How We Help?
Please find below descriptions of fund-raising goals for the VI Saint John’s Charity Ball and for prior balls. These impactful programs are supported with your donations and from the net proceeds of the Ball.
Current Fund-Raising Goals for the VI Saint John’s Charity Ball
The VI Saint John´s Charity Ball seeks to support two impactful programs:
- Our traditional support for the participation of disabled Hungarian youth at this and next years’ Order of Malta
International Summer Camps to be held in Fiesch, Switzerland (2024) and in The Netherlands (2025). - The launch of a new scholarship benefiting disadvantaged children across Hungary under the Symphony Program
managed by the Hungarian Charity Service of the Order of Malta.
This year’s fund–raising goal for these two programs is minimum of 25 million Ft.
Supplementary materials on each of these 2024 designated charity programs are available in the below links:
- Fiesch, Switzerland Order of Malta International Summer Camp for Hungarian Youth with Disabilities Description and Budget
- Scholarship Launch for Disadvantaged Children under the Symphony Program: Description and Budget
Learn about corporate sponsorship and individual donation possibilities.
Order of Malta International Summer Camps for Disabled Hungarian Youth:
2024 in Fiesch, Switzerland and 2025 in The Netherlands
This year’s Ball will support the next two annual Order of Malta International Summer Camps to permit the participation of Hungarian youth with disabilities. The Order of Malta 39th 2024 International Summer Camp will be held in Fiesch, Switzerland and the 2025 camp will be held in The Netherlands.
It is a dream for most young handicapped, fighting their physical disabilities and other difficulties, to have one carefree and happy summer week with other young people. These magical camp gatherings have life changing impacts as they offer exceptional experiences for both individuals with disabilities and volunteers who are all a similar age and enjoy the camp experience together.
Donations will support the attendance of 21 Hungarian participants (including disabled youth and their escorts) with a budget of about €27,000 (11 million Ft) for the two years or a cost per person per year of around 250,000 Ft.
Scholarship Launch under the Symphony Program Benefiting Disadvantaged Children from Across Hungary
This year’s VI Saint John´s Charity Ball also seeks to support a new fund-raising goal: the launch of a new special scholarship benefiting disadvantaged children across Hungary under the Symphony Program managed by the Hungarian Charity Service of the Order of Malta. The Symphony Program promotes learning through music in disadvantaged villages across Hungary. This new scholarship initiative will provide needed financial support and mentoring for at least 12 talented young musicians attending high school at a city away from their home.
The Symphony Program started eleven years ago and now engages over a thousand children across Hungary, not only building musical-, but also social and communication skills. The most talented high school students are to be chosen for this scholarship program. These children would not be able to continue their musical studies without this support. The program provides an encouraging environment for students who are from the Hungary’s most disadvantaged regions. Participating students would also set examples for younger musicians. This will enable students to at least have the financial means to pay for some of their basic needs.
Donations will support a monthly scholarship of around 35,000 Ft per month per student per year for 12 to 15 participants. The annual budget is about 7 million Ft, including some mentoring and other costs, or an annual cost per student of around 600,000 Ft. Ideally the donations collected this year would provide enough funding to support the scholarship program for two years (14 million Ft) or for more students.
INFORMATION ON PRIOR SAINT JOHN’S CHARITY BALL SUPPORTED PROGRAMS
2022 – Rome, Italy International Summer Camp
The proceeds of the V Saint John’s Charity Ball in 2022 made it possible to send 21 attendees to the International Summer Camp in Rome.
2022 / 2023 – Introduction of an Interactive and Digital Educational Program at Seven Disadvantaged Schools
The new interactive and digital educational program was successfully introduced at seven disadvantaged Hungarian elementary schools managed by the Hungarian Charity Service of the Order of Malta’s School Foundation (MMSZIA). The program has and is impacting over a thousand students. Its goal is to further develop a supportive learning environment with interactive packages and software programs to provide motivating and creative teaching approaches with the support of the MMSZIA’s pedagogical experts.
Pupils learn about arts, communication, science, technology, and mathematics, while developing their interest and motivation to learn.
2018 - Two Summer Camps in Balatonfenyves and in United Kingdom
The proceeds of the IV Saint John’s Charity Ball in 2018 made it possible to send 20 attendees to England and about 200 attendees to Balatonfenyves summer camps.
2017 - Two Summer Camps in Balatonfenyves and Austria
The proceeds of the III Saint John’s Charity Ball in 2017 made it possible to send 20 attendees to Salzburg and about 200 attendees to Balatonfenyves summer camps.
2016 - Two summer camps in Balatonföldvár and Poland
The proceeds of the II Saint John’s Charity Ball in 2016 made it possible to send 20 attendees to Poland and about 200 attendees to Balatonföldvár summer camps.
2016 Balatonföldvár Summer Camp
2015 - “Be the first to help!” - Maltese First Aid Education program
The proceeds of the I Saint John’s Charity Ball in 2015 made it possible to launch the Maltese First Aid Education program in Hungarian secondary schools. The team of trainers was organized, along with the creation of the teaching materials. After successful accreditation of the teaching program, 90 students completed the course and received basic first aid training. The books have an appropriate layout, illustrating to the students the fundamentals of first aid and the most important steps of life-giving resuscitation in case of a heart failure, significantly increasing the chances for survival.
