Community Houses

Jászberény

Year of establishment: 2005

Address: 5100 Jászberény, Dériné út 6.

Mentors: Judit Sziráki, Tamás Oláh-Berecz, Ildikó Nagy, Dorina Szerző

 

This community house is located in the center of Jászberény. We are lucky enough to be able to occupy Jászkürt, which is Jászberény’s oldest historical inn. The groups within this community have varying ages, ranging from middle schoolers all the way up to university students. Members of the community are taught drama, maths, IT, natural studies and foreign languages. Like the rest of our homes, our students are continually increasing their knowledge through educational days, small-scale internships, and workshops organized by our partners (Microsoft, Bonafarm, the Polgár Chess Foundation, and Amnesia). In addition to their achievements in music, graphic arts, folk dance, chess, and mathematics, the editors and executives of the Pannon Radio Csalaphang program share their knowledge of radio broadcasting to deepen the younger generation’s interest.

Nagybajom

Year of establishment: 2006

Address: 7561 Nagybajom, Iskola köz 15.

Mentors: Szilvia Némethné Bunovácz, András Urr, Roland Szabó

 

This community house is located 25 kilometres away from Kaposvár. It is the first self-built estate by the foundation, and an ideal venue for implementing the Guidance Programme. The modern but very home-like establishment provides a great base for talented youths from this small region, for extracurricular development and recreational programs. This community house is also host to the foundation’s football and chess championships. The members of these groups range from primary school students to those in higher education.

There are many opportunities for hiking in the vicinity. Similar to other community houses, we regularly receive foreign volunteers from the AIESEC and COMPASS international organizations, who help us in language training and therefore ensure the possibility of intercultural learning. Although many of our children are coming from severely disadvantaged settlements in the region, they still have great results in regional and national sports competitions, dancing, computing, mathematics, history, and foreign language competitions. By supporting the NI Mentor Program, a group of our students are actively participating in Lego robot programming, designed to master algorithmic thinking and graphical programming language.

Kaposvár

Year of establishment: 2007

Address: 7400 Kaposvár, Fő utca 45.

Mentors: Zsuzsanna Fenyő, Angéla Vancsuráné Sárközi, Dr Dániel Varga

 

This community house, in the heart of the city, offers the best of conditions for children. This dynamically developing university town offers many opportunities for young people to expand their knowledge through cultural and recreational activities, organised by mentors. The members of these groups are primary school pupils, high school students, and those in higher education.

Thanks to the ideal conditions of the community house – the foundation’s Children’s Parliamentary Assembly is here similarly to other community houses – and as a result of their information technology education, our 16-year-old students have an international ECDL certificate. Using this skill as a base, our long-term goal is to shape our learners into smart-minded people, using the everyday knowledge they gain. As a result of the high quality, intensive language teaching in the foundation, we have achieved excellent results in regional and national language competitions in English, German and Spanish languages, as well as middle and advanced language exams.

Pécs

Year of establishment: 2007

Address: 7621 Pécs, Mátyás király utca 21.

Mentors: Luca Borsy, András Gál, Andrea Bálint-Orsós

 

This community house is located in the European Capital of Culture 2010, on the vibrant and colorful Király street. The central location offers the opportunity to organize various programs, and the Pécs theater, Széchényi square, the Zsolnay quarter and the Kodály Center are all within easy reach. The members of the groups are primary school pupils, high school students, and those in higher education.

Radio programs are open not only to the children involved with the radio station, but also those in Lego robot programming, with the support of the NI Mentor Program, which aims to master algorithmic thinking and graphical programming language. In addition, the community house hosts chamber orchestra trials of the Csányi Band and Foundation. Furthermore, our students are not only involved in graphics and graffiti production, but also in acting, music, chess, ballroom dancing, handball, and musical gymnastics. The line does not end there, as our students also excel in the humanities, and will always have a start at the Mathias Corvinus College. Just like other community houses, Pécs will continue to receive American Fulbright scholarships, who will present their research areas to our groups in interactive lectures in English.

Szeged

Year of establishment: 2010

Address: 6723 Szeged, Kis-Tisza utca 12.

Mentors: István Vidákovics, Péter Mikics, Gyöngyi Novák

 

The talent development have taken place in a rented property for nine years, but from the fall of 2021 the work could continue in the six hundred square meter monument house owned by the Foundation.

There are currently three groups operating here, and all three groups already have university students. Some of them have already obtained their bachelor’s degree and are currently studying for a master’s degree or have taken up a job.

We are not only proud of our university students studying a wide spectrum of specializations, but also of our younger children, as they excel in many fields. There are those who strengthen the Csányi Band, there are those who achieve outstanding results in the field of foreign language learning, others have achieved international success in the field of sports. Photo Club members are invited to local and national exhibitions with their works. In addition to water sports, the successful wrestler of the national team and a promising kick-boxing talent are also among our supporters.

Furthermore, we are also proud that our Community House, together with the Szentes groups, has been participating in the foundation’s natural science research project supported by the Karikó Katalin Széchenyi Award since the beginning of 2022.

Biological research, language learning, IT education, handicrafts and individual and group development in various fields take place in our house. The children feel at home in the friendly furnished property, where they are always welcome.

Mohács

Year of establishment: 2014

Address: 7700 Mohács, Szent István út 23.

Mentors: Erika Kovácsné Bodor, GergőKoszta, Annamária Éles 

 

This community house is located in the southernmost Danube settlement of Hungary – Mohács – where the annual busó festival is visited by thousands and was included in the UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2009. In this community house, members attend primary schools in 42 settlements in Mohács and Bóly district, for foundation development sessions. Members of these groups are primary school students. The community house is the second self-built property of the foundation, and an ideal venue for implementing the Life Travel Program. The modern but home-like environment also provides a background for talented young people of the region for extracurricular development and recreational programs.

Szentes

Year of establishment: 2020

Address: Szentes 6600, Kiss Bálint utca 9.

Mentors: Sándor Kovács, Márta Őzéné Törőcsik