Patrons

Lucie is the founder of Breakfaststory, a platform supporting social entrepreneurship and people in need. She is the winner of the Via Bona Award, which is awarded annually by the Via Foundation (2020). In 2023, she received a Special Mention in the Olga Havel Prizes awarded by the Good Will Committee - Olga Havel Foundation. A year later, she received a state award, the Medal of Merit 1st Class, at Prague Castle. With the medal, she visits Czech special schools, where she takes money and also lectures children with disabilities about volunteering, sustainability and financial literacy. He also brings them the hope that each of us, regardless of disability, can win our own medal. She is currently working on the concept of a nationwide mentoring and development program for children and young people with disabilities. 

At the age of sixteen, Tomas was already working at the Academy of Sciences within the Institute of Plasma Physics. He was the first European to win The Earth Prize in 2025, when he and Slovak student Anna Podmanicka came up with the Pura project for innovative water purification using cold plasma and photocatalysis.

Today, he is studying biomedical engineering at Imperial College London, but he is also developing other projects - among other things, he is part of the global TikTok Youth Council advisory board and co-founder of the Czech student association STEM_HUB.

Lejla is a Czech presenter and founder of the Asante Kenya Foundation, which has been supporting community projects in Kenya since 2006. For the last decade she has been working with a remote Maasai community on the border of Kenya and Tanzania. For her humanitarian work, she received a bronze medal from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In addition to DOFE, she is also a patron of other non-profit and educational projects. She is, for example, one of the ambassadors of the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations for the Czech Republic (point No. 1 End Poverty), or patron of the international award for social innovation SozialMarie.

Michael is a chemist and science populariser who works at the Czech Academy of Sciences. He has long worked with Czech Television, the Ministry of Education, the British Council, the National Technical Museum and the AFO Festival. Michael is interested in inorganic chemistry and boranes. Through his work he wants to pass on his love and admiration for science to as many people as possible.

Klara is proof that stepping out of your comfort zone really pays off. She is currently studying abroad in the Erasmus Mundus programme, discovering new cultures and gaining experience that will take her further - not only in school, but also in life. She loves travelling, new challenges and situations that make her grow. She likes to try new things that others might not dare to do. Because she believes that's where the best stories begin.

You can follow her on Instagram as @klara_bouckova

Martina is involved in martial arts, in which she is an eight-time world champion. She is also the first Czech woman to win the title of world champion in hand to hand combat (a sport of armed and special forces) and the first European to be awarded a black belt in this discipline. Forbes magazine ranked her among the 24 most outstanding personalities of the year, making her one of the extraordinary women of the year. She trains at NATO in Brussels, plus designs jewellery, shows dresses and organises charity projects. She also acts as a goodwill ambassador for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in which she organises various projects for children and women together with her brother Joseph.

Josef is a long-term and elite representative of the Czech Republic in martial arts. He became a four-time world champion and three-time world vice-champion in grappling. He trains in NATO in Brussels, and performs in anti-terrorist exercises. He has been awarded several times for his achievements. He is also involved in various charity projects, both at home and abroad. He organizes various courses for the blind, children and women, and runs an anti-bullying project - Bullying in the Cage, which has the patronage of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. He devotes all his free time to passing on his skills to the public.

Martin is a student of history and English and a creator of educational content on social media. His work focuses on modern history, commemorating important historical anniversaries and connecting the past with contemporary social issues. In addition to online education, he lectures on what history should look like in the information war era and how the role of history education is changing in today's society. He is also a long-term researcher on the abuse of history by Russian state propaganda, especially in the context of contemporary conflicts.

You can follow Martin on Instagram as @budouciuciteldejepisu

Viktoria hosts her own podcast and used to work with Radio Junior. She is actively involved in saving sea turtles in Indonesia and helping African children in The Gambia as part of the Bikes for Africa project.

Zuzana is an animator, illustrator, painter and designer. For several years she has been designing clothes for the Olympic Games for rowers, creating short animated films, for which she has received several awards, and exhibiting her work in the Czech Republic and abroad. Apart from art, she is also a rower, where one of her greatest achievements is the 4th place at the World Rowing Championships.

Tatiana is one of the top Czech designers. In 1995, she founded the fashion brand TATIANA, with which she also dresses well-known foreign and Czech personalities. In 2015, for example, her gown in dove grey was worn by Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh and wife of Prince Edward, patron of DOFE, to the Swedish royal wedding. Tatiana participates in Fashion Week shows and exhibits in the Czech Republic, Paris and New York.

Lenka Helena is a mentor, inspirational speaker, writer, marketing expert, philanthropist, women's rights advocate and recipient of the Government Commissioner for Human Rights Award and the Olga Havel Foundation.

She has more than 25 years of marketing experience in senior positions at major companies such as WELLA, LEGO and MATTEL, where she successfully managed campaigns across Central and Eastern Europe. In 2022, she founded the Dobrodějna Humanitarian Centre, which still helps people in need today. Today, Lenka Helena runs her own company, mentors and inspires women.

Clara has been a patron of DOFE since 2012. She has regularly moderated our ceremonial events and presented certificates at ceremonies. She hosted the first Gala evening at the Martinique Palace in Prague in 2013, was present at the visit of Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, in 2015 and again hosted the Gala evening in 2017 at Prague Castle. "With her straightforward nature, she once again charmed Prince Edward and lifted him out of his chair with her whistle to calm the hall," recalls DOFE board chairman Jiří Zrůst. 

She has also been actively involved in other events, most recently in 2024 when she moderated one of our fundraising events. "She was a walking inspiration when meeting with students. I loved how she imparted to them that joie de vivre, purpose, determination, and yet a clear view that everyone must find their limit," he wrote on Facebook Ondřej Lochman, senator and former director of DOFE, who invited Klára as a patron to DOFE. "I remember many memories of Klara and the whole tragedy does not take away from the beauty of everything she did in her life for us and for the people around her," adds Jiří Zrůst. 

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