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St. Martin Caritas participates in a tender of European Union between 1st of January 2011 and 30th of April 2012. The "Parents for Children" Association in Romania (Satu Mare) transacts this project called Networking for Cultural Heritage Preservation...
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Virgin Maria Crisis Center for Mothers and their Children
Nowadays we hear more and more about violence within the family: television and radio report about such cases almost every day. We can often experience this problem, there might not be a person, who would not be touched in this topic, either by close friends, or in worse case, personally. The violence and living in fear within the family is a real problem, but unfortunately the final solution is being waited for.
The Slovakian foundation Usmev ako dar (Smile as a gift) was seeking for a solution to this problem, and found it. It is true that it does not entirely solve the everyday life of the families living in terror, but allows for a new start. The organisation in Slovakia established homes for mothers and their children in crisis, where the families which were forced to escape can find a temporary home. Initiated by Radoslav Drab (president of the fundation Usmev ako dar), in partnership with St. Martin Caritas this program has started here, in Transcarpathia too. Thanks to it in 2010 the Virgin Maria Crisis Center for Mothers and their Children opened in Serednje.
The building giving place to the center is owned by a local resident, the St. Martin Caritas took it on lease. After renting the building was renovated. The home is planned to accommodate three families. At the moment the number is total, because the house gives shelter for 3 families, 5 adults and 6 children. All the three families arrived from Uzhgorod district. One of the families was forced to escape from home, because the father beat his children and wife, the other family's house burned down. Unfortunately the victims are often helpless in these situations, there is nowhere to go, therefore the functioning of this home is of great importance. The mothers and their children actually live here, the mothers go to work from this place, because they should maintain their children. But after some months spent here, they should try to continue their life independently.
The home was opened on 12th September 2010. Bishop Antal Majnek, father Andrei from Serednje, Jozef Morkvica from Hliboka and several guests from Slovakia.were present on the solemn opening ceremony.
So the institution was established due to the Slovakian foundation Usmev ako dar and to St. Martin Caritas. The institution belongs to St. Martin Caritas, but functions with effective support of Slovakian organisation.
Changes in the life of St. Istvan's High School (lyceum)
The St. Istvan's High School in Mukachevo opened in 2001 for students who want to learn. So this year we celebrate the tenth anniversary of the existence of the institution.
The 2011-2012 school years bring serious changes into the life of the lyceum. The main reason of it is the new Education Act, which has recently come into force. According to it the time of studying in secondary schools is 11 years, which means that the time of studying in the lyceum is changing from 3 years to 2 and 4. So the students can apply for admission to the institution both after 7th and 9th classes. The changes in the law has led to other changes too. This will serve the students' better preparation, will give more opportunities for young people to shape their future, and the lively, cheerful social life will be guaranteed too.
The 4 years' lyceum means a positive change, because the students who do not know Ukranian language or know it a little, will have the opportunity to catch up the language. In the first two years an intensive Ukrainian language course will help students. It is almost impossible to succeed today without the knowledge of Ukranian language, so to acquire the state language is an important task of the lyceum.
However, we consider it extremely important to deepen the respect for Hungarian language and culture too, because we know that only that nation can have future, which recognizes and honors its own past. Therefore, we celebrate our major national and religious holidays, the performances of our students make these occasions unforgettable.
The specialization of our institute will remain the computer science and foreign languages. We put a high emphasis on these and the associated lessons. There are modernly equipped classrooms and a computer room also helps students in learning. We have recently started a computer training, after finishing it students can get a document certifying computer operator qualifications. We will put a great emphasis on the teaching of foreign languages (German and English) in the future too, because for those who know more languages the world openes and expands their possibilities.
We regularly organize trips for students in Transcarpathia, but our students have already visited Hungary, Austria, Germany and Italy too. We also plan to send the best students of lyceum to participate in subsidiary studies in Austria. In addition, there will be possibilities to get acquainted personally with the cultures of neighboring and distant countries .
We have also started a tourism course within the institution, which allows students to learn about the famous places and buildings of Transcarpathia. They can learn here such things which elsewhere they can hear only a little. The tourism in Transcarpathia is gradually increasing, so there will be a great demand in the future for skilled people in this direction.
