Social entrepreneurship on rise in Czech Republic

The number of companies employing disadvantaged people in the Czech Republic has been increasing over the past years. According to the P3 company which monitors the country’s social entrepreneurship, their number has tripled over the last three years from around seventy in 2012 to over 200 this year. Employees of the companies include people with various handicaps, former prisoners, homeless or long-term unemployed people. Most of the companies offer catering, cleaning and gardening services.

Author: Ruth Fraňková