News in Brief Hungary Helps program utilized in Kenya Sep 08, 2020 The Tangaza Catholic University will open a new agriculture faculty near Nairobi, while a health center will be built in northern Kenya, using funds from the Hungary Helps program.
News in Brief Hungary Helps scheme supports the return of Iraq's Yazidi refugees to their homes Aug 05, 2020 Tristan Azbej said the aid Hungary provides covers both the protection of human life and restarting the local economies.
News in Brief Hungary considers the support of Christian communities a priority Feb 20, 2020 The Hungary Helps humanitarian program was established as a way of setting a positive example to the world of how to support Christian communities.
News in Brief Hungary and US cooperate to provide aid for religious minorities in Iraq Feb 11, 2020 Tristan Azbej said the US looked to the Hungary Helps scheme as an example when launching its aid program for persecuted Christians.
News in Brief Forbes: Hungary's approach to helping persecuted Christians is "unique" and one not replicated elsewhere Dec 04, 2019 According to Forbes, Hungary recognizes that the attacks on Christians around the world are not a matter of coincidence, but constitute a global phenomenon that will not cease on its own.
News in Brief Hungary to help assess damage of deadly earthquake in Albania Dec 04, 2019 The Albanian government and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tiranë-Durrës have reached out to Hungary in the wake of last Tuesday’s disaster.
Blog The largest majority Christian city in Iraq is being rebuilt thanks to Hungarian-American cooperation Nov 14, 2019 - Tristan Azbej The Hungary Helps Program reached an important milestone joining forces with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Blog Hungary helps Yazidi genocide survivors Sep 17, 2019 - Tristan Azbej As state secretary responsible for the Hungary Helps Program, I was pleased to announce recently a new, joint project with the Hungarian Ecumenical Charity that offers assistance to the Yazidi community that was subjected to genocide during the reign of the Islamic State.
News in Brief Hungary Helps builds school in Iraq Sep 06, 2019 The construction of a school in Mosul, in the independent Kurdish region of Iraq, is underway thanks to the Hungarian government and the Hungary Helps scheme.
News in Brief Hungary Helps Agency signs cooperation pact with Ecumenical Charity Aug 29, 2019 Tristan Azbej, the state secretary in charge of helping persecuted Christians, said the government will launch two joint support programs with the Ecumenical Charity, which it considered a strategic ally.
Blog Ein humanitäres Hilfsprogramm, um sie vor der langen und gefährlichen Misere des Migranten zu bewahren Jul 10, 2019 - Zoltán Kovács So hilft Ungarn den Afrikanern, in ihrem Heimatland Stabilität und Sicherheit zu finden, und dadurch dem Schicksal eines Flüchtlings zu entkommen.
Blog A humanitarian assistance program to save them from the long and dangerous plight of the migrant Jul 06, 2019 - Tristan Azbej This is how Hungary helps Africans find stability and security at home to avoid becoming refugees.
News in Brief Hungary Helps provides further assistance to rebuild Syria May 29, 2019 The Hungarian government fundamentally believes that help must be taken where there is trouble, rather than bringing problems to Europe.
News in Brief Hungary Helps program builds church in Iraq May 16, 2019 Tristan Azbej, state secretary in charge of the Hungary Helps program, attended the inauguration of the church built in Iraqi Kurdistan with assistance from the Hungarian government’s scheme
News in Brief Hungarian Kolping Association raises 30,000 euros to help the people of Aleppo May 06, 2019 The Hungary Helps program is proving a highly successful government initiative to aid persecuted Christians around the world
News in Brief Hungary offers Sri Lanka HUF 9 million emergency aid Apr 23, 2019 In the wake of a string of terrorist attacks against Christians in Sri Lanka, Hungary has offered HUF 9 million in emergency aid
News in Brief PM's office sets up Hungary Helps Agency Apr 19, 2019 Hungary Helps is aimed at aiding Christian communities experiencing persecution around the world and was set up in 2017. The scheme has so far disbursed aid of 8 billion HUF (25m EUR) to 35,000 Christians making a living in their homelands
News in Brief Hungary seeks to support Ethiopian refugee efforts through its Hungary Helps program Feb 28, 2019 Hungary's House Speaker voiced his appreciation for Ethiopia’s support for nearly one million refugees in the country and praised the nation for its cooperation with Hungary
News in Brief PM Orbán offers Hungarian government’s financial support to persecuted Christians in order to help them return home Oct 10, 2018 PM Orbán said help needs to be taken where it is needed instead of importing trouble to Europe
News in Brief FM urges UN to provide “legal and security guarantees” to ensure that persecuted Christians could “return to their homelands" Sep 24, 2018 Péter Szijjártó, minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said that Christianity “has become the most persecuted religion in the world"
News in Brief An Iraqi town has been renamed “Hungary’s daughter” after receiving funds from the government for renovations Aug 29, 2018 The Iraqi town - inhabited by a Christian community and destroyed by the Islamic State terrorist organization in 2014 - was rebuilt using a donation of 2 million euros from the Hungarian government
