A furniture donation was the reason to travel again to Oradea, Romania (located right on the Hungarian-Romanian border) at the end of April 2024 and to support people2people (https://people2people.ro) with various relief supplies. This service mainly takes care of Roma children, i.e. children’s clothing was a priority alongside the furniture, including a desk. So a friend was contacted who had… Read more →
Category: Hungary
Budapest Family Day in February
Back in December 2023, we brought sweets and coffee to Budapest for a Jewish organization’s family day. Finally, at the family day in February 2024, the colorful bags full of sweets were distributed to the children. There were chocolates for the adults. Anne and Hannu Ylitalo (February, 2024) Read more →
Travelogue of Finnish Friends to Budapest and Oradea by Jarmo Majamaa
The trip was accompanied by Hannu Ylitalo, Andrei Roth and Päivi Taskinen for one day. This is the account of a trip by Finnish friends of Eeva Huber’s work to Budapest, the capital of Hungary, and to Oradea, which is in Romania. We were eight travelers, four from Hämeenlinna, two from Vaasa, one from Liperi and one from Parkano. The… Read more →
Another “Bridge of Friendship”-Concert in Budapest
As with the first “Bridge of Friendship” concert in February 2016, the organizations FIDA International (mission and development aid organization of the Finnish Pentecostal Churches), American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Hungarian branch, MASZ alapitvány and HILFE und HOFFNUNG together to invite predominantly Jewish guests and Holocaust survivors to a concert by the Finnish singer Nina Åström at Budapest’s Bálint Ház… Read more →