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Hungary's Reformed Church and the Hungary Helps Programme are each donating five million forints to support persecuted Christians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The aid comes in response to a recent violent attack in the north-eastern region of the country, where seventy Christians were abducted and beheaded inside a Protestant church.

Planetrise Association in Tokyo: Dr Péter Gergő Juhász, Head of the "Sustainable Africa" research group at the Africa Research Institute of Óbuda University and representative of the Planetrise Association, was invited to SEIKEI University in Tokyo. Péter gave a lecture on the association's current projects in Africa, carried out in cooperation...

You probably remember that in 2022 we travelled to Uganda with the Jane Goodall Institute as part of the project "Harbours and School Boats to Uganda!", supported by Hungary Helps. At the school on Bwama Island, located on Lake Bunyonyi, around 400 children attend classes – but only a few of them know how to swim.

The Planetrise Cultural and Environmental Association has recently conducted playful environmental education sessions for kindergarten children. As part of the Hierotheos Association's programme entitled "Raising Awareness, Education, Consciousness," they visited several kindergartens over the past few days, delivering interactive activities...