Several new programs also expand the possibilities of the students in the future. One of the novelties is media training, with the help of which students can acquire the foundations of radio broadcasting, television, cinematography, or journalism. The program also provides an opportunity for young people to show their skills in practice, they can make news reports on different events. The here acquired basis can insure the future for the gifted students in the field of media.
Accommodation is provided for both boys and girls. The feeding is also insured. There are many common programs in the student hostels too. Dance training will be held every month in the future, which is of course good not only for learning dances, but also for making friends and the formation of an active social life.
In order to become valuable and balanced adults, to know who they are and where their place in the world is, the proper mental development is necessary as well. So the retreats will continue and common occupations are going to be organized too, which contribute to the development of young people's consciousness.
In addition, subject weeks and quizes can enrich community life in high school. The thematic weekends can provide larger immersion in an issue.
Students' government also operates within the institutional framework. In addition, a rich and ever-expanding library is waiting for the young people who want to learn, and a thousand-pieces Audiovisual Collection is also available for students.
The cornerstone of the institution, however, does not change, the institution preserves the Christian spirit, the basis will continue to be the trust in God. Our team puts a great emphasis on developing the loving, accepting atmosphere and the rational discipline.
Pro Life Project in Transcarpathia
Children are treasures. They are the good, happiness, and hope in our life. They are our future. It is to protect their lives that all over the world the Pro Life movement has started. The movement is fighting for the life of embryos, as human life starts at the very moment of conception. From that very moment it becomes saint, honourable, and has to be protected.
The Pro Life movement started its work in Transcarpathia in 2008. Bishop Antal Majnek noticed that it was time to act in a way that a program has to be started to defend human life against the huge number of abortions.
A very important area of life protection is prevention. Education concerning basic life facts and respect for human life should start at an age that is still young enough for prevention. It is to serve this cause why information sessions have been organized to inform youngsters about proper sexual behaviour, abortion and post-abortion syndrome. Teenagers are open to talk about these topics, as they are considered to be taboos at home. Most of them have never heard such pieces of information that they encounter during the information sessions.
To help those people, who are in a difficult situation already, and do not find a way out other than abortion, our movement opened an office, where pregnant women who are in a critical situation can discuss their problems with specialists. We are also operating a phone hotline where women can ask for help concerning their unwanted pregnancy. Organizing the consultation project at hospitals has also began, which includes that gynaecologists should send their patients asking for abortion for a consultation to a pro-life organization before the actual abortion operation is carried out.
We must not forget the deep and painful suffering that most of the women experience after abortions. Women are suffering from the aftermaths, the consequences often even decades after. Abortion causes not only physical wounds but mental, spiritual wounds as well, that women cannot digest without assistance. Therefore, the Pro Life Project focuses not only on saving babies, but on women's traumas after abortions, and their treatment. With this aim in mind, retreats are organized for women who experienced abortion. During the weekend-long retreats mental and spiritual healings occur, participants come to realize God's forgiveness, and can forgive themselves, too. This is inevitably important so that they can lead a balanced and full life afterwards.
The movement is becoming more and more widespread. Fliers are distributed. Posters are designed and printed out that are later on displayed in various hospitals situated in various towns of Transcarpathia. It was several months ago, when posters appeared on light billboards at 25 places in Uzghorod and Mukachevo. The printing house did not ask for any allowance, in order to serve the true cause. These billboards impress people a lot. From the feedback of doctors we know that in the first half of the year in Mukachevo they had 5-10 abortions daily and it fell to 2 abortions per day. The project has intensive reactions. One of the reporters working at the Television of Mukachevo has already conducted an interview with one of our organizers.
In June we had the March for Life, in which the representatives of the Orthodox, Greek Catholic, Protestant, Roman Catholic churches took part, including four bishops. The march started from the different churches - after an hour of prayer -, then the groups united and marched to the Gyneacological Clinique. The Mayor of Mukachevo also joined the collective action.
Training the leaders of the project is continuous. According to the organizers this is a hard job, because we do not really know the outcome of it, as we rarely have concrete feedback about those children that were born thanks to the Pro Life Project.
"Children are a heritage from the LORD, offspring a reward from him." (Psalms, 127:3).
