We asked people about the difficulties and problems waiting to be solved at the Adni öröm! Christmas donation campaign of the Hungarian Charity Service of the Order of Malta.
Category Archives: Hírek
How can the Man in the Street Help People Living in the Street?
The winter is a crisis period when homeless shelters and social workers in the streets work full steam. Apart from help given by the professionals, the question arises: How can volunteers and pedestrians help out?
Fighting Child Poverty is our Common Cause
Researchers, social work experts, volunteers, members of civil society and politicians discuss the eradication of child hunger and improvements in the lives of disadvantaged children in Hungary. Is solving one of the most pressing problems of our time really a task for the whole of society?
How to Paint Tales on the Wall?
A group of young Hungarian volunteers painted animals, houses and natural background on the walls of a kindergarten at the small village of Helemba in Slovakia. The event was organised in the frames of our Coffee To Go prorgam series.
Santa Claus Comic
Singing songs for Santa Claus, boxes full of surprises and finally, opening the presents. This is how the children could enjoy Saint Nicholas’ Day at the housing estate of Ócsa. The students of the Tancsics Mihaly Dormitory and the volunteers of Malteser Youth organised the program together.
How Can a Charity Service Help the Refugees?
“We don’t take sides, we only have a mission. And the mission is to help people in need.” Leaders of Hungarian charity services had a discussion about their role in the migration crisis, the fulfilled and future tasks and other difficult questions regarding the situation of refugees.
Never Give Up: Band of Disabled People
Travelling around the world with their concerts and lectures the Hungarian band of disabled people had the chance to organize a tour in Germany during September.
Can Music Save Children from Difficult Backgrounds?
The Hungarian Szimfónia (Symphonia) Program can trace its history back to Venezuela in the 1970s. José Antonio Abreu pianist, conductor and educator is the charismatic founder of a youth orchestra system, called El Sistema that transformed thousands of kids’ lives in Venezuela.
Ways of Volunteering: Training in Lithuania
Team building, finding a consensus, ‘trust test’, active listening, tasks of the mentors and volunteers. Members of the Budapest Malteser Youth went to Lithuania with the European Union’s Erasmus+ programme.
Everyone helped everyone
Indian jumping on the bank of the Danube, exciting meta championship, feedback in the form of collecting colourful feathers. Our volunteers and the participating children tell stories about the summer camp, organized by the Malteser Youth group of Budapest.