Csepel Garden Shelter in Budapest

The reflection is of the Watchdog viewing a commemorative plaque at the Csepel Garden Shelter in Budapest, Hungary.  It houses  as many as 130 homeless men and also serves 180 hot lunches per day for the poor and the homeless.

The shelter was a joint effort of the Hungarian Red Cross, the local district government, and the American House Foundation, founded and headed by Richard Field, a graduate of McCaskey High School.   The former workers hotel in an inner city industrial location was acquired and the conversion was completed earlier this year. 

Rooms contain bunk beds for four persons and there are bathrooms and laundry facilities on each floor.

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