Nagy lelkesedéssel indultam a budakeszi Prohászka Gimnáziumba, hiszen ez volt az első élményem a Taita Alapítvánnyal.
Sok tüneményes gyerekcsapat élvezte a tábor különféle programjait, amelyeket kiegészítettek a kézműves foglalkozások, a dráma- és zenés játékok, valamint az előadások Afrikáról. A gyerekek, kicsik és nagyok egyaránt figyelmesek, szófogadók és tündérien aranyosak voltak. A gyerektömeg beözönlött a terembe - ami nagyon kedves hangulatú volt, tele hangszerekkel, képekkel -, és kíváncsian figyelték az előadásom Afrikáról. Amilyen lelkesen érkeztem előadást és drámajátékot tartani, olyan érdeklődéssel fogadott a sok kedves kis szempár.

• Gyerekek, tudjátok-e hány ember él ezen a bolygón?
• Én tudom, több, mint... SZÁZ!

Minden…

From my childhood on, it was our family’s habit to say: "Let’s not throw this away, it might be good for something." Which, of course, resulted in an immeasurable mass of thrash; on the other hand, this mess also turned into a field of creativity. We constructed innumerable do-it-yourself tools, if we happened to be short of any chance to get the original of something. Of course, I wasn’t always proud of doing this – and yet, somehow, these are beautiful memories. It was precisely for this reason that for me, Kenya was heaven on earth, a place where recycling takes on a fantastic form. Sure, it is annoying that all this is partly the result of below-par infrastructure, but it is uplifting to see what beauties can be born out of things that for convenience’s sake, we generally consider…

On Oct 15, at the Dr. Török Béla Általános Iskola (Primary School), I gave a presentation describing my volunteering activity that I completed in the Taita Foundation’s Bura Orphanage. The lecture was one of the programs within the thematic week that the school organized, centered around volunteering.

I recounted to the school’s hearing-impaired students where Kenya is situated, why I chose that very spot to travel to as a volunteer, and what kind of tasks I had out there in the orphanage.

The students listened to me attentively and with great interest throughout the lecture, and several of them took the courage to ask their questions. I was very happy that I managed to engage their attention to such an extent, and that they were so curious about my account.

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At Gödöllő, on a warm summer day, after a rapid acquaintance, we set out almost to the end of the world. Okay, you don’t have to go that far to meet ill-fated fellow citizens living in difficult circumstances. As for us, led by Eszter, we joined the work of the Tegyél Egy Szebb Jövőért Egyesület (Act For A More Beautiful Future) in Mátramindszent. We prepared with children’s activities, with the women joining all our handicraft programs with just as much – if not more – enthusiasm than the children. In the meantime, we learned from our conversations that the village’s inhabitants commute a long way to study and work. One grandfather was accompanying his grandchild whom he is raising because the parents abandoned the child and don’t care for the waif. This was heart-wrenching to hear,…

We want to thank for the open-air tent offered by Mutton Ltd!

In Hungary, Taita Foundation helps build intercultural connections by means of popular science, and in Kenya (Province Taita, Bura Mission Village), since 2005, we have been offering our assistance to underprivileged young people by means of maintaining the Saint Joseph Children’s Home And Little Angel Kindergarten, as well as supporting a school.

In Hungary, we appear at numerous events, holding discussions and lectures (almost 60 events in the past 3 years), in order to give the broadest possible perspective of our activities for those who are interested, thus bringing Africa closer to the people. We are endeavoring to reach as many schools and venues as possible with our innovative, interactive popular-…