagine what life before the Velvet Revolution really looked like. Stories include the largest Stalin statue ever built and the details of the Prague Spring, plus a visit to an authentic 1950s nuclear bunker.

Prague Special Tours: Communism & Nuclear Bunker Tour +420 777 172 177 prague-communism-tour.com Days: Daily Duration: 2 hours Price: adults 600 CZK

 The Academic Tour

Insight Prague guides come with impressive academic credentials and extensive knowledge in their areas of expertise. The company promises “truly informed tours for travelers who like to learn.” Feel free to ask detailed questions during these master classes in subjects like Art Nouveau and Cubist Architecture, Stories of Jewish Prague or a detailed look at the history of the Prague Castle.

Insight Prague +420 777 036 515 insightcities. com Days: By reservation Duration: 3 hours Price: adults about 1,500 CZK (US$60)

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The Art Lover’s Tour

If you see an unusual sculpture while walking through the streets of Prague, there’s a good chance it came from local artist David Černy. This alternative tour shows travelers all of the typical sights (Prague Castle, Charles Bridge, Wenceslas Square) that share the city streets with this controversial artist’s work. Some of Černy’s famous pieces include an upside-down saint on a horse hanging from a ceiling, a pair of bronze men urinating into a fountain, and babies with bar codes as faces climbing Prague’s TV tower. Your guide can explain the meanings behind these unusual works of art.

Private Prague Guide : Prague City & Street Art Tour – In the footsteps of David Černý +420 773 103 102 private-prague-guide.com Days: By reservation Duration: 4 hours Price: 2,400 CZK

The Vintage Car Tour

An alternative tour is as much about finding interesting ways to take the journey as seeing the destinations. A ride in a vintage 1929 Praga or 1939 Mercedes allows guests with limited mobility (or just tired legs) to avoid hours of walking while still enjoying the capital city in style. The open top offers an unobstructed view for photos, and individual rental means you get to determine the length, route, and start time.

Prague History Trips historytrip. cz Days: By reservation Duration: 40-120 minutes Price: 1,200 CZK – 3,000 CZK

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While you’re in prague why not check out one of our fantastic food tours you can choose from:  prague food tour ,  craft beer & food tasting tour  and the  prague evening tour from prague castle..

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  The Romantic’s Tour

If you’re not exhausted after any of these other alternative tours, and you’re in Prague together with your ‘special someone’, you could end the day with a quiet, romantic evening at a secluded location overlooking the city. Just as the sun is about to set, you casually walk your lover along the park on Petrin Hill to suddenly find yourselves in the atmosphere of love and romance created just for the two of you. Surrounded by candles at a table covered with rose petals, you open up a bottle of champagne and finish your day in Prague in the most romantic way possible while the city provides the background.

Prague for Two: Your romantic evening in Prague +420 774 536 828 praguefortwo.com Days: By reservation Duration: upon agreement Average price: €150 (depends on client preferences) 

 *The Segway Tour

Local tip – while segways are available to tourists, these two-wheeled vehicles are extremely unpopular with Prague residents, mostly because of riders’ inexperience with navigating them in crowded areas. Choosing any other alternative tour will help keep dirty looks from the locals out of all of your vacation photos.

Planning your trip to Prague? Explore the city’s culture, history, and food by taking our Prague Food Tour or our Craft Beer & Food Tasting Tour for incredible Czech delicacies!

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    Experience Prague through the eyes of homeless people. Toggle navigation. Tours . Individual Tours; Group Tours; Experiences . 24 hours without home; Team building; Homeless challenge; E-Shop; About Us . Our Story; Blog; ... By purchasing our tour, you give hope and a second chance to the guide . We train and employ homeless people to help them ...

  2. Prague's Homeless: Working As Tour Guides

    Founded by students in 2012, Pragulic - a social enterprise that helps the city's homeless find work as tour guides - is seeing a growth in interest. Led by Robert, who has been without a permanent address for 12 years, Andrew Day veers off the Czech capital's well-worn cobblestones to experience homelessness firsthand. But is it tourism or voyeurism?

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    About. Pragulic is a social business that employs homeless people as tour guides in the streets of Prague. We challenge stereotypes and rebrand homelessness by enabling people to experience the world from a homeless perspective. Discover Prague in a different way with our homeless guided tour!

  4. Prague Homeless, The Hermes Boat

    There are around 68,500 homeless people in the Czech Republic. Almost 120,000 adults and children live in unstable or unsuitable accommodation. At any given time about 5000 of them are Prague homeless. Just under a quarter of the country's homeless are women, almost 12 percent are under 18 and over 10 percent are aged 65 or more.

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    Homeless people have been guiding tourists for five years Tereza Jurečková had a brave idea for a project called Pragulic, which shows people the capital ... Discover Prague Through the Eyes of the Homeless May 17, 2021. ... This opportunity to take part in this unusual tour is also offered in Olomouc and České Budějovice.

