Problems of children requiring special care in the Second Polish Republic on the basis of the activities of Fr. Henryk Szuman, priest Wacław Bliziński and mother Elżbieta Róża Czacka

Abstract

In the interwar period, the situation of children was the cumulation of many factors, including the economic, social and cultural conditions in which they lived. Children struggling with various problems needed support from various types of care institutions, both secular and church. The article presents the situation of children in independent Poland, the problems that affected them, as well as the forms of help provided to children requiring special care by Fr. Henryk Szuman, priest Wacław Bliziński and Mrs. Elżbieta Róża Czacka. The above-mentioned social activists cared for orphaned children, struggling with disabilities and exposed to the risks of alcoholism. They tried to solve their problems by creating aid institutions. They obtained money to run their activities from donors while also using public funds.