List of support services and projects regarding social support

Menedék Hungarian Association for Migrants

Menedék provide comprehensive services for migrants. One of these services is the social work, they organize different trainings and programmes for migrants to help their social inclusion. If you would like to participate you need to make an appointment, you can find the contact details below.

Menedék, Hungarian Association for Migrants
Népszínház utca 16. III/3.
1081 BUBAPEST
Tel.: +36 1 322 1502
http://menedek.hu/en
E-mail: menedek@menedek.hu       

Migration Aid

This organization raised a fund to support refugees and people with subsidiary or temporary protection. They help migrants in entering to Hungary in the border zones with providing food, water, clothes and immaterial help for them.

Migration Aid
Tel.: +36 30 592 8066 (also works on WhatsApp, Viber and Signal)
http://migrationaid.org/en/
E-mail: info@migrationaid.org

Benefits in kind

Different types of support for people if their social conditions justify it. About the eligibility rules you have to inquire at the municipality level local government. If you fulfil the requirements, you are entitled to receive this financial support regardless your gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation and beliefs.

To find the municipality level local government you have to search for this expression: „the name of the municipality + önkormányzat”. For example: Veszprém önkormányzat.

Magyar Máltai Szeretetszolgálat (Hungarian Charity Service of the Order of Malta)

The Magyar Máltai Szeretetszolgálat organizes different donation programmes, permanent aid services, voluntary services and provides help in the case of disasters.

Magyar Máltai Szeretetszolgálat (Hungarian Charity Service of the Order of Malta, National Centre)
Szarvas Gábor út 58-60.
1125, BUDAPEST
Tel.: +36 1/39-14-700; +36 1/39-14-704
https://maltai.hu/
E-mail: mmsz@maltai.hu

Ökomenikus Segélyszervezet (Hungarian Interchurch Aid)

The Hungarian Interchurch Aid organizes different donation programmes, permanent aid services, voluntary services and provides help in the case of disasters.

Ökomenikus Segélyszervezet (Hungarian Interchurch Aid)
Kossuth Lajos u. 64.
1221, BUDAPEST
Tel.: (+36-1) 208-4932, (+36-1) 208-4933
http://www.segelyszervezet.hu/en
E-mail: segelyszervezet@segelyszervezet.hu

Caritas Hungarica

Caritas Hungarica organizes different donation programmes, permanent aid services, voluntary services and provides help in the case of disasters.

• Centre of Caritas Hungarica
  Bartók Béla út 30.
  1111, BUDAPEST
  Tel.: + 361 / 372-0910
  https://karitasz.hu/
  E-mail: office@caritas.org.hu
• You can find the nearest organization on the bottom of this page on the map (in Hungarian): http://karitasz.hu/kapcsolat/orszagos-kozpont

Magyar Vöröskereszt (Hungarian Red Cross)

Hungarian Red Cross organizes donation programmes and blood donation provides first aid, works in the field of disaster management, helps in tracing of lost family members (mostly for refugees).

• Centre of the Magyar Vöröskereszt (Hungarian Red Cross)
  Arany János u. 31.
  1051 BUDAPEST
  Tel.: +36 (1) 374 1300
  http://voroskereszt.hu/en/
• Contact details of the Magyar Vöröskereszt, Keresőszolgálat (HRC Tracing Service):
  Arany J. utca 31.
  1053 BUDAPEST
  Tel.: +36-1-374-13-23
  http://voroskereszt.hu/en/tracing/
  E-mail: tracing@redcross.hu
• You can find the nearest service on the map on this page (in Hungarian): http://voroskereszt.hu/rolunk/elerhetosegeink/

Regular Social Allowance

If you live under poor living and financial conditions (the amount of income per person is significantly lower than the minimum wage) you are entitled to receive financial support from the local government on monthly basis. If you fulfil the requirements, you are entitled to receive this financial support regardless your gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation and beliefs.
To apply for this support, you need to submit an income support documents, documents related with housing, proof of benefits applied for, proof for people with special needs (see section “other means of assistance”) and proof of any assets (e.g. car, pension provision) to the responsible authorities. The allowance system is on municipality level, so the rules of eligibility may be different according to municipality.

To find the municipality level local government you have to search for this expression: „the name of the municipality + önkormányzat”. For example: Veszprém önkormányzat.