The public media in Hungary has raised 516 million forints (EUR 1.2m) for the Tabitha Children’s Hospice House near Budapest run by the Hungarian Baptist Aid, and the construction of a new children’s hospice home as part of its annual "Good to be Good" charity campaign.
Dániel Papp, the CEO of Hungary's Media Service Support and Asset Management Fund (MTVA), said the "Good to be Good" charity drive was one of the "flagships" of public media, which brought together "a concentration of love and unity".
"We prepare for it all year long; it’s a very important initiative and the cooperation gets broader every year," he said. "There are few programmes that reach this many Hungarians."
Papp thanked those who had donated and taken part in the movement. He promised that public media will show the hospice home being built, and everyone would see that the money raised had gone "to the best place possible".
Béla Szilágyi, the head of the Hungarian Baptist Aid, said the money raised would make it possible to complete the construction of the children’s hospice home and buy most of the medical equipment needed.