Scarcely had the day care camp for children of families in need finished in Komárom, when staff members of the Hungarian Charity Service of the Order of Malta started to organise summer programmes for those who receive care in the Day-care Center of the Disabled. The disabled people first had a meeting with their peers from other centres in Győrújbarát, followed by a sports day jointly organised with the Club of the Elderly. The series of events continued with equestrian therapy and finally children had the chance to meet with celebrities of well known TV programmes.

The Charity Service had a programme organised in Győr in co-operation with the animal shelter and the institutions of the local authority. This time a real challenging summer programme was organised for children living outside of family care. The task was to find owners for dogs from the shelter. To achieve this, first the shelter and the animals themselves had to be made more attractive which included tidying the site, bathing the animals and to teach dogs basic commands, since an obedient, docile dog has more chance to find a master. The programme led by a trained professional offered the possibility to the participants to gain personal experiences of taking responsibility.

In the last week of July a camp entitled “We belong together” was held by the North Hungarian Region in Hatfa, Slovakia. In the course of this summer programme organised each year in another country of the Carpathian Basin, young Hungarians living in Hungary and in the surrounding countries have a chance to meet and get a deeper overview of our common national values and the heritage of our past.