The Support Centre for Ukrainian Refugees received His Excellency Liu Shih-Chung, Representative of Taiwan on a farewell visit. The Taipei Representative Office (TRO), and especially Mr Liu has been one of the staunchest supporters of HIA’s work with refugees in Hungary: Seeing the large number of refugees arriving to Hungary, they pledged $1.5 million for…
Apart from Hungarian Interchurch Aid’s own Support Centre, HIA also supports several other faith-based organisations and initiatives through ACT Alliance’s Ukraine appeal. The cosy space of the Lutheran Church of Hungary called “Dévai Fogadó” is one of them. The cooperation dates back to the first days of war and has been ongoing ever since, much…
Children need to be children – no matter the circumstances. Whether they are displaced within Ukraine, or had to flee their home country completely, HIA aims to bring respite to their life, making them forget – even if only for a day or two – that they are far away from the place they once…
Just like last year, Hungarian Interchurch Aid supports refugee children on the start of the new schoolyear in September. This year, 400 refugee children living all over Hungary whose parents are unable to afford school supplies receive help from HIA. The school-starting kits include an ergonomic school bag, a gym bag, a pen pouch filled…
With the onset of war in February of last year Hungarian Interchurch Aid was presented with an extraordinary challenge: supporting those fleeing Ukraine in Hungary as well as those who staying in the country, suffering the consequences of the conflict. HIA thus focused on providing for people in need on both sides of the border,…
Taking on a leading role in ACT Alliance’s response in the war-torn country, Hungarian Interchurch Aid is at the same time also supporting refugees fleeing Ukraine. More than a year of being away from their home, their friends and family members, the situation takes an especially heavy toll on children. To this end, 300 children…
One year ago, everything was going according to his plans. Dima – as his friends call him – just turned 18 in January, and was preparing for a long career in football. He had been doing quite well, climbing the ranks and playing regularly for the under-19 side of Mariupol FC, his hometown’s football club….
The Sopron branch of Hungarian Interchurch Aid has been supporting Ukrainian refugees living in the area since last summer. Aiming to build a community, the staff of the Social and Development Centre have so far held several community-building events for Ukrainian citizens fleeing the war. On Saturday, 28 January, the centre again hosted a community-building…
A service in Ukrainian and Hungarian was held on Sunday in the congregation hall of the Lutheran parish in Sopron, organised by the Sopron Social and Development Centre of Hungarian Interchurch Aid and the congregation of the Hungarian Pentecostal Church in Sopron. The joint prayer was attended by a large number of Hungarians and Ukrainian…
With Christmas around the corner, people from all over the Christian world get together to celebrate the birth of Jesus. This is no different for the refugees that arrived from Ukraine: They congregated at the Christmas event of Hungarian Interchurch Aid in the downtown of Budapest, at the Support Centre for Ukrainian Refugees already on…