Our mission is to protect natural resources and promote sustainable development. Our programs focus on preserving ecosystems, waste management, and mitigating the effects of climate change, while raising environmental awareness.
We organize programs that promote dialogue between communities, reduce prejudice, and contribute to building social harmony. We believe that preserving cultural values is key to the development of communities.
Strengthening community cohesion and ensuring basic human needs are fundamental conditions for social stability. In our work, we support self-organizing initiatives of local communities and offer solutions to food and nutrition security issues.
Health preservation and healing activities are the cornerstones of the well-being of our communities. Our association works through medical missions, health programs, and community campaigns to enable as many of our fellow human beings as possible to develop a healthy lifestyle.
The Planetrise Cultural and Environmental Association was founded in 2003 by a couple of enthusiastic young people and is based in Kisvárda.
Our goal is to promote the process of sustainable development, the preservation of diverse culture, and the development of a healthy lifestyle at all levels of society in order to establish a more livable, more unified world.
Together with our collaborative partners, we operate on five continents to contribute to change globally.
So far, we have sent more than 150 volunteers to development projects.
We work with local communities and organizations in more than 30 countries.
We organize more than 30 cultural events each year with our collaborating partners to foster traditions and arts.
We reach more than 10,000 students annually with our environmental and cultural programs.
We work with more than 100 partners in the spirit of sustainability.
We reach more than 500,000+ people annually with our programs and campaigns.
We organize more than 40 community events annually with our collaborating partners, locally and internationally.
On November 20, we celebrate World Children's Day. On this day in 1989, the United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child, declaring that every child on Earth has the right to safety, clean drinking water, food, medical care, and a unique, unrepeatable childhood.
For the 18th time, Hungarian doctors are traveling to Malawi under the coordination of the African Hungarian Union (AHU) – once again led by our member, Csaba Szeremley. This time, four neurosurgeons and one anesthesiologist have embarked on a two-week mission to one of Africa's poorest countries, where they will perform life-saving surgeries. To...
Our association is a member of the Hungarian Association of Nature Conservationists (MTVSZ), which organized a member group conference in Bakonybél from September 28–30. The main venue was the Pajta Forest School, operated by the Balaton Uplands National Park.
On September 22, as part of the European Mobility Week, the Car-Free Day was held. In connection with this, last Friday our Association planted shrubs on the Várkert Nature Trail in Kisvárda. We were assisted by the 1.a and 5.a grade students of the Saint Ladislaus Catholic Secondary Grammar School, Vocational Secondary School, Primary School,...
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