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Partnership without borders
St. Martin Caritas participates in a tender of European Union between 1st of January 2011 and 30th of April 2012. The "Parents for Children" Association in Romania (Satu Mare) transacts this project called Networking for Cultural Heritage Preservation. The partners of this project are: Hungarian "Round Forest" Kindergarten (Nyíregyháza), Romanian "Wonderful Grove" Kindergarten and Ukranian St. Martin Caritas-Transcarpathia. The programme is financed by the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument in the framework of the cross-border cooperation programme Hungary-Slovakia-Romania-Ukraine 2007-2013 (www.huro-cbc.eu), complemented by the governmental consent of participant countries.
The total cost of the Action is 98.235 EUR, whereof the own consent of partners 5.916,81 EUR.
The primary purpose of the project is to exchange practice and expertise among kindergarten teachers regarding education for traditional culture preservation (100 kindergarten teachers from the partner institutions), to train 75 kindergarten teachers for adequate traditional culture teaching methods, to raise awareness among pre-school children of local traditions (such us pottery) through interactive activities, to develop pre-school children artistic talents and skills to use simple traditional culture techniques (at least 750 children), to develop pre-school children capacity to establish and maintain connections with other children and adults, to transfer identified symbols of traditional culture covering the cross-border area to school children and local community.
The overall objective of the project is to promote cross-border cooperation for a better preservation of cultural heritage in the context of educational system in Hungary, Romania and Ukraine.
The partners have three types of activities: the first group of activities are common cross-border activities. They include preparation activities, publicity activities, networking visits. The second group of activities refers to common activities coordinated by the leading partner. Activities such as the organisation of the Children's Traditional Fair, the organisation of the workshop for curriculum development, the coordination of a common publication. The third group of activities are implemented individually in each partner country, but they have a commonly agreed structure and design - training session of pre-school teachers, teaching activities for children related to traditional gastronomy that proved to be of common interest for all partners.
"From the captivity of the alcohol Jesus Christ is the saver."
"God, you have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you"(St. Augustine)
Alcoholism is an illness, which is not only damages person's physical health, but it also turns over his psychic balance. Addicted people can not control their actions. Alcoholics ruin not just their own lives, but also the lives of their beloved ones. Become free from an alcohol addiction is really difficult.That's why the initiative which was introduced in Transcarpathia in January of 2010 is essentially important. The retreat and the program itself was started in 1985 in Hungary. Initially Halasz Endre, a roman-catholic priest and the founder, began to work with his volunteer co-workers to provide help for the alcoholics and organized the Catholic Service for Alcohol Addicts. Since 2001 priest Otto Jakus is the head of this organization.
The retreats for alcohol addicts are being organized once in three monts in different parts of Transcarpathia. In January held in Rativci with 17 participants, in April with 19 people in was held in Bustino, in July 15 people took part in the retreat in Uzhgorod and the last one was in Sinyak where 19 people participated. Father Gyorgy Fazekas conducted all the retreats who came from Veresegyhaza. Every time he invited helpers who were former addicts. They shared their experiences to help others to get rid of the addiction. The examples of the former addicts usually inspire, strengthen and give hope for those who suffer now and make them realize that they are able to do the same if they really want to. During the three-days retreat there are meditations, discussions in small groups, prayers and witnesses. There is always a significant stress on creating an atmosphere of love and acceptance. Anybody can join the community on one condition that he or she has a desire to give up drinking.
The centre and the foundation of the Catholic Service for Alcohol Addicts is God and it's strength in the power of community. Contradict the evil and be persistent in good is much easier if there are more people to hold your hands. It is important for the addicts to realize that alcoholism is not God's punishment, but the consequence of once wrong decision. That's why the primary goal is to find the right way. Those who experience the happiness of being sober can enjoy the gift of freedom.
"Listen! I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come into his house and eat with him, and he will eat with me." (Rev 3:20)
"Light and Joy" Candle Workshop in Transcarpathia
Mental handicap is an awkward question in our days. Many of us don't know what the good attitude is to these people. But they also have a desire for love, like others. This is the brace that connects us.
The current form of dealing with mentally retarded people is the "Faith and Light" community, which was started in France in 1971. From here it was dispersed to all over the world.
