Floods devastate many parts of Hungary -- Americans and Hungarians work together to aid victims

10,000 pounds of Flood Relief Supplies Delivered

July 13, 2010. Our Alapítvány, in partnership with the American Hungarian Federation (AHF),  and the Kincsem Hungária Szövetkezet,  delivered more than 10,000 pounds of relief supplies into the Hungarian Flood region. The Alapítvány President Balogh Gyula (who is also Co-President of AHF) and its Co-President Dreisziger Zsuzsanna (who put together the relief effort) and Merczel Sándor President of Kincsem (which provided the logistical support) traveled from Budapest to  Boldva, Edelény, and Szendrő (a distance of 250 kilometers) to review the local situation and deliver the supplies.

Despite many other current Hungarian flood relief efforts, dozens of people in Hungary chose to contribute to the Amerikaiak a Magyarokért Alapítvány due to its significantly lower adminstrative costs, as well as its transparency. The leaders of the effort above all worked for free.

The tons of supplies included a few tons of canned goods from the Szatmári Konzerv Gyár, more than 90 bags of new and used clothing, blankets and comforters, washing machines, refrigerators, irons, kitchen supplies,  TV’s, and furniture. Warehouse space was provided  by KHK Korona KFT in Csepel, transportation by the Kincsem Szövetkezet, and funding was provided by AHF,  the Amerikaiak a Magyarokért Alapítvány, and private donors. Please see the pictures on the home page and here.

Floods still threaten 40,000 in NE Hungary

Budapest, June 8 2010 (MTI) - Though northeast Hungary's rivers are slowly receding, some 40,000 residents in the region are still in jeopardy, local flood defence official Mihaly Varga told MTI on Tuesday.

 

Varga said that defence operations were underway in 138 towns and villages to protect 11,460 buildings threatened by the Hernad, Sajo and Bodva rivers. He added that so far 4052 people have left their homes and are staying at temporary shelters, and 89 houses had collapsed.

 

Over 16,000 people - locals, volunteers, flood defence staff, soldiers and policemen - have been filling sandbags and reinforcing the soaked up dams in the past one day, Varga said.

Individual Contributors

(Partial List)

HUNGARY

Szorádi Sándor Dr (Szátmári Konzerv Gyár)

Varga Antal (Országos Takarékszövetkezeti Szövetség)

Merczel Sándor (Kincsem Szövetkezet)

Kuzmi István (Mezőkeresztes és Vidéke Takarészövetkezet)

Krasznai Ágnes

Szegedi Ágnes (Somogy Megyei Gyermek Tábor)

Bognár László

Zahortczky Edít

Kovács Gyögy-Debrecen

Csorna Györgyné

Végvári Józsefné

Tarján Zoltánné

Czvitkovics Adám

Bakos Enikő

Váradi Lajos (Országos Takarékszövetkezeti Szövetség)

Seres István (Hungaria Érték Papír ZRT)

Kecskés Lászlóné

Sörös István

Tamás Endre

Bándi Kund Dr

Dreisziger Zsuzsanna

Dreisziger Kálmán

Dreisziger Nándor

Balogh Gyula

Lakosné Kutas Edit

Eliás Egonné Dr

Bóta Gézáné

Polgár Olga

Szemes Zsuzsanna

Kis Zoltán, KHK Korona KFT

Kuzsel Linda

Tóth Bálintné (Boldvai Takarékszövetkezet)

Csumpf Attila

Sréger Beatrix (Beauty Fashions Budapest)

Bozóné Krepsz Andrea

Hutai-Szilágyi Család

Szöőr Anna Dr

Lengyel Ágnes

Fegyveres Mária

Litvai Mária

Varga István

Helme Mónika

Gerendás István (Rajkó Zenekar)

USA

Imre Hofle

Geza Cseri

Andrew Major

Akos Nagy

Dr. Balint Kacsoh

Paulovits Bela & Agnes

Olga Keller

Anna Grell

Muriel Szombathy

Beata Apatoczky

John Pattan

Michael Kosztarab

Frank Novak

Bela Litpak

Judith Nemethy

Bela Bognar

Ilona Gates

Matthew & Eva Csapkay

Banyai Csilla

Banyai Bibor

Banyai Mikolt

Murray Sanyi

Zoltan and Ilona Nagy

Andrew and Cecilia Rekay

Martha Kosa

Joseph Korbl

Olympia Nagy-Hillman

Levente Ferencz

Peter Mitchell

Agota Vamos

Dr. Steven Steiner

Orsolya Mile

Erika Faber

Elizabeth Feher

Julianna Thierry

Schibrat Erika

Eva Kiss

Barbara Kiss

Laszlo Fulop

Leslie Karpat

Irene Rezbanyay

Laszlo Weress

Lajos Elteto

Laszlo Szekely

Zoltan Bagdy

Sandor Korompai

Laszlo Fodor

Ildiko Paulovits

Maria Pflum

Ouwendijk Eva & George

Radics Éva

James Ferrebee

Tamas Gloetzer

Szabolcs Biro

Joseph C Horvath

Judy Szabo

Tamas Eros

Kathy E Tezla

Janos Szablya

George Mezo

Lidia Vigyazo

Laszlo Kustos

Zsuzsa Lengyel

Agi Bussanich

Eva Kazella

Adrian Solti