Charita sv. Alexandra

Charita sv. Alexandra is a charity based in Ostrava, Czech Republic working on disability, mental health, employment & skills.

Charita sv. Alexandra is a charity in Ostrava, Czech Republic, part of the Diocesan Charity of Ostrava-Opava. It runs social services, including supported housing for people with chronic mental illness and a social counselling centre, and operates sheltered workshops that employ people with disabilities. The workshops produce textile, ceramic, leather, wood and furniture items, and provide subcontracting and assembly work. Companies can meet their statutory obligation to employ people with disabilities through alternative-compliance arrangements with the organisation. Its services focus mainly on the Ostrava region, Havířov, Karviná, Frýdek-Místek, Opava and Nový Jičín, with alternative-compliance cooperation available across the Moravian-Silesian Region and the wider Czech Republic.