277 result(s) for volunteers
Civil Activists Thwart Attempts To Exploit Refugees In Hungary
- 6 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A glass of milk, a pair of new shoes, a couple of good words. A small group of volunteers are trying to make the situation of refugees stranded in Szeged’s train station more tolerable. Hungarian immigration authorities routinely transport registered border jumpers to the station right after the departure of the last Budapest-bound train. They were supposed to catch a train to their open refugee ...
Privileged Kids Helping Orphans In Hungary
- 24 Jun 2015 9:02 AM
- community & culture
A high schooler from the elite Budapest district of Rózsadomb spends a weekend at lake Tisza. But it is not time with friends to blow their parents’ money while lazing around in the beach. These students make paper airplanes and play football with the disadvantaged children of the local orphanage.
Magic Lamp Foundation Budapest & Magic Bugs
- 20 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
It has been quite awhile since we have written about the Magic Lamp (Csodalámpa) Foundation but be sure that it is still hard at work, brightening the lives of seriously ill children in Hungary. The foundation fulfills the wishes of 3-18 year old children who are suffering from a life threatening illnesses. Since the establishment of the foundation in the fall of 2003, they have fulfilled more ...
’I Love Nepál’ Festival, Fonó Budapest, 31 May
- 28 May 2015 11:55 AM
- community & culture
Press Release: Music festival to aid people living in areas struck by the Nepal earthquakes. Singers, musicians, music bands, supporters, volunteers, private individuals, Buddhist communities have united and wish to make a charity contribution by taking the initiative and organising a music festival in Fonó Budai Zeneház in Budapest, thus joining the worldwide effort that aims to help people ...
Habitat For Humanity: Rebuilding Homes & Communities In Hungary
- 16 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- property
One and a half million Hungarians live in dwellings unfit for human habitation. No bathroom, toilet out in the yard, windows that let in the cold air, walls black from smoke. In Ág, a small village in the southern Hungarian Baranya county, the locals washed themselves in wash tubs. Last year Habitat for Humanity appeared and offered building material for volunteer work.
60 Buildings Will Be Open For Visitors During Budapest100 Weekend On 18-19 April
- 13 Apr 2015 5:00 AM
- property
Some of the houses joined the Budapest100 programme already in previous years, but they wished to open their doors once again to show the visitors how they have changed over the past years.
Kazinczy Living Library: March Of Migrants, Szimpla Kert Budapest, 7 March
- 25 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Kazinczy Living Library opens on 7th March at Szimpla Kert. Besides the successful topics of the first event: homeless people, public workers, ex-drug addict, and more, you will have the opportunity to talk to local immigrants and refugees.
Sick Kids From Vác Are Healing Through Happiness
- 19 Feb 2015 3:50 AM
- community & culture
"Soap bubbles, glitter tattoos, origami, dominos and music are not the first things that come to mind when one thinks about hospitals. We associate hospitals with pain, strange smells, weird equipment and fear – but why could not fun and relief also be part of it? Everyone needs time to relax and we all need support from others in difficult times – so do sick children in hospital who don’t ...
Mother Teresa Statue Unveiled In Budapest To Mark Intl Charity Day
- 8 Sep 2014 9:01 AM
- community & culture
The Albanian Embassy and Hungarian dignitaries unveiled a statue of Mother Teresa in Budapest on Friday to mark Day of International Charity. “Mother Teresa lived an exemplary life, she faced up the horror of poverty and hopelessness and was dedicated to serving the needy,” Zoltán Pokorni, the mayor of District 12 where the statue was erected, told the ceremony.
Civil Activists Thwart Attempts To Exploit Refugees In Hungary
- 6 Jul 2015 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A glass of milk, a pair of new shoes, a couple of good words. A small group of volunteers are trying to make the situation of refugees stranded in Szeged’s train station more tolerable. Hungarian immigration authorities routinely transport registered border jumpers to the station right after the departure of the last Budapest-bound train. They were supposed to catch a train to their open refugee ...
Privileged Kids Helping Orphans In Hungary
- 24 Jun 2015 9:02 AM
- community & culture
A high schooler from the elite Budapest district of Rózsadomb spends a weekend at lake Tisza. But it is not time with friends to blow their parents’ money while lazing around in the beach. These students make paper airplanes and play football with the disadvantaged children of the local orphanage.
Magic Lamp Foundation Budapest & Magic Bugs
- 20 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
It has been quite awhile since we have written about the Magic Lamp (Csodalámpa) Foundation but be sure that it is still hard at work, brightening the lives of seriously ill children in Hungary. The foundation fulfills the wishes of 3-18 year old children who are suffering from a life threatening illnesses. Since the establishment of the foundation in the fall of 2003, they have fulfilled more ...
’I Love Nepál’ Festival, Fonó Budapest, 31 May
- 28 May 2015 11:55 AM
- community & culture
Press Release: Music festival to aid people living in areas struck by the Nepal earthquakes. Singers, musicians, music bands, supporters, volunteers, private individuals, Buddhist communities have united and wish to make a charity contribution by taking the initiative and organising a music festival in Fonó Budai Zeneház in Budapest, thus joining the worldwide effort that aims to help people ...
Habitat For Humanity: Rebuilding Homes & Communities In Hungary
- 16 Apr 2015 9:00 AM
- property
One and a half million Hungarians live in dwellings unfit for human habitation. No bathroom, toilet out in the yard, windows that let in the cold air, walls black from smoke. In Ág, a small village in the southern Hungarian Baranya county, the locals washed themselves in wash tubs. Last year Habitat for Humanity appeared and offered building material for volunteer work.
60 Buildings Will Be Open For Visitors During Budapest100 Weekend On 18-19 April
- 13 Apr 2015 5:00 AM
- property
Some of the houses joined the Budapest100 programme already in previous years, but they wished to open their doors once again to show the visitors how they have changed over the past years.
Kazinczy Living Library: March Of Migrants, Szimpla Kert Budapest, 7 March
- 25 Feb 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Kazinczy Living Library opens on 7th March at Szimpla Kert. Besides the successful topics of the first event: homeless people, public workers, ex-drug addict, and more, you will have the opportunity to talk to local immigrants and refugees.
Sick Kids From Vác Are Healing Through Happiness
- 19 Feb 2015 3:50 AM
- community & culture
"Soap bubbles, glitter tattoos, origami, dominos and music are not the first things that come to mind when one thinks about hospitals. We associate hospitals with pain, strange smells, weird equipment and fear – but why could not fun and relief also be part of it? Everyone needs time to relax and we all need support from others in difficult times – so do sick children in hospital who don’t ...
Mother Teresa Statue Unveiled In Budapest To Mark Intl Charity Day
- 8 Sep 2014 9:01 AM
- community & culture
The Albanian Embassy and Hungarian dignitaries unveiled a statue of Mother Teresa in Budapest on Friday to mark Day of International Charity. “Mother Teresa lived an exemplary life, she faced up the horror of poverty and hopelessness and was dedicated to serving the needy,” Zoltán Pokorni, the mayor of District 12 where the statue was erected, told the ceremony.