  6. Find out how it is to be homeless in Prague

    Street newspaper. If you don't feel simulating homelessness, then support the homeless in Prague by buying their NP magazine (NP - Novy Prostor, Czech for New Space). It is in Czech with one article in English and the cost is only 30 CZK (€1.10). You will find the sellers at the exit of the metro stations. The NP magazine sellers are ...

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    The homeless guide to Prague. Being that Prague is one of the most scenic and historical cities in Europe, there are an abundance of tours all around the city. But no tour experience is quite as unique as Pragulic tours, which show you Prague through the eyes of a homeless person. The Pragulic project is an incredible way to change how people ...

  8. Get to Know Prague With the Eyes of Homeless People

    The homeless have been accompanying tourists for five years. Tereza Jurečková had the idea for a courageous project called Pragulic, which shows people the capital of Prague from a homeless perspective arose. ... During the 4-hour walking tour of Prague, you will be introduced to the most interesting and significant historical sites in Prague ...

  9. Homeless Tour Guides Lead Tourists Around Prague

    A tourism organization in Prague has come up with a new spin on the usual walking tour of the city. Pragulic, a combination of Prague and the Czech word for "streets" employs homeless people living in the capital as guides.

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    Despite being often regarded as poverty tourism, the social enterprise Pragulic employs homeless people to show the Czech capital through their eyes - and gets them needed help. He emerges from a rear entrance of Praha-Smíchov, a railway station located well outside the city centre. By most measures, he is nondescript: a middle-age man in ...

  11. Poverty tourism: homeless guides show Prague's less salubrious side

    Launched in August 2012 by three students on the masters programme in civil sector studies at Charles University in Prague, Pragulic's mission is twofold: to provide employment to homeless ...

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    Educational, Talk, Outdoor activity, Guided tour, City walk Prague Through the Eyes of the Homeless People - an authentic tour of Prague's street-life with an experienced guide - all the ups and downs of the city at once.

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    Out of all the amazing activities from this unforgettable Prague spring trip, the homeless walking tour given by someone who used to be homeless herself was something that stuck with me and made me heavily reflect. In this activity, we were guided around many parts of the hustling bustling city of Prague, and were shown different places of ...

  14. Prague homeless hired as tour guides to show different part of city

    It is estimated that Prague has nearly 4000 homeless people said the Prague Post with that number increasing everyday amidst a recession. The innovative tour company is already up and running with nine tours, all designed by the once homeless guides. Tours include visits to guides' childhood neighborhoods and soup kitchens and homeless shelters.

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    Homeless Tours of Prague Take a different view of the Golden City. Written by Lisette Allen Published on 18.03.2013 10:45:22 (updated on 18.03.2013) ... the award-winning brainchild of three postgraduate students at Charles University, there are now walking tours led by the homeless offering a unique opportunity to explore Prague's grittier side.

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    HoBohemia was a 2-year research project run by the Institute of Sociology under the Czech Academy of Sciences covering homelessness in the cities of Prague and Plzen. It is estimated that there are 70,000 homeless people in the country and another 130,000 "at risk" of becoming homeless. The first census of homeless people was in 2004 and ...

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    Friends with a smile. FriendShip Prague is an English-speaking network of Czechs and Expats which exists to provide support and friendship to people in need in Prague. Our history is connected to the Help Prague`s Homeless group, where we first meet and volunteered since January 2018. In 2021, we have expanded to a bigger "ship" in order to ...

  20. Homeless challenge

    City game "Prague Homeless Challenge" is an interactive half-day to full-day program for groups of young people, focused primarily on high school and middle school students; its main aim is promotion of education in the areas of social awareness, sustainability and ecology. The concept stands on three basic interconnected pillars, namely ...

  21. All aboard the FriendShip: New platform connects Prague's homeless with

    The Help Prague's Homeless Facebook group will remain a platform for volunteers and nonprofit organizations. FriendShip Prague is a new organization with its own program for the provision of goods and services to homeless people, including at 2 hostels: Sophie's Hostel, accommodating 64 men and women, and the women's-only Amadeus ...

  22. In Prague, the Homeless are Now Giving Visitors City Tours

    The gritty spaces under bridges, the anonymous faces sleeping in train stations, the men and women sitting on park benches carrying their entire lives in a backpack. These are Prague's homeless. As a non-profit organisation, Pragulic organises city tours guided by the homeless, allowing you to discover another side to Prague.

  23. 10 Alternative Tours of Prague (and 1 to Avoid)

    Mystery soup on Eating Prague's food tour! The Homeless Tour It is often said that "A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members." In this alternative tour, members of Prague's homeless community give visitors a glimpse of their life on the streets and the personal stories that brought them there.