Hungary here I come
Hello folks, hope you are all well. I thought I’d drop a quick line to get my fix before I go away. I’m going to Hungary to help with the restoration of Kanaan House as a women’s refuge in Papa, Hungary. My Mum’s been out twice already and has had a fantastic time. This time, me, Claire, Steve and Chris are going along to lend a hand as well. I’m really looking forward to getting into some more sunshine and helping with a worthwhile cause. I’m hoping that some good will come of my abstinence from getting a job until the end of the trip.
There’s a big problem with alcohol abuse in Hungary with the official statistic running at 50% but more realistically figure apparently being 70%, as well as an officially unrecognised abuse of women at around 1 in 5. I hope that this project will help to raise awareness of this problem to a wider audience. Hopefully when I get back I will have more information about this and will be able to provide more accurate statistics. That said, whatever the actual statistic Kanaan house is the first Hungarian refuge and hopefully not the last.
Right then, time for final checks before getting ready to set off for Luton. The car journey is going to be a squeeze. I’m not sure that there will be chance to give an update whilst in Hungary but if I do get chance I’ll take it. Hopefully we’ll also have some pictures for you and my Flickr accounts upload limit will have reset by the time I’m back so I can put them up :).