News in Brief Hungarian doctors set for humanitarian aid trip to Bangladesh Jul 03, 2018 A team of Hungarian doctors are preparing for a humanitarian aid trip to Bangladesh next Monday to work as volunteers in a refugee camp holding around 1.3 million people, mostly Rohingya refugees
News in Brief Hungary has been helping persecuted Middle East Christians return home, reveals foreign minister May 15, 2018 Péter Szijjártó, minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, told a conference focusing on the victims of ethnic and religious conflicts in Brussels that Hungary’s policies will help persecuted Christians return to their homelands in the Middle East
News in Brief Hungary donates 5 million euros towards building a hospital in Syria Apr 26, 2018 Hungary Helps has provided 3.6 billion HUF (11.6 million EUR) on programs helping Middle Eastern refugees stay at home and return home
News in Brief Prime Minister PM Orbán: Hungary to offer further assistance to persecuted Christians in the Middle East Dec 22, 2017 Hungary will provide financial support for the reconstruction of a school destroyed in Syrian battles, and will offer scholarship opportunities in Hungary for students from Christian communities
News in Brief Hungary Helps to rebuild towns and villages in Nigeria ravaged by Boko Haram Nov 28, 2017 A Hungarian delegation signed a document of support to rebuild three schools and a hospital on the former territory of Boko Haram in Nigeria
News in Brief Hungary’s policy of supporting and aiding persecuted Chritians is the first of its kind in the world Oct 26, 2017 Hungary’s efforts in aiding persecuted Christians have even been recognized by the Secretary for Relations with States for the Holy See
News in Brief Prime Minister PM Orbán: "Hungary is helping persecuted Christians to return home” Oct 13, 2017 “We, Hungarians, want Syrian, Iraqi and Nigerian Christians to be able to return home to the land that their ancestors have inhabited for hundreds of years as soon as possible, this is what we call Hungarian solidarity (…) Hungary helps," the prime minister said
Blog [VIDEO] The Hungarian face of solidarity, delivering help directly to the people living in crisis regions Oct 03, 2017 - Zoltán Kovács The Hungarian government has put forward a unique effort in its global humanitarian initiative, Hungary Helps. It aims to achieve far more than what one would expect from a country of Hungary’s size, focusing particularly on assistance to troubled communities in their homeland, rather than promoting the resettlement to Europe of those in crisis zones.
News in Brief Hungary aims to provide refuge to persecuted Christians Sep 29, 2017 “Today three out of four Christians in the world are persecuted, and the western world knows little about it,” Zoltán Balog, minister of Human Resources, said
News in Brief Hungary Helps program receives praise from the Vatican Aug 28, 2017 Hungary is going beyond its means to provide assistance to persecuted Christians for education, housing, healthcare and other humanitarian needs, in addition to providing hundreds of university scholarships
News in Brief Hungary lends Lebanon a hand to help refugees and rebuild Christian churches Jun 12, 2017 Hungary's foreign minister highlighted how important it was for Europe to maintain Lebanon’s stability, and Hungary would double the 400 million EUR allocated to Lebanon for refugee services under an agreement with the EU in order to help economic development
News in Brief Hungary launches scholarship program to help persecuted Christians in the Middle East Jun 06, 2017 Christian students will cooperate with local religious leaders in promoting the project. The Hungarian state also offers scholarships to several hundred Muslim students
News in Brief PM Orbán signs agreement to restore houses of Iraqi Christians in Telskuf May 31, 2017 The Hungarian government has issued a decree with the aim of helping persecuted Christian families stay in, or return to, their homelands in the Middle East. In total, 580 million HUF (1.9m EUR) has been set aside to restore the houses in Telskuf
News in Brief Hungary helps Iraqi Christians with 145 million HUF in pharmaceutical aid May 30, 2017 The Hungarian government hopes the provision of aid bears the message that “we are aware of the suffering that people living in the Middle East are having to endure, and especially Christians"
Blog Hungary Helps: 2 million USD to re-build community in Iraq May 29, 2017 - Zoltán Kovács The Hungarian government has been a strong advocate for allocating resources to aid and reconstruction efforts in communities impacted by war, rather than importing the problems to Europe. In its global initiative to bring help where it is most needed, the government of Hungary aims to do more than its fair share and has recently allocated 2 million USD toward the reconstruction of a Christian community near Mosul.
News in Brief Hungary continues its humanitarian aid efforts to help persecuted Christians May 25, 2017 The Hungarian government has allocated 1.9 million EUR to rebuild 200 Christian homes in Iraq, 470,000 EUR to buy medical supplies for a hospital, 400,000 EUR to build a Christian school, and 500,000 EUR to provide humanitarian aid. The Syrian Catholic and Orthodox churches will receive 1 million EUR each