NEWS ARCHIVE 2010

Ozd, the Spare Wheel
November 2010
In January this year, when I moved into the Therapy Center, I didn’t dare to hope that I would succeed in finishing my therapy and then have a clean start with my radically changed new mentality.
Read the Farewell Speech > here.

Ludastelep: Evangelistic week with the Bonus Pastor Foundation
November 2010
By God’s mercy this is the second year that we organized an evangelistic week in Ludastelep during the week of the celebration of the Reformation. This year Kálmán Adorján, on the staff of Bonus Pastor Foundation, was our guest.
Read the report > here.

Old-Boys’ Thoughts
October 2010
The “Old-boys” meeting was held on October 29-31, 2010.
Read the reflections about the meeting > here.

Experiences at the Work Camp in Ozd
October 2010
We had our second work camp in Ozd, Romania, between 9-22 October 2010. There were 63 participants who expected to spend a pleasant time in a little Romanian village.
Read the report of the German volunteers' group > here.

Handcraft workshop in Ozd
October 2010
On the 6th of October I went with curiosity to the Cluj Napoca airport to give Ans Visscher’s and Harry van der Stege a lift to Ozd. They arrived with some giant luggage, containing all the materials from Holland that they thought would be useful to have at the promised handcraft workshop.
Read the report > here.

Rehabilitation at the CE Union’s Conference
October 2010
This autumn the Bonus Pastor Foundation organized an Aftercare Conference together with the Romanian CE Union.
Read the report > here.

“Reflections”
September 2010
Funny. I woke up this morning and Ozd, Romania, not only seemed thousands of miles away, it seemed like weeks away. Perhaps ten hour’s flying time and sitting around in airports for hours puts distance on places and events.
Read the reflection of the American volunteers' team leader > here.

The Flow State in Ozd
August 2010
The Élő Erdély Egyesület (the Living Transylvania Association) organized for the fifth time a bike tour to get know the country better; this year’s target was to ride through the Transylvanian Plain (Mezőség). Ozd is not typically part of the Hungarian Plain, but we passed the castle on the way because of its good atmosphere.
Read the report > here.

TC Camping in Szolcsva
August 2010
Going for a spin in the summer. Each year we enrich the program of the Therapy Centre with such a summer camp. It is the best medicine for an indifferent mood, for homesickness and depression.
You can read the whole report > here.

Small Gangsters
July 2010
Read thoughts and information about the Children's Camp > here.

Mini-teens’ Camp
July 2010
Read reports and details about the Mini-teens' Camp > here.

Widening borders
July 2010
Last year only one person came from Hong Kong. This year I was the only one from Hungary, the others… God’s ways are inscrutable indeed.
You can read the report > here.

Therapy Analysis or Farewell Speech
July 2010
Awakening. And happiness. I would describe my therapy with these two words. …They told me that it was going to be like a camp. So, I came.
Follow the story > here.

Aftercare Summercamp
June 2010
Aftercare summercamp near the Leşu Lake. Find some thoughts and photos > here.

ROSAAC Conference
June 2010
The yearly ROSAAC conference took place in Ozd.
You can read the pressreport > here.

Report on the Old Boys Meeting
May 2010
Everybody came to this meeting with pleasure. Many of them related that they always felt at home in the Ozd Therapy Centre and so they were coming back as if to their home...
You can read the report > here.

Reports on the Aftercare Conference in Sfîntu Gheorghe
April 2010
This was the first time that BPF organized an Aftercare Conference in Sfîntu Gheorghe, which took place between 23-25 April. The event was held in the Irisz-house which actually hosts the daily-care of mentally ill adults. The subject of the Conference was: “From Co-drinking to Compassion”. There were 121 registered participants of whom two thirds came from the Szekely-land (mainly from Covasna and Harghita counties) and one third came from Tîrgu Mureş and from the Therapy Centre in Ozd. You can read psychologist Éva Bartha's > report on the Conference. A resident from the TC also > reflected upon the same event. From these two reports you can get a picture of the program’s atmosphere and its effect on people.

Fundraising trip in Great Britain
April 2010
Levente Horváth, president of the BPF and executive director Sándor Magdó were on a fundraising trip to Great Britain, between May 10-19, 2010.
You can read the report about it > here.

Thanksgiving Jubilee: A Special Day in Ozd
March 2010
I accepted the invitation to come to Ozd for the Jubilee celebration on March 13th 2010.
Read the report and see the photos about the event > here.

Prevention: Prison Visit Project
February 2010
Two members of the BPF staff, Éva Adorján and Éva Bartha, have started a new project together with the psychologists of the Târgu Mureş prison. They pay a visit to the prison every week and there was one occasion when the prisoners were taken to the Therapy Centre to see it as an alternative for change. Read more about this project > here.

Residents at the Aftercare Conference
January 2010
Read TC staff, > Ferenc Bálint’s report about the Residents who attended the Aftercare Conference in Odorheiu Secuiesc.

Károly's Departure Speech
January 2010
There is a > new testimony, this time from Károly (not his real name), a client who recently completed his therapy in the Centre.

 
 
 
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