Logo of the Hungry Child International Fund

Humanitarian activity of the International Fund Hungry Child is world-wide known. Its founder (1969 in Zagreb) and the Secretary General was Vladimir Palecek (1940-1990). Only in the period from 1969 to 1979 humanitarian aid (medicaments, food, clothing, ambulances, money) has been sent to: Afganistan, Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Bhurma, Chad, Columbia, Cyprus, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gibouty, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Italy, Ivory Coast, Kenia, Lebanon, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mozabique, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Romania, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Upper Volta, Tunis, Turkey, Uganda, Vietnam, D.R. Yemen, former Yugoslavia, Zambia.

Many individuals (painters, musicians etc.) and companies (especially food producing and transport companies) in Croatia contributed to the activity of the International Fund Hungry Child. Vladimir Palecek also founded and was the Secretary General of the International Committee for the Protection of Unborn Children (1986 in Vienna) and the International Mission for Science and Peace (1988 in Geneva). He collaborated also with Mother Teresa.

Mother Teresa in Zagreb in 1977 with Fr. Anto Gabric and Vladimir Palacek on the left. Many thanks to Snjezana Bozic for the photo.

• Vladimir Paleček: Gladno dijete, Obnovljeni život : časopis za filozofiju i religijske znanosti, Vol.34. No.6. Prosinac 1979.
• Zvonimir Separovic: In memoriam – Vladimir Palecek [PDF]
  

It would be hardly possible even to trace all the aspects of humanitarian activity during the years of the aggression on Croatia.

We offer you a very interesting and successful illustration of humanitarian activity in Croatia:

• The Lipik Orphanage and Colonel Mark Cook