We are with you

We are working to ensure that every children are well and feel safe.

We were all children

The first 18 years of our lives are crucial, and children’s rights ensure these years can be as positive as possible. While laws define what children are entitled to, it’s ultimately adults—those who listen, care, and truly understand the unique, irreplaceable nature of childhood—who bring these rights to life. We work for and with children, striving to make Hungary a better place for every child.

Our colleagues

Ágnes Végerbauer-Rosta

NEMECSEK Programme - professional staff member

Ági is the other psychologist of the NEMECSEK Programme, but of course she also supports the other programmes with her expertise. She is in charge of managing our cooperation with the local authorities, she is a speaker at many of our training courses and she also helps people who come to us for counselling. Within the NEMECSEK Programme, her main area of expertise is bullying in schools, on which she has produced many technical papers and articles.

Anna Glatz

Child participation staff member

Anna volunteered for six months from Germany, and after her return she joined our Children’s Rights Centre and the Children’s Participation Programme as a coordinator. She has a degree in International Studies and is currently studying to become a lawyer, so without her knowledge and experience our team would not be the same.

Barbara Vásárhelyi-Kiss

Communication and Project Manager

Bari is a colleague of ours who in the past would surely have been called a polyhistor. He is the one who is “involved” in almost every campaign and ongoing case. He solves everything, manages everything and figures it all out. He manages projects, forges communication plans, brainstorms, designs, organises, posts, writes press releases, takes photos and tries to smile as much as possible.

Dóri Merényi

Associate for children's rights

Dóri joined us as a volunteer in November 2022. She is now a core member of our team as a Children’s Rights Worker. She is in charge of the Foundation’s education programme, where she not only organises online and in-person trainings, but is also a presenter. She is the implementer of the Hintalovon Academy and helps out wherever she can. Her aim is to ensure that as many professionals as possible are aware of children’s rights and can put them into practice. Her diplomatic degree and her human rights training, which she studied in the Netherlands, enable her to join international cooperation projects in addition to the academy.

dr. Dominika Rácz

Lawyer

Midi works as a children’s rights advisor and helps with the legal tasks related to specific programmes. Like the others, she strongly believes that if more people listen to children in the way they need, they can become happier children and then balanced adults. As well as being a lawyer, she is also a talented photographer and is always happy to take and send us pictures to use on social media or our website.

dr. Nóra Bárdossy-Sánta

Professional leader

Nóri plays an incredibly important role in the Foundation – she is both a professional manager and a lawyer. She’s been with the team since the beginning, joining Hintalovon in 2016 as a senior. She helps parents, professionals and children who come to us by advising them on their children’s rights. She also gives lectures and trainings, and talks a lot to the press about why it is important that every child receives support that is appropriate to their age and individual needs.

dr. Szilvi Gyurkó

Children's rights adviser

Szilvi probably needs no introduction – she is the founder of Hintalovon and is still an integral part of our operations and team. She works as a consultant in the foundation, which means she takes on and launches small projects and thinks together with the others. She is no longer involved in specific issues, but she still gives presentations, training and education.

Era Rácz

Office Manager

Era is a bit like the Foundation’s mum – quietly, quickly, efficiently and with a smile, she gets a lot done, making everyone’s job a lot easier. She manages invoices and contracts, collates and mails donation shop orders, prepares financial statements, liaises with accountants, pro bono offices, donors and trustees, runs our central email address, keeps the office neat and tidy and bakes the most delicious poppy seed cookies.

Gergely Vaskuti

NEMECSEK Programme - Professional Leader

Gergő is another NEMECSEK programme leader – he and Kata and Bari make a great team. They mainly help communities such as schools, sports clubs, children’s homes to make it better and safer for children through presentations, trainings and joint thinking. Of course, he is also involved in other Foundation programmes; he is always happy to help with constructive thoughts, funny ideas and great questions.

Judit Rosta

Social Media Manager

Judit joined us as a volunteer and then became part of the team as a social media manager. So, not surprisingly, her main tasks include coordinating our profiles on Facebook and Instagram: posting, scheduling, putting together campaigns, writing posts and sometimes even articles and editing pictures.

Karolina Balogh

Research expert

Kata Stáhly

NEMECSEK Programme - Professional Leader

As one of the leaders of our NEMECSEK Programme, Kata works every day to make children and their communities feel safe. Of course, Kata is not only involved with NEMECSEK, her expertise, observations and ideas permeate the entire operation of the foundation. She joined the Foundation five years ago, mainly giving lectures, training courses, writing articles and posts, and working as a psychologist on child protection issues.

Board of trustees

Éva Akovács

editon in chief, Nók Lapja

Nóra dr. Bárdossy-Sánta

lawyer

Krisztina Bombera dr.

journalist, riporter

Szilvi Gyurkó dr.

founder

Zsuzsanna Kozák

Media Pedagogy Consultant

Ákos Kökéndy

Waldorf school director

Chirstopher Noblet

lawyer, Hogan Lovells

Krisztina Maróy

editor in chief, Glamour

Béla Szabó

BrandComms director, Telekom

Kriszta Székely

actress, director

Miklós Vámos

writer

György Virág

psychologist

Supervisory board

Petra Jurida dr.

Legal Expert and Behavioral Analyst

Attila Lápossy dr.

Constitutional Lawyer

Szilvia Szücs

mediator, founder of Anyapara 

Our Kid Colleagues (KiCo)

Our team includes volunteers aged 13–17. Though minors, they’re truly our colleagues, advising us and participating in training, conferences, and sometimes even taking on press interviews. They help us bring children’s perspectives into our work, aiming to raise awareness of children’s rights and make adults more receptive to young voices.

Sometimes we ask them for advice. Sometimes we go together to give a training course, or to present at a conference, or they do the interviews for us in the press.

They help us to bring children's perspectives into our own work.

The goal of the KiCo's is for children to know their rights and for adults to take better into account children's opinions.

Our volunteers

When we started in 2015, only six people were brainstorming ways to make Hungary a better place for children. Since then, our core team has doubled, and over 100 volunteers now assist us daily.

Different roles

All our programmes are supported by volunteers. All ages and many different disciplines are represented. There are lawyers, translators, web editors, SEO consultants, designers. Some co-ordinate a research project, others bring envelopes and help with the post (to make sure you get the Hintalovon present you choose from the donation shop on time).

Diversity is our strength

We are diverse, from many different backgrounds. Our diversity is our strength, and the belief that with the help and support of child rights, we can all do our part to ensure that the children living with and around us are well.