Rebuilding Hope for Brantice Families Together

My name is Lenka. I was born in a beautiful small town, Krnov, in the Czech Republic and was raised in the equally beautiful village of Brantice.

I currently live in the United States in Colorado.

Recently, my beautiful hometown and surrounding region were flooded with more than 100 years old water. Lots of homes, businesses, roads, schools, and factories were damaged, destroyed, and demolished. Families were left with little personal belongings while evacuating their homes by helicopters, old people losing the only place they felt safe, and many people feeling the impact of floods one way or another.

I was watching everything happening from another continent with tears in my eyes, seeing my little village where I just walked with my son this summer disappearing. My village, my hometown are being flooded once again 27 years later. I’ve experienced big floods in 1997 and the memories came right back!

Not knowing what is going to happen, how severe the floods will be, not even comprehending the aftershocks that come with it. The different phases of being scared and frightened by the big water taking everything in its way. The unknown of who is safe or not, how we are going to survive with no electricity and food. How long will this war-like situation last? Will there be enough strength and willpower in everyone to rebuild and restore our beautiful village, towns… the place we call our home?

I’ve lived through it and watching it this time from far away and not being there with everyone was devastating. The feeling of wanting to help and not being able to. My heart was broken and still is for my family, friends, and everyone affected by this.

I’ve been living in the USA for half of my life now and it’s been so good to me! Moving here allowed me to grow and blossom. I’ve been sharing my love and passion for what I love with everyone here since I moved and now I’m being called to share my love with the place where my roots are deeply rooted. My sweet, little village Brantice.

Will you share your love with my hometown?

All of your love/support will be used to make sure everyone is supplied with whatever is needed at the moment (gloves, shovels, brooms, cleaning supplies, batteries, disinfecting equipment, generators, pressure washers, mattresses, drinking water, food… etc.).

If you feel called, any little bit you can share goes a long way.

I thank you from the bottom of my heart ❤️