Food distribution on Teleki Square - www.jozsefvaros.hu
May 18, 2011, 10:40 a.m. After two decades, the food distribution initiative organized by the Hare Krishnas has moved to a new location. The last food distribution at Blaha Lujza Square took place on May 16, as part of the “Food for Life” program for the poor, run by Krishna Consciousness devotees. Those in need can now eat their meals at the new location, in a calmer environment and a less crowded neighborhood. The new […]
No child can go hungry in Óbuda - www.obuda.hu
According to a recent survey, even today many elementary school students go to school on an empty stomach in the morning. To provide food for children and adults in need, the local government sought and found a solution at the mayor’s initiative. Recently, several schools have reported that some disadvantaged children arrive at school without having eaten breakfast and are unable to pay attention, […]
Cooperation with civic organisations, Óbuda Card and fee - www.obuda.hu
At the April meeting of the council, council members discussed more than seventy agenda items. They renewed or signed new cooperation agreements with numerous civil society organizations to make life easier for district residents. Several grant opportunities were discussed, and a decision was made regarding the honoree for District Day. The local government is once again announcing the „Adopt a Green Space” grant program this year for elementary […]
Civil Radio 14.01.2011.
The program at the start of the year discusses the large-scale Christmas food drive, which has been a fixture of the cityscape for decades. We’ll hear about how the street food distribution at Blaha Lujza Square got its start back then, how many and what kinds of volunteers are helping our work in connection with the European Year of Volunteering, what kind of social transformation is taking place, and how this is reflected in our work. The discussion also covers […]
T-Radio - 2010
In T-Radio’s magazine *Church and People*, we discussed physical and spiritual well-being and what it means to be human. Several interviewees—a teacher, the director of the foundation’s Eger branch, an internist, and Hémangi, the blogger behind Vegavarázs—discuss culinary topics such as eating onions and vegetarianism in general. We also discuss tragic disasters, during which we provide hot meals to those affected, as well as […]
A warm meal comes with a kind word and a vitamin
Five days a week, the Krishna-based Food for Life Foundation distributes hot meals, bread, apples, and yogurt to the district’s needy residents, families with young children, those living below the poverty line, and job seekers. This year, they received the district’s Ágoston Fischer Award on Social Work Day. I was surprised that we received this prestigious award, given that there are so many civil society organizations in the district, including those providing social services […]
Food distribution at Blaha Lujza Square will be suspended - www.index.hu
Wednesday, November 24, 2010, 7:18 a.m. Due to the renovation of the square, the Food for Life Public Benefit Foundation cannot continue distributing food at its usual location, according to Magyar Nemzet. They would like to move the operation to Teleki Square, but the organization fears that those in need would not follow them to the notorious neighborhood. Those in need will not be able to receive their usual meals at the […]
A warm meal comes with a good word and a vitamin! - Local Theme
For five days, the Krisna Food for Life Foundation distributes hot meals, bread, apples and yoghurt to needy people in the district, families with young children and people living below the minimum subsistence level. This year, they received the district's Ágoston Fischer Award on Social Work Day (Local Topic - 24 November 2010).
Food for Life Foundation receives social award - www.obudaihirek.hu
The Ágoston Fischer Social Award, named after Ágoston Fischer, was presented in Óbuda, which the City Council awarded this year to the Food for Life Public Benefit Foundation. The foundation works to in recognition of its selfless workthat it received the 1900in the early 1900s, the award named after the Óbuda pastor who founded the St. Aloysius Aid Society in every district of the capital. […]
Free breakfast for children in need
The local authority of District III has been cooperating for years with the Meals for Life charitable foundation founded by the Krishna Consciousness Community of Believers Church of Hungary to alleviate the situation of the needy. So far, thousands of needy people have received free hot meals through the food distribution programmes.