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Meals served at Christmas charity event in Budapest reach thousands
euronews (in English)
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25/12/2024
The Hungarian Krishna community delivered 2,500 hot meals and gift packages, offering warmth and hope to thousands, from the homeless to struggling families.
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A tasteful Christmas for some of Hungary's most vulnerable. On Wednesday, more than 2,500
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hot meals were distributed by Krishna devotees in Hungary to the less privileged at homeless
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shelters and parks. At Nepliget, the biggest park in Budapest, the Hungarian capital, about
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1,500 people, including middle-class families, benefited from the Christmas Day charity celebration.
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I came here because I was offered help. I have some food again, and the problem is that
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we are getting into alcoholism at the same time.
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The Christmas Campaign for Food for Life charity runs for two months from December to January
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with the goal of reaching about 10,000 people in need. Officials from the group say the days
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after Christmas Eve are the busiest due to low donations.
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The starvation costs, the constantly increasing inflation and the low social benefits
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are causing more and more people to stay in Nepliget. But fortunately, the citizens,
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even the homeless, can have a little bit of Christmas.
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Zoltán Siposegyi, Euronews, Budapest.
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