Annual report(Englis)
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The Vincentine Cherity Service has been
helping the poor for 25 years in Hungary
Our permanent tasks:
- We
collect clothes, shoes, household gadgets and machines from the inhabitants and we hand them out to the poor.
We transmit furniture
donations, sometimes we pay for delivery.
- In
Miskolc we wait for the incomers two times a week, when we hand out the
donations and offer them tea, bread and
butter, talk
to them, help them understand the official letters, and write official letters,
solve their problems. They mainly
need lasting food, medicine, transport
tickets and washing detergents.It often happens that they are unable to pay
for
the medicine of the sick children.
- They
can have a shower (not only the homeless, but also those who live in flats
without bathrooms)
- We
occasionaly cook warm meal for the incomers.
- The
Vincentine brothers and sisters regularly visit the ill, lonely old people in
their homes, in hospital. They not only
talk to them, but do their shopping,
take out their medicine, arrange their things.
- The
visitors to hospital send a priest to those who want to get the sacraments.
- We
have a meeting every month when we pray and talk about the results and tasks.
- Before
every Christmas we organise food collection in the churches and toy collection
in the schools. As we ask
people”s help personally, we usually get as much food
that we can prepare 300-400 packages to hand out. The children
can have books
and toys as well.
- Before
Christmas and Easter Father Vince keeps a lecture for the incomers, then we
treat them with warm meal.
- The
groups in the country answer the local needs. They also collect clothes,
household goods, furniture and give them
out to the poor. They visit the ill
people, organise fairs and serve in the church.
- Every
year we take part in the Vincentine camp in Piliscsaba, where we get refreshed
and strengthened spiritually and
physically.
Main projects
- To support handycapped children. It is
also a permanent task.The charity concert „Children for Children” has served
the improvement of the quality of life of the disabled children for two
decades.
The charity service bought the instrument to foster music therapy. In
the first part of the concert the disabled children
present their knowledge
then in the second part the students of the music school play the program.The
income of the
concert goes to the disabled children in hospital. Besides, last
year we could support them with a greater sum thanks
to the donation of the
Scottish Vincentine brothers and sisters.
- On Children Day we entertain them in our
house and give them presents, as well. In return, the children give a short
program. This is a nice day in our life.
- We help the learning of children in
underpriviliged families.Our Vincentine sister, who is a speech therapist
helps
the children who need her
assistance.
- We
keep arts and crafts workshops for children before Christmas and Easter. These
are always very successful. Our
skilful sisters prepare ornaments and
postcards, sell them and the income also goes to the poor.
- Santa Claus train. A tale city is built
in Lillafüred among the hills where a well-decorated train carries the
children.
It is a great experience but the poor cannot pay for it. The charity
service gets 10 free tickets every year, so 10 little
children can experience
the wonder.
- In
summer we have organised a one-week camp for children in
underpriviliged families for 3 years. The Vincentine
sisters cook for the
children, keep interesting programs, games. It is very successful.
- Free counselling helps to arrange
official matters, write letters, petitions.
- We
celebrated the 400th aniversary with
a very nice, literary and musical program. Lots of people could know the
work
and life St. Vince.
- Homeless attendance. We ensure the
facilities for washing and cleaning for the homeless and for those who live in
flats without running water. We ensure everything even clean clothes to change.
In a tender we could buy two washing
machines, so we wash their clothes at a
symbolic price. We occasianally cook
warm meal and give out lasting food.
We organise their medical care and help to
replace their lost documents. In case of illness we visit them in hospital.
- With
the support of the Scottish Vincentine brothers and sisters we organise lectures
on economical household keeping,
keeping clean the environment, babycare,
cleaning, cooking, stb.for the underpriviliged families.