Delicacy and attention help for World Children's Day
World Children’s Day has been observed around the world since 1954, and its main message is the importance of lifting families living below the poverty line out of poverty. At the initiative of UNICEF, this day serves to draw attention to the difficult situation of children living in developing countries, and since 1959, it has also been designated as Children’s Rights Day. The civil society organizations and volunteers participating in this global day aim to raise awareness […]
Interview on Civil Radio
On the afternoon of Friday, July 29, 2011, an interview was conducted in the Civil Radio studio with one of our foundation’s activists, Simon Viola, a social worker. During the live broadcast, we discussed several topics related to our organization, such as the number and demographics of our meal recipients, changes in those figures over the past few years, and the associated social issues and trends. We also talked about how what we know differs […]
Food distribution as punishment?
In early June, our Foundation launched a new program: in cooperation with the Probation Service of the Ministry of Public Administration and Justice, we have become involved in the rehabilitation and community service of juveniles and young adults who have been involved in minor offenses. The program dates back to late 2010, when the Probation Service approached us and asked us to participate in an initiative that was considered novel even in Hungary […]
Sit, sit, sit, my table! - Children's Day food distribution
On May 20, 2011, our organization held its now-traditional Children’s Day program—combined with food and gift distribution—for the children with disabilities and their families at the Special Education and Development Institution (hereinafter SOFI) in the 18th District. The event was part of a Children’s Day celebration organized by SOFI, which is one of the most important holidays in the institution’s calendar: a day that truly belongs to those there […]
Food distribution continues in a new location
Starting Tuesday, May 17, our traditional afternoon food distribution will no longer take place at Blaha Lujza Square but will continue at the corner of Teleki Square and Dobozi Street, every weekday at 2:30 p.m. The first food distribution was preceded by a brief opening ceremony. Speeches were given at the event by Mrs. Péter Sántha, Deputy Mayor of Józsefváros, and Mrs. Péter Szilaj, spokesperson for our foundation; Deputy Mayor Edina Rimán was also present. […]
Say goodbye to Blaha Lujza Square - we are moving!
Our foundation has had a very successful year. However, a few weeks before our Christmas food distribution, staff from the Budapest Public Spaces Authority contacted our organization to ask that we suspend the food distribution at Blaha Lujza Square due to landscaping work—and to resume it two days later at another location they had designated, Teleki Square. We were reluctant to relocate the distribution site, partly because […]
Families in trouble, food programme expands
The Food for Life Foundation moved from Budapest’s 2nd District to Csillaghegy in the 3rd District in 2004. Through the development and expansion of a program launched in District III in January 2009, our Foundation was already distributing 400 meals daily, five times a week, in the district where it is headquartered by 2011. Our organization’s meal program has three target groups in the capital’s districts: those who already receive some form of assistance, but not enough, […]
Vegetarian folk cuisine
„Vegetarian food symbolizes a peaceful world that can provide enough food for everyone.” The Hungarian Hare Krishna Community does more for those in need than the government does (though this isn’t entirely true, since we ourselves receive support from the government—Ed.). When the bald-headed men of the Hare Krishna religious community and the fluttering, colorful […]
Brief presentation of its activities in 2010
Below, we would like to briefly outline the results we have achieved over the past year. In terms of our social work, 2010 was a year of growth for us—a trend that, of course, the commercial sector is experiencing in exactly the opposite way. In the capital, the number of people receiving meals through our street feeding program increased from 300 per day at the beginning of the year to more than 500; we distributed hot meals to them Monday through Friday at the […]
National Christmas charity
For more than 20 years, devotees of Krishna have been serving the less fortunate in society by distributing free meals. Our Christmas campaigns now extend throughout the entire country, but of course, the capital city receives the most donations. In addition to Budapest, the series of events covers 8 counties, and the relief efforts will take place at a total of 18 locations at various times. In Budapest, at five locations, for five different target groups […]