WHAT IS HAPPENING?

As previously mentioned, our Africa exhibition has gone on tour, and this week we opened the event in Fehérgyarmat.

Our association's guest, Miss Malawi, Cecilia Khofi, the beauty queen of Malawi in Africa, gave several presentations this week as part of our "Discover the World!" project in some primary and secondary schools in our county (Kisvárda, Győrtelek, Fehérgyarmat, Mátészalka, Géberjén), which you can read more about in our previous article.

Several members of our Association have spent varying lengths of time in different African countries – some doing volunteer work, others conducting research, and some coordinating missions or various projects.

The Planetrise Association visited Visk in Transcarpathia yesterday, where we had the opportunity to see the pavilions donated by our members in action, which were donated back in November. The mayor of the town, Jaroszláv Hajovics, Ida Ötvös, president of the Green Rural Tourism Association, and many others honoured us with their presence.

This year, we also participated in the Christmas Cavalcade in Kisvárda. On the opening day, our association joined the event alongside the Kisvárda Rotary Club.

Dr. Péter Gergő Juhász, the President of our Association, participated as a trainer in an agricultural advisory training program in Uganda. The program was organized by the Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture, Szent István University, and the Hungarian Africa Society. Péter had the following to say about the training:

The president of our association, Dr. Péter Gergő Juhász, held talks with the Hungarian Trade and Cultural Centre (HTCC) Uganda branch. The head of the centre, Balázs Lukács, introduced the farm owned by their company, which also serves as an agricultural demonstration site.

We visited the Green Rural Tourism Association in Visk again! During our meeting last week, we were able to take further steps towards successful collaboration. Our association donated three wooden Advent pavilions to the organisation, which were constructed by two of our members, Tamás Miskolczi and Ottó Szilágyi, in the courtyard of the Visk...

The Planetrise Tree Planting Program continues in Malawi. As mentioned in our previous articles, one of our members, Csaba Szeremley, is currently in the African country. During his trip, he recently returned as the coordinator of the XVII Medical Mission of the Hungarian Africa Society.

Recently, our members, Péter Gergő Juhász and Csaba Szeremley, visited Green Circle in Hajdúböszörmény. We had the opportunity to discuss many shared topics with their leader, Antal Molnár, such as joint water-based camping programs, coordinating environmentally conscious initiatives, and exploring interactive marketing opportunities together.

The members of the 17th medical mission of the Hungarian Africa Society (Magyar Afrika Társaság) have arrived in Malawi, settled into the house of the Hungarian Cultural and Commercial Centre (HTCC), and have already begun their work. This time, neurosurgeons from the National Clinical Neuroscience Institute have come to Africa. Csaba Szeremley, a...

Recently, the president of our association, Péter Gergő Juhász, and our member, Csaba Szeremley, visited the Aggtelek National Park Directorate, where they were welcomed by environmental education officers Enikő Piller and Judit Tóth. Enikő gave Peter and Csaba a tour of the Directorate's base in Jósvafő. During the visit, we had the opportunity to...

I arrived home from Malawi last week. However, the last few days were anything but boring. Quite the opposite! Together with my eleven photography students, we took countless photos both in the villages and at the school. Among the hundreds of pictures, some truly remarkable ones were taken, from which I selected 28—2 or 3 photos from each student....

During our colleague's (Ilona Asztalos) six-week trip to Malawi, our Association once again donated trees to the Jacaranda School. As a closing event of the mission, Ilona successfully planted 102 trees together with the school's students and teachers, as well as Mr. Luc Deschamps, the school's director. The children were once again very...

"I visited a fair at the Central High School! I attended an authentic African-style event at the Central High School located in Blantyre. Our Association's long-time friend, Beáta Somogyi, who is one of the teachers at the school, invited me here.

"Greetings from Malawi once again!

Last week, members of our Association took part in the grape harvest. While we know that Kisvárda isn't exactly a historical wine region, we nevertheless decided last year to restore a vineyard owned by one of our members and produce our very own Planetrise wine. After months of careful cultivation, we felt the time was finally right last week to...

Recently, the president of our Association, Péter Gergő Juhász, visited the UK-based organisation Planet Aid UK to explore possible areas of cooperation between Planetrise and the British organisation. Representing Planet Aid UK, Mrs Birgit Soe and Mr Torben Soe made several suggestions aimed at strengthening the impact of environmental and...

This year, our Association once again took part in the Car-Free Day events held in Kisvárda as part of the European Mobility Week. Together with the "Cyclists of Kisvárda and Surroundings" group, we gave a presentation on safe cycling to local primary school students. Following the demonstration, we also cycled the 10 km route through Fényeslitke...

Three members of our Association – Dr. Péter Gergő Juhász, Tamás Miskolczi, and Csaba Szeremley – visited the town of Visk in Transcarpathia, Ukraine. We met with Ida Ötvös, President of the Visk Green Rural Tourism Association, to explore opportunities for cooperation and to discuss potential joint programmes and grant applications.

The president of our Association, Gergő Péter Juhász, paid a visit to the College for International Co-operation and Development (CICD) in the United Kingdom, where he held discussions with Marie Forell, head of the promotion office, on how to further strengthen the collaboration between our organisations.