Péter and Csaba Travel from Rwanda to Uganda: A Visit to Rugarama Hospital and Bwama Island.
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OUR WORKS
Our Main Areas
Eco Protection & Sustainability
Our mission is to protect natural resources and promote sustainable development. Our programs focus on preserving ecosystems, waste management, and mitigating the effects of climate change, while raising environmental awareness.
Social and cultural activities
We organize programs that promote dialogue between communities, reduce prejudice, and contribute to building social harmony. We believe that preserving cultural values is key to the development of communities.
Community development and food security
Strengthening community cohesion and ensuring basic human needs are fundamental conditions for social stability. In our work, we support self-organizing initiatives of local communities and offer solutions to food and nutrition security issues.
Healthy lifestyle and medical missions
Health preservation and healing activities are the cornerstones of the well-being of our communities. Our association works through medical missions, health programs, and community campaigns to enable as many of our fellow human beings as possible to develop a healthy lifestyle.
Our Story...
The Planetrise Cultural and Environmental Association was founded in 2003 by a couple of enthusiastic young people and is based in Kisvárda.
Our goal is to promote the process of sustainable development, the preservation of diverse culture, and the development of a healthy lifestyle at all levels of society in order to establish a more livable, more unified world.
5
CONTINENTS
Together with our collaborative partners, we operate on five continents to contribute to change globally.
30+
CULTURAL EVENTS
We organize more than 30 cultural events each year with our collaborating partners to foster traditions and arts.
30+
COUNTRIES
We work with local communities and organizations in more than 30 countries.
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COMMUNITY EVENTS
We organize more than 40 community events annually with our collaborating partners, locally and internationally.
10.000+
EDUCATIONAL REACH
We reach more than 10,000 students annually with our environmental and cultural programs.
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VOLUNTEER SENT
So far, we have sent more than 150 volunteers to development projects.
500.000+
GLOBAL REACH
We reach more than 500,000+ people annually with our programs and campaigns.
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FEATURED PARTNER
We work with more than 100 partners in the spirit of sustainability.
KNOWLEDGE AND INSPIRATION
Our Latest News
Our members, Péter and Csaba, have embarked on a three-week intensive mission to Africa to visit our ongoing projects. They are participating in meetings, consultations, conducting research, and filming. In Kamembe, Rwanda, they met with our colleagues and friends from Eastern Congo. During a small ceremony, they presented Liv Cirhigiri with a...
We Hosted Ethiopian Doctors in Hungary
13/10/2024
As a continuation of our Hungarian medical missions organized in Ethiopia with the support of Hungary Helps, over the past two weeks, Ethiopian neurosurgeons have visited us in Hungary. During their two-week stay, the doctors participated in training sessions at the Department of Neurosurgery and Neurointerventional Surgery in Budapest, followed by...
Every year, 40 people drown in Lake Bunyonyi in Western Uganda. To address this, we've launched a project in collaboration with the Planetrise Foundation, the Planetrise Association, the Jane Goodall Institute, the MÖL - Hungarian Volunteer League, and supported by Hungary Helps.
Together for the future!
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