Haver Informal Jewish Educational Public Benefit Foundation

National Network
Hungary
Address

Budapest
Holló u.1, 2nd floor, 34., 1075 Budapest
Hungary

Telephone
+3617852534
Fax
+3617852534
E-Mail
mircea.cernov@haver.hu
E-Mail (2)
mirceacernov@gmail.com
Mobile Phone
+36 30 2225559
Organisation Type
Public/Private Non-Profit Foundation
Year of Establishment
2002
Fields of Activity
  1. Youth and education
General Information
The people involved with the Haver Foundation are creating together a unique model and example of commitment, innovation, responsibility, accountability, efficiency and effectiveness. Voluntarism is a key element of the Foundation’s work, where board members (8) and educators (40) are working together and thus contribute to achieve the vision, mission and goals of the organization. With one paid employee – the foundation CEO – is working in partnership with a big number of civil society organizations: Centropa, Open Society Institute, Kurt Lewin Foundation, Marom, Limmud Hungary, Golem Theatre, Mobilitas, the Association For Ethnical and Religious Minorities Rights in Hungary, ELTE University, more that 150 high schools – all are partners with us, and the we continue to develop relations and partnerships with other organizations. We operate and work based on an annual budget of 50,000 to 70,000 Euro (basic operation and activities, and projects). Grants and individual donors are the main financial resources.
Mission and Objectives

Haver Informal Jewish Educational Public Benefit Foundation mission is to foster Hungarian-Jewish dialog, eradicate Antisemitism and spread tolerance through informal education. The foundation fulfills its mission through educational activities, seminars, publications, exhibitions, and exchange programs targeted at Hungarian and Jewish youth and leaders.

Main Projects / Activities

We reach five thousand high school students, university students and educators yearly, and provide them a wide range of educational activities and programs.
The educational sessions and activities, which includes subject-specific modules on Shoa, anti-Semitism and Jewish identity forms, is designed in the spirit of anti-prejudice and diversity education: to facilitate dialogue and sharing of experiences in the area of religion and culture; to recognize, respect and understand religious, cultural and identity diversity; to confront prejudice and discrimination and to develop individual skills and institutional strategies for creating inclusive inter-cultural environments.

Contact (1) Full Name
Mircea Cernov - Foundation CEO
Head of the organisation
Eszter Lányi - Foundation Board President