As one of the leaders of the Let’s Help the Refugees Together (LHRT) group I would like to describe its formation and operation. The group increased with surprising alacrity and had to face a large number of challenges and problems. So far it has managed to overcome most of the obstacles.
I hope that this report may be of interest to those astonished by the sudden eruption of this social movement in Hungary. It could even be edifying for those who tried to form similar groups but were unsuccessful. I will chronicle the changes that came about with the steady increase of the group between June 2015 and January 2016.
As a child of well-heeled intellectuals and a BA student of political science at the Corvinus University of Budapest, my knowledge of the needy was more theoretical than practical. A few times I helped to cook meals for the homeless in a downtown community centre. I spoke out for the Roma, the LGBT, the homeless and the prostitutes on community sites and among friends but could not find a way to turn my sympathy into action. As far as I could see this was rather common among the Hungarian elite.