In Tanscarpathia such a community was started by Edit Kral (from Budapest) in the autumn of 1994. Now the "Faith and Light" community is at work in Khust ("Crag castle"), in Thyachiv ("Apple garden") and in Uzhgorod ("Grapevine"), and communities are evolving in Mukachevo and in Rachiv. The Associate of communities meet once a month, here they sing, dance, play and talk. Every occasion enriches the handicapped, their parents and the helpers with new experience.
Recently the Caritas Znojmo (Czech Republic) offered materials for making candles to St. Martin Caritas. That was how the "Light and Joy" Candle Workshop came into existence. It started in April of 2010 in Viskovo, and regular occupation began in September. This establishment is the first in Transcarpathia where mentally retarded people can be occupied during work hours.
The candle workshop provides chance to regular meeting and development. In this institute the handicapped people can feel that they are also important. They work three times a week. The community from Viskovo works every Monday, the one from Khust every Tuesday and the one from Thyachiv every Wednesday.
In the communities there are usually five people. The purpose of the workshop is to form a fellowship with the mentally handicapped. There are helpers who work with these people, they assist for them to make the candles.
"Deficiency" is not an illness, but a condition that defines the whole life of the handicapped. However, with proper development they can try to live a more whole life, too.
"But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak of the world to confound the things which are mighty..."
(I. Cor 1:27)
Jesus says: I need you
Meeting of the awardees of St. Martin Diocesan Caritas Scholarship
The scholarship program of St. Martin Diocesan Caritas was launched in 2007 in Transcarpathia. It aims to support Catholic young people who graduate from a Hungarian high school in Ukraine, and enroll in higher education also in Ukraine but do not have the financial means to complete the university or college program without external support. The scholarship's goal is to promote the training of the future generation of young Hungarian Catholic intellectuals in Transcarpathia. The scholarship is announced every semester and is funded by several Foundations as well as private donors: the Szolgálat Kész (Ready to Serve) Foundation ( Hungary); The Transcarpathian Franciscan Mission Foundation (Hungary), Christina Funnell (Great Britain).
The five-member scholarship committee organized the second meeting for all the awardees this year on March 20th. The meeting started with a mass was celebrated by Rev. Antal Michels, parish priest of Mukachevo-Palanok, in the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Mukachevo. Following the mass, the program continued next to the cathedral at St. Michael Chapel. After the introduction, Mr. Andras Kacsó, chairman of board of the Transcarpathian Franciscan Mission Foundation, took the floor to address the young attendees. Mr. Kacsó was invited to attend the meeting by the scholarship committee. In his speech, he pointed out the importance of searching God's will regarding our vocation. Everybody has the opportunity to find the right place and duty for themselves in the world, what they like to do, and what fulfills their lives.
Two university students - Tünde Tamáskó and Oksana Vasiljeva - told about their volunteer activity at the Pediatric Department of the Regional Hospital in Uzhgorod, where they go to visit orphans. Then Zsuzsanna Pápai, editor of the Roman Catholic periodical, Új Hajtás (New Offset), shared with the audience her volunteer experience in the Faith and Light community in Mukachevo. In the short break, the young participants had the opportunity to network with the invited speakers, the members of the committee as well as each other. During the small group discussions, they exchanged thoughts about talent, skill, and charisma and also about the ways of how to recognize those in ourselves.
Following the small group discussions, the attendees commemorated the 1848-49 Hungarian Revolution and war of Liberation.
In the closing ceremony of the event, the new awardees were presented the scholarship award.
Szabolcs Bunda
Information on Grants Distributed by the Szülőföld (Hungarian Homeland) Fund
The Szülőföld (Hungarian Homeland) Fund contributed to the running expenses of the charitable institutions in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Munkacs with 20.45 million HUF over 1,5 years, between 2008.01.01-2009.07.01. We are grateful for the support. For detailed information about each program please read the chart below.
Without financial support from the Szülőföld (Hungarian Homeland) Fund these institutions could not be maintained as 85% of their running costs comes from applications and donations. We hope for a continued partnership of cooperation and we are thankful for all the support we have received so far.
