Igazgyöngy Alapítvány

Founded in 1999, Igazgyöngy Alapítvány is a foundation based in Berettyóújfalu, Hungary working on children & youth, education, poverty & hunger +3 more.

Igazgyöngy Alapítvány is a Hungarian foundation founded in 1999 in Berettyóújfalu. It works against generational child poverty in disadvantaged communities in eastern Hungary, mainly in Told and around 17 other settlements. Its approach combines a tanoda (after-school learning support), an art school, crisis management and prevention, family mentoring, community development, a social enterprise (SZUNO) and advocacy. Its pilot programme in Told is the Igazgyöngy model, which combines education, family work, community development and institutional cooperation. The foundation reports reaching more than 1,200 families a year directly and indirectly, and it publishes annual reports, public-benefit reports and audit reports. Its income is mainly from private individuals and companies, and it accepts donations of goods, volunteer work and corporate support.