Hungarians raising funds for Hungarian volunteers fighting for Ukraine

More and more people in Hungary are teaming up on Social Media to help hundreds of soldiers of Hungarian origin who are defending Ukraine. Several Hungarian Facebook groups are organising fundraising events to deliver donation packages for the Transcarpathian volunteers fighting on the front line.

How it all started

The fundraising campaign started at the end of October thanks to a Facebook group run by Hungarian civilians that focuses on discussing law enforcement and military issues. Hvg.hu contacted Balázs Trautmann, a member of the group, who told the news site why they had started the campaign. As he said, they saw a post on 23 October showing Hungarians who fought on the Ukrainian side, celebrating the victory with a Hungarian flag. This post had such an impact on them that the community immediately started a conversation on how they could help.

Then, a group member exchanged messages with Fegyir Sándor, a soldier of Hungarian origin serving at the front. He asked Sándor what they needed. After all, they did not want to send the soldiers unnecessary things, Trautmann recalled.

As it turns out, Sándor, the volunteer soldier from Transcarpathia, is a professor at the Uzhhorod National University. Many readers may be familiar with his name, as a few months ago, he became known for giving online lessons from the trenches to his students. You can read our article about his story HERE.

Trautmann added that he was shocked to see that more than HUF 1 million (EUR 2,510) had been raised in just over a day when the fundraising campaign was first launched. And, as a result, they were able to send some extra food supplies to the front, along with the high-powered external batteries the soldiers had requested.