Hungary Programs and Projects

Education

Founded as the Debrecen Reformed College in 1538, this institute has been training pastors and teachers for the Reformed communities of Eastern Hungary. An Academy of Law and a Teacher’s Training Institute were established in the 19th century and a Faculty of Arts in 1908. The three Faculties (Theology, Law and Arts) were united as the Hungarian Royal Tisza István University in 1912. In 1951 the Faculty of Theology was deprived of its right to give a university degree and had to move out from the main university building and became the Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church in Hungary.

Self-Development

In 2005 the PC(USA) Self-Development of People program made a grant to this project:

Domokos Marton Kert Roma Community, Debrecen ($20,000)
Roma families were being evicted from substandard housing where they had been squatting for 15 years. The families decided to build their own housing as a solution to deplorable housing. This project will provide a safe living space.