Cultural, Religious, and Media Board, First Announcement, 2008:
| Institutions | Goal | Grant (HUF) |
| Roman Catholic Diocese of Munkacs | Support for Diocesan Institutions and Programs | 2 000 000 |
| Caritas St. Martin Subcarpathian Regional Charitable Institution | Contribution to the running costs of the institution | 700 000 |
| Caritas St. Anthony of Padua Charitable Foundation | Contribution to the running costs of the kindergarten in Kobilecka Poljana | 1 000 000 |
| St. Michael Orphanage in Rativci | Contribution to kitchen equipment | 800 000 |
| Caritas Theodor Romzha Charitable Foundation | Contribution to the running costs of the kindergarten in Velikij Bichkiv | 800 000 |
| St. Joseph Caritas Charitable Foundation | Contribution to the running costs of the institution | 500 000 |
| St. George Parish in Uzhgorod | Contribution to the running costs of the soup kitchen for the needy | 800 000 |
| TOTAL | 6 600 000 |
Cultural, Religious, and Media Board, Second Announcement, 2008:
| Institution | Goal | Grant (HUF) |
| Roman Catholic Diocese of Munkacs | Support for Diocesan Institutions and Programs | 1 000 000 |
| Caritas St. Stephen Foundation | Completion of the heating system installation in the reatreat house in Bustino | 400 000 |
| St. Stephen Lyceum with Specialization in IT and Foreign Languages | Contribution to the running costs of the Lyceum in 2009 | 1 000 000 |
| Caritas St. Martin Subcarpathian Regional Charitable Institution | Contribution to the running costs of the institution | 900 000 |
| Social Caritative Center in Vinogradovo | Contribution to the running costs of the institution | 300 000 |
| Caritas St. Anthony of Padua Foundation | Contribution to the running costs of the kindergarten in Kobilecka Poljana | 300 000 |
| St. George Parish in Uzhgorod | Contribution to the running costs of the soup kitchen for the needy | 450 000 |
| TOTAL | 4 350 000 |
Cultural, Religious, and Media Board, First Announcement, 2009:
| Institution | Goal | Grant (HUF) |
| Roman Catholic Diocese of Munkacs | Support for Diocesan Institutions and Programs | 1 500 000 |
| Caritas St. Martin Subcarpathian Regional Charitable Institution | Contribution to the running costs of the institution | 650 000 |
| St. Stephen Lyceum with Specialization in IT and Foreign Languages | Contribution to the running costs of the Lyceum in 2009 | 2 000 000 |
| Caritas St. Anthony of Padua Foundation | Contribution to the running costs of the kindergarten in Kobilecka Poljana | 1 400 000 |
| Caritas Theodor Romzha Charitable Foundation | Contribution to the running costs of the kindergarten in Velikij Bichkiv | 1 350 000 |
| St. Anna Kindergarten in Solotvino | Contribution to the running costs of the kindergarten in Solotvino | 950 000 |
| St. George Parish in Uzhgorod | Contribution to the running costs of the soup kitchen in Uzhgorod | 550 000 |
| Caritas St. Elizabeth Charitable Foundation | Contribution to the running costs of the soup kitchen in Mukachevo | 600 000 |
| Caritas St. Stephen Foundation | Contribution to the running costs and partial renovation of the kindergarten in Bustino | 500 000 |
| TOTAL | 9 500 000 |
The Roman Catholic Church in Transcarpathia have got the following establishments and programs:
Children's homes of family type
1. Children's home of family type named after "St. Gabriel" in Velikij Bereznij. Here are 7 children. State supports are 75 %.
2. Children's home of family type named after "Queen of Peace" in Velikij Bereznij. Here are 10 children. State supports are 75 %. This home isn't stand immediately direction of Caritas but the foundation and the functioning go on under the sanction of bishop Antal Majnek.
3. Children's home of family type named after "Nary St. Philip" in Mukachevo. Here are 11 children, 3 of them are own. The state has been supporting the expenses of children in 75 % since beginning of 2006.
4. Children's home of family type named after "St. Francis" in Hust. Here are 12 children, 2 of them are own. The state has been supporting the expenses of children in 75% since 2006.
5. Children's homes of family type named after Family Lelekats in Rativtsi (near Uzhgorod). Here are 7 orphans. State supports are 75 %.
