HGMI becomes our network’s 62nd member and third Hungarian member
Eurodiaconia welcomes the Hungarian Gypsy Missions International (HGMI) as the 62nd member. HGMI is a registered non-profit organisation, established in 1996 and headquartered in Bekes, Hungary. HGMI is an independent branch of the Hungarian Pentecostal Church, with a focus on delivering social services and mission work among Roma communities in Hungary. HGMI’s social care initiatives currently directly reaches in excess of 10,000 Roma people.
HGMI is active in more than 320 localities. It has social services centres that deliver social primary care in 16 sites/nearly 200 settlements. HGMI’s education-training program operates in 5 educational institutions. It operates a nationwide network, providing home assistance, food services, and charity services.
HGMI dedicates itself to lifelong learning. It does this through formal and informal education and training, promoting employment for disadvantaged groups in the labour market, and initiating job creation programs. They are operating programmes that provide skills and training that allows for full employment of many Roma people. Additionally, the Gypsy Mission advocates for child and youth protection, child and youth representation, support of disadvantaged groups living in deep poverty, including Roma, and aims to provide social equality and integration.
For more information about HGMI, please visit their website: https://gypsymissions.org/
Please join us in extending a warm and wholehearted welcome to HGMI.
Orsolya Gálné Erdész, Albert Durkó, and László Adamik (HGMI) with Heather Roy (Eurodiaconia)
