Praha

What Praha does

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Name

Praha

Legal name

Svaz neslyšících a nedoslýchavých osob v ČR, z. s.

Website

https://snncr.cz

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

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Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412), Translation and Interpretation Services (541930), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Note-Taking, Interpreting & Communication Access Services (EDALAGAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Assistive Hearing & Communication Access (Captioning, Hearing Support, Transcription) (EDAFAKAC), Deaf/Hard of Hearing & Vision Services (Audiology, Interpreting, Orientation & Mobility) (EDAJAKAI)

Keywords

• Sign language interpreting
• Social counseling services
• Assistive device lending
• Deaf community advocacy
• Deaf crisis hotline

Headquarters

HQ city

Praha 8 - Karlín

HQ country

Czechia

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Social services provision: Provides social services including interpreting, social counseling, social rehabilitation, and equipment loans for people with hearing impairments. Services are funded through government subsidies and public donations.
2. Public funding and grants: Receives support from government bodies including Prague City, Czech Government Office, Ministry of Culture, European Social Fund Plus, and regional authorities.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

SNN v ČR delivers a comprehensive suite of social services to people with hearing impairments across the Czech Republic. Core services include professional sign language interpreting between Czech and Czech Sign Language (coordinated through the nationwide CZTN service), basic and professional social counseling, social rehabilitation aimed at independence and self-sufficiency, socially activating services for persons at risk of social exclusion, and free loan of compensatory aids such as hearing aids, FM systems, and induction loops. The organization also operates the 'Neslyšící v krizi' crisis hotline for deaf sign language users.

Product overview

SNN v ČR (Svaz neslyšících a nedoslýchavých osob v ČR / Association of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Czechia) is the largest non-profit organization in the Czech Republic serving people with hearing impairments. The organization provides a comprehensive suite of social services including interpreting services (via CZTN), social counseling, social rehabilitation, socially activating services, and a loan program for compensatory aids and hearing aids. Special initiatives include the crisis hotline 'Neslyšící v krizi' for emergency support in sign language, the 'Neslyšící ženy' group for deaf women, and the quarterly magazine 'Bez hranic komunikace'. The organization operates through 50 affiliated organizations, 3 regional organizations, 5 counseling centers, and 24 hearing-impaired associations across the Czech Republic, supported by 5 public benefit corporations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sociální poradenství (Social Counseling) Basic and professional social counseling services for people with hearing impairments, providing information on resolving unfavorable social situations and specialized advice at disability counseling centers.
• Tlumočnické služby (Interpreting Services) Professional interpreting services between Czech and Czech Sign Language, ensuring barrier-free communication for deaf individuals in medical visits, official proceedings, and cultural events.
• Sociální rehabilitace (Social Rehabilitation) Set of specific activities aimed at achieving independence and self-sufficiency of persons with hearing impairments through developing specific abilities and skills, strengthening habits, and training performance of necessary daily activities.
• Sociálně aktivizační služby (Socially Activating Services) Outpatient or field services provided to retirement-age individuals or persons with disabilities at risk of social exclusion.
• Půjčovna kompenzačních pomůcek (Loan of Compensatory Aids) Free lending of compensatory aids including hearing aids (Siemens, Widex), FM systems (SCOLA monaural/binaural), personal communicator Crescendo 50, and induction loops with amplifiers (LA 215, Soundshuttle).
• Neslyšící v krizi (Deaf in Crisis hotline) Crisis hotline providing a safe space for sign language users in crisis situations where other services are unavailable. Offers video calls in sign language, chat, and email options. Available daily 15:00-20:00 including weekends.
• Centrum zprostředkování tlumočení neslyšícím (CZTN) The Centre for Mediation of Interpreting for the Deaf, which implements nationwide interpreting services for deaf individuals in the Czech Republic.
• Bez hranic komunikace (Magazine) Quarterly magazine published since 2024, focusing on lives and projects of people with hearing impairments, sign language, and activities of branch associations. Available electronically and in print.

Quantifiable outcome

• Barrier-free access to information through Czech Sign Language website translations
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered major and core.

• EFHOH (European Federation of Hard of Hearing)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerActive member participating in EFHOH assemblies and adopting Brussels Declaration. International advocacy on hearing impairment rights at European level.
• EUD (European Union of the Deaf)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerActive member participating in EUD assemblies. Collaboration on sign language recognition and deaf rights policy at European level.
• EUDY (European Union of the Deaf Youth)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSNN representative Tamara Zúdorová serves as President of EUDY. Strong leadership role in youth deaf organization.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• European Union of the Deaf (EUD): Umbrella nonprofit representing national deaf associations across Europe and advocating for sign language rights. SNN is an active member and partner through EUD assemblies, making EUD a direct peer in mission and advocacy scope.
• European Federation of Hard of Hearing (EFHOH): European-level federation of hard-of-hearing organizations with overlapping membership and advocacy goals. SNN actively participates in EFHOH assemblies and adopted the Brussels Declaration, making it a direct peer in pan-European accessibility policy.
• European Union of the Deaf Youth (EUDY): Youth-focused deaf advocacy organization under EUD where SNN's representative Tamara Zúdorová serves as President. EUDY is a direct peer in community organizing and youth-focused deaf empowerment programs.

Broad incumbents

• Helpnet: Czech nonprofit providing cross-disability social services and support. Helpnet is a domestic peer offering operational and financial support to SNN, with overlapping role in disability-focused social services in the Czech Republic.
• Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID): UK's largest charity for people with hearing loss, providing services, advocacy, and community support similar to SNN. RNID is a broader incumbent operating a wider portfolio but covering analogous deaf and hard-of-hearing services.
• National Association of the Deaf (NAD, US): The US premier civil rights organization for deaf and hard of hearing people. NAD is a broad incumbent mirroring SNN's advocacy and community-support mission at a larger scale and US geographic scope.
• World Federation of the Deaf (WFD): Global umbrella organization for deaf associations, providing international advocacy and supporting national federations like SNN. WFD is a broad incumbent exercising overarching policy influence on issues SNN also engages with.

Regional players

• Unie neslyšících Brno: Regional nonprofit serving deaf and hard of hearing individuals in the Brno area of the Czech Republic. It is a domestic regional peer operating with similar services (interpreting, counseling) at a sub-national scale.
• Deutscher Gehörlosen-Bund (DGB): Germany's national federation of deaf associations, structurally analogous to SNN v ČR. Comparable in providing sign language advocacy, interpreting coordination, and social services, but operating in Germany rather than the Czech Republic.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/SNNvCR
• Instagraminstagram.com/snncr.cz?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/praha

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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