Holiday food distributions in Somogy County
The staff of the Food for Life Foundation, the humanitarian program of Krishna-conscious devotees, are committed to always helping people in need. Their motto is that no one within a 10-kilometer radius of a Krishna temple should go hungry. This is why it is so important to Krishna devotees to reach out to their fellow human beings in need not only in the capital and other major cities but also in the Somogy region, near Krishna Valley. […]
650 meals and gift packages in Eger
We held our big Christmas event in Eger on Saturday. We welcomed a total of 500 guests and delivered lunch to an additional 150 people in Eger—including the elderly and the sick—as well as in the Mezőtúr area. As part of the event, we welcomed our guests not only with a delicious hot lunch but also with a particularly generous package of non-perishable food items. For the children, we had toys and cute stuffed animals ready, which were handed out by a kind […]
December 24–26: Christmas Charity Banquet in Népliget
The Christmas Feast of Love will take place again this year, even though organizing the event is a huge challenge for the Krishna devotees as well, since not only families but also charitable organizations are struggling, as they are forced to purchase ingredients for their food distributions—and previously fuel as well—at prices above the government-set rate. The Christmas Feast of Love is a nationwide series of events, including Debrecen, Eger, Somogy […]
Christmas Food Distribution in Debrecen
The Debrecen team of “Food for Life” organized a fantastic Christmas event in the courtyard of the local Govinda restaurant and Krishna center. The volunteers serve hot lunches every Sunday throughout the year. Whether the weather is nice or freezing, they never stop—Family Sunday is all about bringing joy to those in need. Ahead of the holidays, however, families received a more substantial food package so that […]
Hundreds of surprise packages in Pécs – Santa Claus was on a giving spree
The “Food for Life” organization and the local community of Krishna devotees organized a fantastic St. Nicholas Day event in Pécs. They surprised the students of the Mátyás Éltes Special Education School with 230 St. Nicholas gift bags, and they also prepared a total of 108 large, well-stocked, non-perishable food packages for families in need, containing rice, flour, oil, sugar, yellow peas, pasta, tomato puree, cookies, candy, and lots and lots of apples […]
Ágoston Fischer, Director of "Food for Life," Was Awarded the Óbuda Social Award
It was a true honor for us—yes, for our entire organization. Recently, the director of our foundation, Attila Szanyi-Karl, was awarded a prize that is considered a particularly prestigious honor in the social services field for his selfless work as a Bhakta Vatszala Dásza Krishna-devotee minister. Two people received the Ágoston Fischer Óbuda Social Award this year; Attila earned the jury’s special recognition […] for his dedication, his diligence in the social sector, and his true missionary spirit.
Christmas Charity Feast: Thousands of Families Are Counting on Help During the Current Crisis
The Food for Life Foundation, a charitable organization that carries out the humanitarian work of the followers of Krishna, has been organizing food distributions in Hungary for 30 years, almost every day of the year. Although the extraordinary economic situation is affecting both the contents of the food packages and the number of portions distributed, the Hare Krishnas are not giving up: they are going ahead with the nationwide Christmas Feast of Love again this year! The energy and price crises are affecting all charitable and […]
Highlight of 2022: Food Shipments to Ukraine
A cozy holiday season? This will be the first Christmas since the outbreak of the Ukrainian-Russian armed conflict. The war crisis unfolding in our neighboring country is placing a huge burden on our nation’s economy, but it is also putting families with average incomes in an increasingly difficult situation. For 30 years, the Krishna Devotees’ Food for Life Foundation has been helping families and seniors in need through its food distributions, and it continues to serve the public today. […]
241 metric tons of non-perishable food were collected during the Hungarian Food Bank's campaign
No Advent season goes by without a food drive. It’s a huge help to every charitable organization when shoppers simply buy more than they need for their own homes and hand over their generous donations to the volunteers running the drive. The Hungarian Food Bank Association organized the drive for the 17th time this year, and volunteers from Food for Life are always there to help, 3 […]
Food Distribution in Eger
On November 4, we held a large-scale event in Eger to supplement our daily food distributions. Greek yogurts received from the Hungarian Food Bank Association—which are a high-quality source of protein — 600 croissants, and 2 metric tons of potatoes donated by the Óbuda-Békásmegyer Municipal Government were distributed on-site to accompany the hot lunch. Needless to say, during this cold, critical period marked by high utility bills, this […]