Category: Hungary

Oradea and Hungary – a Remarkable History

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 →

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 →

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 →