Centre for Arts and Play in Palliative Care
Bringing families with serious illness
relief, joy and lightness through
performance arts and play.
Vlaštovka (The Swallow) is a non-profit organization that is the first in the Czech Republic dedicated to the development of play work and arts in
palliative care.
Through play, we prepare children with serious illnesses for medical interventions, teach them strategies for coping with pain, create a safe environment to express emotions and bridge the period between home and an unfamiliar environment.
We play theater performances for children with serious illnesses and adults at the end of their lives, which help distract them from pain, activate their senses and offer the opportunity to encounter art at a time when they can no longer go to the theater themselves.