Krishna devotees are helping survivors of the earthquake in Turkey by distributing food
Four Krishna devotees will set out from Budapest on Friday morning to join the local group of Turkish Krishna devotees at the site of the earthquakes in Turkey and provide hot meals to survivors in the region hardest hit by the disaster. With the approval of the Turkish disaster relief agency, the food distributors will arrive in Antakya, in the province of Hatay, where they will prepare and distribute meals from a mobile kitchen set up in a truck. The […]
Sharing a Meal with Our Mormon Friends
On the last day of January, volunteers from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints helped out at the food distribution in Eger. Cheerful spirits and hard-working hands arrived at our Foundation’s office in Eger. Eight smiling young Mormons from the United States volunteered: they helped portion out meals for those in need and then pitched in with the cleanup. Every day, the Foundation distributes 750 portions of hot one-dish meals and bread from the Eger distribution center to […]
More Than 180 Smiles in Békéscsaba
We successfully organized a fantastic food distribution in Békéscsaba. Our local volunteers are very enthusiastic—a true „super team”—who, thanks to the generosity of a major donor, distributed 116 food packages in the heart of Békés. The generous food packages contained the following items: flour, semolina, pasta, oil, rice, tomato juice, shortbread cookies (various types), apples, sauerkraut, sweet corn, tea, and breadcrumbs. In this way, they were able to help a total of 182 people! Our guests […]
The Govinda Restaurant in Eger Received a Prestigious Professional Award
The Govinda Restaurant in Eger has received a prestigious professional award—and you all played a part in making this happen! The Board of the Heves County Chamber of Commerce and Industry, together with the Ministry of Energy, nominated Mádava Govinda Kft. for the Heves County Green Economy Award. In their statement, they highlighted the restaurant’s commitment to energy efficiency and environmental protection in its operations. They highly appreciated the fact that the restaurant places a special emphasis on […]
Heartwarming Portraits of Christmas
Péter Bojkovszky has been following our work for many years. He has seen endless lines snaking for hours, with people in tears, as well as cheerful children’s smiles at our food distributions. Please enjoy his beautiful portraits of Christmas.
The Power of Role Models
At Christmas, the feeling that we must do something for our fellow human beings in need somehow becomes much stronger. Celebrities have been joining the “Food for Life” campaigns for decades now. We carry out our holiday food distributions with the help of hundreds of volunteers—you’re all so kind that we’re already oversubscribed for our December programs as early as September. 🙂 <3 It’s certainly a huge help to us when the media, […]
Christmas Moments – Celebrities Behind the Counter
We’re still in the festive spirit. Photographer György Kerekes spent all three days of Christmas with us at Népliget and continuously documented the events. Faces, portraits, emotions… and among the photos, you might even spot a few celebrities, including some familiar faces from TV. We’d like to thank our volunteers, including the photographers, who joined us during the holiday and documented this festive tradition that has been going on for 30 years […]
Memories of the Holiday – Our daily food distributions begin on Wednesday
We’re still in the Christmas spirit a bit—perhaps this cool, foggy weather has something to do with it. Here you can see Zsolt Lafferton’s beautiful, heartwarming photos from the last day of the holiday food distribution. There were a lot of people. An overwhelming number of hungry people showed up after seeing the report on the TV news the night before. We know that we could always do with more—there’s a need, and we […]
Package Distribution in Marcali
130 hot meals and non-perishable food packages in Marcali. We held our last holiday food distribution in the Somogy region on December 23, just before Christmas. Starting in January, we’ll continue providing daily hot meals and daily food packages here as well. In addition, we always distribute items from donations and food salvaged from waste. You can support the foundation’s work here as well: www.karitativ.hu We’ll continue next year—please give your blessings so that […]
Christmas Love Home - more than 1000 people together
That’s how the first day of the Christmas food distribution went. Of course, we’ll continue on December 25 and 26. The 1,000 wristbands ran out as if they’d never been there… but that’s okay, We’ll be on site on the second and third days of Christmas as well—that’s what makes Christmas complete for us, together with more than a thousand people. The whole world is one big family, and here we can feel that tangibly […]