Charity Collecting School Equipment for Needy Children in Hungary
- 22 Aug 2024 11:50 AM
- Hungary Matters
The Hungarian Charity Service of the Order of Malta has launched a campaign to invite donations of school equipment for children in poor families, the organisation told MTI.
Between Wednesday and Saturday, volunteers of the charity will receive pens, exercise books, pencil cases, school bags and other equipment at their stands set up at Interspar supermarkets, where those accessories can be purchased, their statement said.
The volunteers will sort the donations into packages and send them locally to needy children before the start of the school year, the statement said.
Interspar also offers vouchers between 500 and 10,000 forints (EUR 1.30-26) that can be donated, the statement added. For details of the campaign visit the website www.adniorom.hu
Jobbik Proposes HUF100,000 Aid for Each School Starter
The opposition Jobbik-Conservatives party is proposing that each child starting school should receive a grant of 100,000 forints (EUR 250), deputy leader Dániel Z Kárpát said.
The MP said Hungarian families “do not in fact receive any assistance” when their children go to school, adding that the government’s family allowances earlier made them “miss that amount” from their budget later on.
On average, sending a child to primary school costs between 50,000-75,000 forints to start with, while “within weeks after the start of the school year, they may be required to come up with extra amounts required by the school,” he said.
Z Kárpát said the subsidy could easily be financed “from one half or one third of a major state project”.
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