Pope Francis approves tireless charity work of Hungary Helps, blesses Hungarian students

Hungary Helps Program Magyarország Segít
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“We do not want to tell from Budapest what the people in a bad situation need; we go there and ask the people involved what we can help with,” said Ádám Wappler, a member of Hungary Helps Program, a theologists and an educator at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences of the Pázmány Péter Catholic University in the radio programme of Spirit FM called Magyarország segít! (Hungary helps).

The radio programme was quite eventful as Ádám Wappler has told the listeners of the radio about his personal experience concerning their latest travel to Iraq in March and the project he was there for as part of Hungary Helps Program. Among other things he also told interesting things about the historic visit of Pope Francis and his latest book he wrote collectively with Ádám Sághy, reported ATV.

“Being a member of the Hungary Helps Program is more than a simple job, it is a mission. And it is the personal encounters that make this a mission and our task real: to take help where it is needed,”

said Ádám Wappler, adding that they have a constant connection with the leaders of the pursued catholic groups.

Ádám Wappler was escorting Azbej Tristan state secretary and leader of the Hungary Helps Program to Iraq. Apart from attending the visit of the Pope, Ádám also took a major role tending to a lot of tasks. According to ATV that it was also a humanitarian mission as well.

They went to visit the places they are supporting and checked what the people there needed. It is also part of the mission to check on how their previous aids have been spent or utilised. Ádám said that after the mission he needed days, weeks even to simply process what he experienced.

Thanks to the Hungary Helps Program, a settlement that has been previously destroyed by the ISIS could be rebuilt again. The town of Tell-Aszkuf was restored and from the 1,300 families that have been chased away, 1,000 were able to settle back.

Also, thanks to the help of the charity organisation, the Saint George church, the kindergarten and 950 homes were rebuilt. Ádám said that the locals call Tell-Aszkuf the “Daughter of Hungary”.

Within four years of tireless work, the Hungary Helps Program helped thousands of people in need and have made it possible for them to stay in their homelands and even to return to their own homes.

Ádám also told the listeners that he and his co-writer, Ádám Sághy have sent Pope Francis one of their books with an accompanying letter. He received an answer from the Pope himself and in the letter, apart from thanking Ádám’s help and the fact that he takes upon himself the teaching of the word, Pope Francis has also blessed all students of the Pázmány Péter Catholic University.

Source: Atv.hu

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