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These are the things I have been doing…

I believe that understanding social problems is important, but understanding alone is not enough. That is why I regularly work on hands-on projects alongside donations and advising. These projects are my way of keeping myself in touch with reality. It helps me in testing and learning what meaningful support can look like in practice.

I focus primarily on the places where I have the strongest cultural and personal connections: Hungary and Transylvania. There are many communities around the world facing similar challenges, and I wish I could do more in more places. But I have learned that it is better to concentrate my efforts rather than spread myself too thin.

Also, I try not to do these projects alone. Whenever possible, I work together with local activists, community leaders, teachers, or NGO professionals who know their communities far better than I do. The most effective initiatives are usually partnerships, combining local knowledge and leadership with external resources, networks, and support.

What follows is a portfolio of projects I have been fortunate to be part of. Some were small, some were ambitious, and all of them taught me something valuable. I genuinely enjoy this work, and I hope to keep doing it for many years to come.

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Projects

I do skill based volunteering regularly. I did some teaching – English or Computer Science – to 12-16 year old kids. Once I worked with the founder of an NGO – an amazing woman in her 50s who is also an alrtist – to teach her how to build their website. I sometimes reach out to small NGOs and offer them X hours of my IT consultancy time for pro bono. And most recently, I went on a sabbatical to work with an NGO to solve frictional unemployment for the global youth.

I focus my attention on education projects, most importantly early life education (preschool), because – at least in Eastern Europe – that’s where the children from underprivileged areas drop out the system. We want to prevent or at least delay this: the later they drop out the better chances they have in life to succeed.

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