
There’s close cooperation between the African-Hungarian Union (AHU) and the Jacaranda Foundation, which operates a school near Malawi’s most populated city that is maintained for orphan children. Hungarian doctors have recently visited the school, and besides giving out medication they also examined hundreds of children in the institution, reports globoport.hu.
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Raphael is an avid biker striving for adventure with a cause! Not any type of biker but the one who loves riding old mystic machines through adventure, damp, dry sandy or muddy places. His life has brought him to many countries where dirt roads exist such as South Africa, USA, the Philippines and now Hungary.
Indiegogo.com writes that he heard about the Budapest Bamako project and immediately knew that he should join with his soon to be 35 years old motorcycle YAMAHA XT 500, aka “Marguerite”. You can join this fun race, anyone, by anything, by any means. The aim of the race is not just to “have fun” riding 7000 km long or to suffer through the Alps and in the Sahara desert. They bring help to Mali populations in form of donations (clothing, mosquito nets, and medications) that benefits the local communities. A charity truck will help with transport of donations.
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The polo tourney saw two teams, Grandfishing and Matam Fada battle for the winners' trophy.
Dr Peter Kondricz, the Commercial Attaché/First Secretary of the Embassy of Hungary in Nigeria has been honoured with a traditional title- the 'Jekada of Turakin Kebbi'.
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Dr. Thong Khon, Cambodia’s Minister of Tourism, visited Hungary to open the country’s first Tourism Representation in the Central-Eastern European region.
“Cambodia is a stable, reliable and safe country” the minister said, adding that the Cambodian government pays special attention to tourism, a crucial part of the country’s economic development, reported globoport.hu.
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Budapest, November 2 (MTI) – With its strategy of opening up its trade to the southern hemisphere, Hungary has entered the global competition for pole position in economic ties with Africa, the minister of foreign affairs and trade told a conference on Monday.
Addressing the 2nd Budapest Africa Forum, the minister said that Hungary had opted for a new direction in foreign policymaking, and while this has whipped up a storm of debates, it has become clear that Hungary’s pragmatic policy of focusing on achieving results in foreign trade is paying off.
This year the government announced its strategy of opening to the south, focusing on two rapidly developing regions, Latin America and the Caribbean and Africa, he noted. Budapest hosted a Latin America Forum two weeks ago and the current two-day Africa forum is yet more proof that Hungary’s southern opening is not a public relations exercise but a strategy with real content, he insisted.
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