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Gov't Sending Aid to 40,000 Poor Kindergarten Starters, Says Minister

• 24 Aug 2021 8:27 AM
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The government is sending 40,000 packages to families at Hungary’s 300 poorest towns to help them with children starting kindergarten in September, the human resources minister told a press conference.

Miklós Kásler said that the packages, distributed by the Hungarian Maltese Charity and its partner organisations, contained educational equipment and articles of personal hygiene.

The packages are worth a combined 800 million forints (EUR 2.3m), he added.

Photo courtesy: Hungarian Maltese Charity

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