6. Children's homes of family type named Family Juhasz in Rativtsi (near Uzhgorod). Here are 8 orphans and 2 own children. State supports are 75 %.
7. Children's home of family type named after "St. Elizabeth" in Serednje. Here are 3 orphans. State supports are 75 %.
Secondary educational establishments
8. Catholic Lyceum named after "St. Steven" in Munkach - here are 50 young people from the whole Transcarpathian district. State supports are 16 %. Here are being built a gymnasium, a dining-hall and special classrooms.
Kindergartens
9. The kindergarten named after "St. Catherina"in Fanchika. Here are 62 children. 12 workers work here. 2,85 EUR/child/day The state support is 55 %.
10. The kindergarten named after "St. Francis" in Korolevo. Here are 40 children. 14 workers work here. 3,37 EUR/child/day. The state supports are 60 %.
11. The kindergarten named after "St. Joseph" in Vinogradovo. Here are 50 children. 12 workers work here. 2,60 EUR/child/day. The state supports are 60%.
12. The kindergarten named after "St. Elizabeth" in Bustino. Here are 42 children. 13 workers work here. 3,78 EUR/child/day. The state support is 0%.
13. The kindergarten named after "St. Anna" in Solotvino. Here are 45 children. 14 workers work here. 2,85 EUR/child/day. The state support is 0%.
14. The kindergarten named after "Romzha Theodore"in Velikij Bochkov. 10 workers work here. Here are 30 children. 2,9 EUR/child/day The state support is 0%.
15. The kindergarten named after"Paduai St. Anotny" in Kobileckaja Poljana. Here are 24 children. 9 workers work here. 4,52 EUR/child/day. The state support is 0 %.
16. The kindergarten in Akli. Here are 15 children. 7 workers work here. 2,46 EUR/child/day. The state supports are 60%.
17. The kindergarten in Jasigna. Here are 44 children. 9 workers work here. The state supports are 80%.
Catholic students' hostels
18. Catholic college named after "St. Gerald" for students of the National University in Uzhgorod. The numbers of the students are 56. The state support is 0%.
19. Catholic college named after "St. George" for students of the National University in Uzhgorod. The numbers of the students are 22 (only for boys). The state support is 0%.
20. Catholic college for students of the lyceum in Mukachevo. The numbers of the students are 22 (only for boys). The state support is 0%.
21. Catholic college for students of the lyceum in Mukachevo. The numbers of the students are 23 (only for girls). The state support is 0%.
22. Catholic college for students in Berehovo. The numbers of the students are 20 (only for girls). The state support is 0%.
Work with phisically and mentally handicapped people
23. Rehabilitative house named after "St. Theresa" in Vinogradovo. There are200 children yearly. The state supports are 20%.
24. "Faith and light" organization provide from the invalid children in Hust and Tjachiv. It's not stand under the immediate direction of the Caritas. The state support is 0%.
25. Rehabilitative centre in Hust. The building will be finished soon. The state support is 0%.
Kitchens free of charge (Kitchens for the poor )
26. Kitchen with free dinner in Uzhgorod. There are 80 dinners every week on three occasions. 1,06 EUR/person/lunch. The state support is 0%.
27. Kitchen with free dinner in Munkach. There are 80 dinners every day. 0,41 EUR/person/lunch. There are washed and sewed the dresses of poor people. The state support is 0%.
28. Kitchen with free dinner in Vinogradovo. There are 180 dinners every day. 0,77 EUR/person/lunch. the state support is 0%.
29. Kitchen with free dinner in Thachiv. There are 102 dinners every day (except summer time). 1,61 EUR/person/lunch. The state support is 0%.
30. Kitchen with free dinner in Svaljava. There are 16 dinners every day, the state support is 0%.
31. Kitchen with free dinner in Kobileckaja Poljana. There are 15 dinners every day (the cooking from the kindergarten's kitchen for the hunger children). 0,62 EUR/person/lunch. The state support is 0%.
32. Kitchen with free dinner in Viskovo. There are 60 dinners every day. 1,15 EUR/person/lunch. The state support is 0%.
Work with the Gipsies
33. School for gipsies in Viskovo. The state supports are 25%.
34. Pastorate between the gypsies - we teach religion for children and adults in Beregujfalu, Koncovo, Galoch, Homok and Minaj. Humanitarian aid. The state support is 0 %.
