BARÁTHEGYI Guide Dog School
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Gábor Halmai has been visually impaired all his life; he learnt to walk with a white cane in the Primary School for the Blind. Though he acquired all the techniques of the white cane, he did not feel completely safe while walking and travelling alone in the street. After he had got to know his
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Where to complete your community service? At Baráthegyi! The students of Zrínyi Ilona High School and Avasi High School in Miskolc who wish to complete their community service at us visited our centre. In order to be able to help professionally and confidently to, visually impaired people, they took part in our program aimed to
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Each guide dog exam is special in a different way. We will also long remember the exam of Barna Kiss and Locum on October 27, this time mainly due to the excellent performance of the dog member of the team. Their exam route started from the platform of a train station and it brought dramatic
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At the weekend we visited Sajógalgóc, a beautiful village in Borsod County. The young and old of the village alike were keen on visiting the wide range of programs on the Equal Opportunity Day held in the Community House of the village. The visitors were very kind and open, almost everyone had some questions about
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Last week we kept our fingers crossed for another team: Csaba Tanai and his guide dog Bonca had their traffic safety exam on Friday in Budapest. The fascinating chocolate brown Labrador guided her owner with her usual routine in one of the capital’s busiest district. In the lively bustle of the big city they just
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This weekend we attended UPC’s Family Day in Budapest, where, in spite of the pouring rain, we had a really great time. Our location was in the central marquee, next to the stage. Many people came to participate in our programs. From among our dogs Fidzsi, Tesla, Dió, Delta and Lego helped the brave participants
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This week we visited the pupils of Primary School of Fóti út. The children welcomed us very kindly and enthusiastically. They sat around our trainer colleague and her puppy-in-training, Fiji, and they were listening carefully what one needs to know about guide dogs and how to help the visually impaired. Then they gave better and
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It crowns several months’ effort, when our guide dogs finally pass a traffic safety exam with their owners. On 21st September, we could celebrate two successful exams: Ferenc Bobcsák passed the exam with Mézes in Görömböly, and József Farkas with Opál in Szirmabesenyő on the same day. The exam of Mézes contained as many hardships
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We believe that if it comes to equal opportunities, we’ve got to be part of it. That is why we are happy that on Sunday we participated in the family day combined with a Paralympic event, the National Paralympic Day in Eger. While various programmes were going on on the stage, such as children’s shows,
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It is always a great pleasure for us when we are invited to schools or nursery schools, because we consider it important for the students to obtain information about the visually-impaired and guide dogs at such a young age. The children always welcome us with great curiosity and they enthusiastically participate in our program. It
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Last weekend we participated in the family day of Messer Hungarogáz Ltd. The employees took part in a whole day game, where they collected points at various stations. One of the stations was our program aimed to combat exclusionary attitudes. The participants were very kind and open; they tried out our games with great enthusiasm,
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The president of Árboc Association, Szabolcs Kurucsai walks and travels with the help of a guide dog trained by our foundation. Elvis provides him with total self-reliance and confidence, so they are proud and happy to represent our foundation on various events. He talks about his experiences at the Youth Days of Szeged: “One of
