Hungarian Baptist Charity seeks donations for school-starter children

The Hungarian Baptist Charity has launched a donation drive to help 2,500 needy children starting school this year, the organisation said in a statement.

Donations for school-starter children in need

Last year the charity distributed the same number of packages filled with exercise books, pencil boxes, glue, sports equipment and schoolbags, primarily in the country’s poorer northern and north-eastern counties, it said.

Béla Szilágyi, the charity’s head, said the charity provides aid to poor families throughout the year, providing clothes and food products.

Collection points in the city include Nyugati Square (30-31 August), while online donations can be given at www.sulidoboz.hu.

Meanwhile, the Red Cross has also started an online fundraiser for 3,000 schoolchildren and their families across the country, the organisation said on Friday. The action ending on 31 August similarly focuses on collecting and delivering school supplies such as coloured pencils, gym clothes and sports shoes.

Donations can be given at voroskereszt.hu/adomanyozas/kampany-tamogatasa/jokedvvel-az-iskolaba/.

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