Fuel programmes
35. Program for provide the poor family with fuels in Munkach for 12 families.The state support is 0%.
36. Program for provide the poor family with fuels in Hust for 19 families. The state support is 0%.
37. Program for provide the poor family with fuels in Visk for 80 families. The state support is 0%.
38. Program for provide the poor family with fuels in Tyachiv for 52 families. The state support is 0%.
Food-supply programmes for Christmas and Easter
39. Charitable Christmas and Easter programs for poor families in Vinogradovo. The state support is 0%.
40. Charitable Christmas and Easter programs for poor families in Hust for 125 families. The state support is 0%.
41. Charitable Christmas and Easter programs for poor families in Tyachiv for 175 families. The state support is 0%.
42. Charitable Christmas and Easter programs for poor families in Uzhgorod for 140 families. The state support is 0%.
43. Charitable Christmas and Easter programs for poor families in Visk for 40 families. The state support is 0%.
Help to the elderly people
44.Old people's home in Pavsino. The state support is 0%.
Help to the addicted people
45. Help for those people who use drugs. We had invited the members of the Cenacolo community to found a house of community in Ukraine. We had approved a home for them and we are looking for them. For this time we send these boys, who use drugs, to another houses of the Cenacolo (Polland or other countries).
46. We are going to plan a new project in 2009 to help for those people who use drugs and alcohol.
Help to the sick people
47. Program aimed to support (give financial aid) the operations of the children coming from poor families. It started in November 2006. Since that time we supported 18 operations.
48.Helping medical program for the poor people in Mukachevo. The curing is free in the military hospital, and they operate those people who came with a recommendation of the Caritas. For these supplies the hospital get a medical humanitarian helps from the Caritas.
Help to some schools
49. Caritas named after "Nepomuki St. John" in Jaszinya. The Caritas provide from the teaching of the poor children.
50. Not a regular help for the following schools: Munkach, Fornos, Barkasovo, Hust, Rahiv, Jaszinya.
Other
51. Food program for 165 poor families in Tjachiv, Okruhla and Bustino. The state support is 0%.
52. Complex for summer camps in Okruhla. The Caritas give a constant help to the complete renovation and the building of the complex. The state support is 0%.
53. Caritas named after "St. Augustine" is provide from the poor people. The state support is 0%.
54. Helping for the state's home for orphans in Perehresztja. The numbers of children are 107. It hasn't got a regular help from the Caritas. The state supports are 80 %.
55. Scholarship program for talanted Transcarpathian catholic students who are badly off and who study in Ukrainian higher educational establishments.Our announcement appears half-yearly. Last time we supported 33 students.
56. We are taking part in two EU projects in a Ukraine-Romania program in which Caritas Satu Mare is the main transacting member of the application. The one-year programmes are connected with phisically handicapped people and the cooperation between kindergartens.
57. We have started the rebuilding of a house being in bad condition which is situated in Mukachevo, Vatutyina street. We are planning to build here store rooms, rooms where we can distribute clothes, surgery room, office rooms, rooms for the guests.
58. Complex for summer camps in Bustino. The Caritas give a constant help to the complete renovation and the building of the complex. The state support is 0%.
59.Social Centrum in Uzhgorod (orphans, students' hostel, poor children )
The following organizations and programs (which concern to these points) are standing under the directly direction of the local Caritas: 1,4,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19, 23, 24,25,26,27,29,31,32,33, 35,36,37,38,39,40,41,43,49,51,52,53,56
The following organizations and programs (which concern to these points): 3,5,6,8, 20,21, 45,46,47,48,50,54,55,56,57 are standing under the directly direction of the Diocesan Caritas.
Those organizations and programs which are standing under the directly direction of the parish, these are the following: 7,22,28,30,34,42,44
Mukachevo, 2008. December
Collected by Ferenc Feher,
director of Saint Martin Caritas Transcarpathia
C O N T A C T
POST ADRESS:
St. Martin Caritas
UCRAINE 89600
MUKACHEVO
Mira ut. 15.
