The Women’s Educational Institute Brno, known as Vesna, started its activities in May 2021 as an informal volunteer group. Its core activity was humanitarian aid distribution centre for families in need. Vesna cared for ca. three hundred families. It was not only clothes, appliances, electronics or toys. Vesna offered a consultation on social services in Brno and South Moravia. On 7 February 2022, the Women’s Educational Institute Brno, z. ú. was formally established. Since April 2022 Vesna has been operating in the Education and Community Centre at Údolní 10 and in the Wardrobe – Šatník at Pellicova 2c. Vesna also includes accommodation for families fleeing war “U voršilek”.
Vesna on Údolní provides educational, cultural, community and counselling activities for clients and their families. The Vesna Children’s Center includes a daycare for 12 children, clubs, a playroom for children and parents, and afternoon childcare. Educational activities for adults are aimed at a more dignified position of women in society, better employment and good physical, mental and social health. Šatník (the Wardrobe) is designed as a re-use centre with a humanitarian focus, where families in need and people who care about the environment come for material equipment.