Warm food distributed in Erzsébetváros - www.fidesz.hu
Az Ételt az Életért, a Magyarországi Krisna-tudatú Hívők Közösségének szegényélelmezési programja újabb ételosztó pontot hoz létre Budapest VII. kerületében. Az osztóponton novembertől naponta 400 fő számára szolgálnak fel friss, tápláló, meleg ételt. Ezzel naponta már mintegy 1500 fő ellátását biztosítják a Krisna-hívők a fővárosban. Erzsébetvárosban az Önkormányzat megkeresésére, Rónaszékiné Keresztes Mónika országgyűlési képviselőasszony és Bartusné […]
Expansion of the family support programme in District III
Our foundation moved to Csillaghegy in Budapest’s 3rd District in 2004. Through the development and expansion of a district program launched in January 2009, we have reached the point where, as of 2012, we distribute 600 meals daily—five times a week at two locations—in the district where our headquarters is located. Our organization provides basic social services, specifically through a community kitchen. There is an exceptionally high demand for this service in the districts of the capital. One of our foundation’s best-known programs to date […]
From 12 November, the Crisnans will also be distributing food here - www.hvg.hu
Starting November 12, the Hare Krishnas will be distributing food here as well. “Food for Life,” the food assistance program of the Hungarian Society for Krishna Consciousness, is establishing another food distribution site in Budapest’s 7th District. Starting in November, the distribution site will serve fresh, nutritious, hot meals to 400 people daily. With this, the Krishna devotees are now providing meals for approximately 1,500 people daily in the capital, according to a press release […]
Tens of thousands of poor people are joining the ranks of the poor every month - www.hir24.hu
Throughout the year, the Hungarian Society for Krishna Consciousness distributes food to those in need at Teleki Square in the 8th District. According to Pastor Csilla Szilaj Péterné, the makeup of the line—which snakes for several hundred meters—has changed significantly over the past year. In addition to the homeless, there are many people with large families, as well as many young parents and retirees. For the most part, those in need are trying to save money this way […]
More places to serve food for the Crisnans from November - www.hvg.hu
Starting in November, food will also be distributed at 3 Rózsa Street. The International Society for Krishna Consciousness will provide 300 servings of hot meals five days a week. The Hungarian Society for Krishna Consciousness is once again striving to help those in need even more effectively by opening a new, permanent food distribution site, according to a press release sent to our editorial office by the Krishna devotees. Read more at www.hvg.hu.
Photo: endless queues for food in Budapest - www.hvg.hu
The Food for Life Foundation posted a shocking photo on its Facebook page of the food distribution it organized on Thursday at Teleki Square. The international foundation, established by followers of Krishna consciousness, distributed food to those in need on Thursday at Teleki Square in the 8th district. According to a photo posted on the organizers’ Facebook page, local residents stood in line for hundreds of meters to receive the food. Source: www.hvg.hu […]
Not the first time we've seen it, but always shocking: long queues at food distribution - www.stop.hu
On Thursday, people in need stood in a long line at the food distribution site on Teleki Square in the Józsefváros district of the capital. The international foundation „Food for Life,” founded by Krishna-conscious devotees, distributed food to those in need on Thursday at Teleki Square in the 8th district. The organizers posted a photo on their Facebook page showing “the end of the line.” The long line of people waiting for hot food is a shocking sight. Continued in […]
The queue was long again - www.8.kerulet.ittlakunk.hu
On Thursday, the Krishna-based believers' organization, the Food for Life Foundation, distributed food to the needy again, this time at Teleki Square. The queue was again several hundred meters long. Continued on 8.kerulet.ittlakunk.hu.
Crowds waiting for a free lunch in Pest: pictures of destitution - www.penzcentrum.hu
Hundreds of thousands of starving Hungarians waited for a free lunch in Budapest's Teleki Square yesterday, in shocking pictures released by the Food for Life Foundation. Yesterday, the Meals for Life Foundation published a shocking picture on its Facebook page. The international organisation distributed food to people in need at Teleki Square in the 8th district. According to the photo, the event was attended by hundreds of thousands of people. Continued on www.penzcentrum.hu.
Long weekends bring famine to the destitute - www.nol.hu
There will be long weekends in October, November and December, which will be welcomed by the majority, but will mean more difficulties for the most deprived. It is even harder to get food because most day centres are not open on public holidays. And it is no longer just the homeless who queue up at soup kitchens. Continued on www.nol.hu.