Tel:
+380313154671
+380313154670
Fax:
+380313154671
Email: munkacs[@]caritas-transcarpathia.com
General Information about Caritas Transcarpathia
Caritas Transcarpathia started to operate in 1993. Today it is a network of non-governmental organizations in Transcarpathia aiming to help people in the region who struggle with social and financial difficulties. Our organization belongs to the local Roman Catholic Church, which is based on the traditional Christian foundations of charity work and care for the needy. However, help is not only provided for members of the Catholic Church. The organization assists everybody in need regardless of religious views or national background.
The work of Caritas Transcarpatia was started after the disintegration of the Soviet Union. Ukraine lost most of its commercial connections following the declaration of independence. As a consequence, factories and plants were closed down, and unemployment increased significantly. As humanitarian aid started to pour in from Western Europe, an organization was needed to be established to administer the aid and ensure fair distribution.
However, it soon became apparent that foreign aid would not offer longterm solution to the social problems in the region. With the provision of mere financial support, Caritas would not contribute to human development on the long run. Therefore, Caritas started projects that aim at making people more independent and financially stable thus helping them live a more dignified life.
Our organization is looking for solutions to the most striking social problems working with various groups of people (addicted, elderly, sick, phisically and mentally disabled, street children, and families struggling with social problems).
In the past few years, Caritas has realized several social projects with the help of foreign partners. Our organization is not only in need of financial help. We would not have been able to launch and successfully run our projects without the professional support of our foreign partners, who shared their experience, their know-how with us thus contributing to our work and improvement.
The current goal of Caritas Transcarpathia is to become more independent in its work, although this process is a slow and lengthy one due to Ukraine's bad economic conditions, corrupt administration as well as widespread poverty. In this transition period, we need much support.
Under construction...
The Diocesan "St. Martin" Caritas (central office) and review its activity and function
The "St. Martin Caritas" is a charitable foundation in the Transcarpathia County. It was founded by the Transkarpatien Roman Catholic Apostolic Regency in the year 1999. In order to beside the central co-ordination of the programs to accommodate the local Caritas activities which were founded by the Roman Catholic parishes. The purpose of the Diocesan Caritas to alleviate the necessity of the body and the soul. For this reason the "St. Martin Caritas" to help the local caritas works as follows:
- help to find the money that necessary to the programs.
- help to stream the information.
- help the effective structure with strategy plans and co-ordination works
- manage a representative work and build connections
- arrange projects which stand outside of the range of the local caritas
- In specific cases render help to get over difficulties to the range of possibility.
12 local caritas working in Transcarpathia which are make working free kitchens, kindergartens, children's homes, and rehabilitative centers. In addition have five parishes which are belong to 6 charitable establishments.
The central co-ordination programs are the follows:
- In the first days of the flood in 1998 and 2001 the flood victims got a bread and mineral water than urgent relief, later they got 500 food packets every day. 23 new houses were finished during the reconstruction program.
- We carried out a program in opposition to spread tuberculosis in the mountainory district of Okormezo during the 2001-2002 years.
- The Catholic Lyceum was founded in 2001 in Munkach.
- The Nary St. Philip children s home was opened in 2002 in Munkach.
- The "Providence House" children's complex has been beginning to build in Rat since 1993 (district of Uzhgorod). The first house which makes for the orphans was opened in November. It's one part of the children's complex.
- We have been working on a program which makes for help of the poor gypsy people and trend for the education since 2005.
- We have been occupying with the help of the addicted people since 2006.
- We have been helping the operation of the poor children since 2006.
If you want to assist out work with generous donations, even by marking a particular project, you can do this by remitting the amount to the undermentioned numbers of account.
If you wish to assist us with other kinds of donation or if you will have any questions concerning this, you can immediately get in touch with the central office through our connections which you can find in the "conact" item.
BANK ACCOUNT:
BENEFICIARY ZAKARPATSKIY OBLASZNIY BLAHODIYNIY FOND
"KARITAS SVIATOHO MARTINA"
BENEFICIARY ADRESS: MUKATCHEVO, UKRAINE
ACCOUNT: 26004018154159
BENEFICIARY BANK: THE STATE EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UKRAINE
BANK ADRESS: UZHGOROD BRANCH, UKRAINE
SWIFT CODE: EXBSUAUX UZH
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