The Czech Republic is Europe's most secular country. The national census shows that only one in every seven people is a member of a religious community. This aloofness from the church is also being felt by the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren (ECCB), with which HEKS/EPER has maintained ties and implemented projects for decades. Yet the ECCB, with its 80,000 members in 250 congregations, provides valuable services to Czech society. Hundreds of volunteers work for the benefit of children and young people or organize camps for otherwise-abled children. At the same time, Diaconia ECCB offers professional care for the elderly and the otherwise-abled in over a dozen institutions in the country.