HRCA Refugee Ministry Summer Snapshots

The Refugee Ministry is a division of the Hungarian Reformed Church Aid (HRCA), assisting refugees with integration through various programs and services. Different divisions of the Refugee Ministry summarized their recent activities and accomplishments in these brief snapshots.

2023. augusztus 29.

Celebrating Unity and Culture at the 2023 City Park Picnic

In June, clients at the Refugee Ministry organized a community picnic at the city park. Angela Canadey, the Swiss Church Aid (HEKS) Coordinator and Project Assistant for the Refugee Ministry’s Base Integration Program, briefly summarized the lively event.

2023. augusztus 8.

Budapest - The City Of Light

Annamaria Apelt finished high school in 2019 and shortly after that she found herself in Budapest, as part of her social voluntary year. She volunteered with the Refugee Ministry of RCH, supporting the daily operation of RCH's implementing partner, the Kalunba Social Services Non-Profit.

2021. április 20.

Home. Safe. Family.

Nancy Rosas served as a Student Intern with Kalunba Non-Profit, the implementing partner of RCH in the ministry among Refugees. Nancy spent 3 months in Budapest, helped out in administration and community building as well as in tutoring children.

2020. május 8.

A World of Neighbours

Kalunba joins the World of Neighbours programme of the Church of Sweden promoting Interreligious peace, peaceful coexistence and social and existential sustainability in Europe.

2019. november 15.

Sewing Summer

"One could claim that Kalunba’s mission has nothing very much to do with environmental protection. Yet, all working at Kalunba seem to share an interest in and enthusiasm for finding ways to reuse and recycle what we can."

2019. november 6.

European Humanitarian Corridors

Italian humanitarian corridors set the precedent for Europe. Protestant representatives from 15 EU countries, including RCH’s refugee integration ministry, discussed this good practice in Rome.

2019. október 18.

I was a stranger and you welcomed me

“Depending on the context, the challenges are different, but as a church, we are all confronted with the issue of migration,” - RCH represented at the Church of Westfalia's partner conference.

2019. június 26.

World Refugee Day

In honor of World Refugee Day, the CCME and the CEC shared a call for partner and member churches to remember those who have died on their journey to find a dignified life in Europe. The RCH joins the international initiative.

2019. június 20.

Cross the Borders

In March, Kalunba Social Services Ltd., the implementing partner of the RCH, sent two young volunteers to an Erasmus+ training with Gruppo Umana Solidarietà in Lecce, Italy.

2019. április 16.