MAZS Alapítvány

Founded in 1991, MAZS Alapítvány is a non-governmental organisation based in Budapest, Hungary working on elderly care, children & youth, poverty & hunger +3 more.

MAZS Alapítvány (Magyarországi Zsidó Szociális Segély Alapítvány) is a Budapest-based foundation founded in 1991 to help the needy members of the Hungarian Jewish community. Its main task is caring for elderly Hungarian Holocaust survivors, providing social services that respond to their needs and allow them to live with dignity in their own homes for as long as possible. The foundation also supports Jewish families with children in financial hardship through its Jaffe Jewish Family and Community Point, and runs the Narancsliget Donation Centre, which generates donations for supported families and helps rural communities in deep poverty and organisations supporting homeless people. Its work includes mental health support, health assistance such as medical equipment and physiotherapy grants, senior holiday programmes at Szarvas, art therapy and family days. Through these activities it aims to preserve and develop Jewish community life and volunteerism, and it works in partnership with MAZSIHISZ, the JDC and other Jewish and municipal organisations. The organisation operates mainly in Hungary, with a focus on Budapest.