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Sport
It gets children into a safe and motivating environment. Regular training gives the week a rhythm.
How it worksGrassroots social impact platform / in the field since 2015
The pitch is
only the beginning.
Mongaguá uses sport so that children and young people from socially disadvantaged backgrounds get a safe place, positive role models and a real chance to change their future.
01Mongaguá in one minute
Football is the tool.
Change is the goal.
We are not a distant institution deciding about social problems from an office. We are on the estates, on the pitches, among the parents and among the children. The model that started in Ústí nad Labem on a concrete yard in front of a block of flats now runs in eighteen teams across the country.
02Numbers
What actually
stands behind it
Verified figures as of August 2026. The hours worked are a kept record, not an estimate.
10
years in the field
since 2015
18
teams across the country
main branch Ústí nad Labem
400+
children involved
across the whole network
24
coaches
employed 2025–2026
30+
volunteers
regularly involved
4,875
hours with children
cumulative since 2015
3 Mongaguá players in the under-19 futsal national team
4 public awards including the Gratias Tibi prize
10+ media appearances from Czech Television to Deutsche Welle
03How it works
Out of the streets we build
room for a future.
The model is simple and that is exactly why it can be replicated. Every location goes through it the same way — only the people, the pitch and the pace change.
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Street
We are where the children spend their time. Not in an office, but in front of the block of flats.
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Pitch
Regular training gives the week a structure and the child a place to belong.
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Trust
The coach is often the first adult outside the family the child trusts.
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Development
To the sport we add school, responsibility and work on their own future.
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Opportunity
A move into a club, a finished school, a job. A concrete next step.
05Where we work
Mongaguá is not
a local project.
It is a model that can be built anywhere there is a pitch and someone who cares about the children. Click on a town and see who leads it.
founding location
Ústí nad Labem
Krásné Březno. A concrete yard between blocks of flats that became a pitch. The most active team in the network.
- Person in charge
- Lukáš Pulko, Matěj Čapek
- Children involved
- 60
Join us and put
your town on the map
Is there a space in your town or neighbourhood where the Mongaguá model could work?
We help start new local teams and connect people, towns, organisations and partners who want to create a safe and active space for children and young people.
06For companies
Social responsibility
that happens right on the street.
Mongaguá connects companies with communities where their social responsibility can create concrete, long-term impact. Not a logo on a banner. Cooperation that shows in the field.
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Grassroots impact
We are right inside the communities the problem concerns. Not above them.
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Concrete impact
The partner sees where and how their involvement works. The name of the town, the name of the coach, the number of children.
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Local relevance
A partnership can be tied to a specific town where the company operates.
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Employee engagement
Employees can take part in some of the activities — from mentoring to repairing a pitch.
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Long-term work
This is not a one-off charity event but the building of a stable environment.
07Mongaguá in the media
You don’t have to
take our word for it.
A sports club that gives children from poor families a new perspective and tries to lead them out of the spiral of unemployment and poverty.
Deutsche Welle (opens in a new window)
A profile for the Gratias Tibi award.
Česká televize (opens in a new window)
Mongaguá football among the tower blocks: tear down the wall, fix the pitch, play against racism.
Deník Referendum (opens in a new window)
08Partners
Who is in
it with us
Public institutions, towns, sports clubs and private companies. We do not rank partnerships by the size of the contribution — in the field the one who provides the jerseys matters as much as the one who pays the coach.
The OPRE Mongaguá project is co-funded by the European Union under the Jan Amos Komenský Operational Programme.
Let’s create a partnership
that shows in the field.
Tell us what your company does and where it operates. We will find a way to turn it into something that changes a specific place.