Description
Magyarlukfa is one of the smallest disadvantaged settlements of the country. The population is very diverse that is why there are more conflicts among the local communities. In the 1980s urban youth came to the village and established the Kaptár (Hive) Association that ran a folk house and organized cultural programs. Nowadays, the folk house does not exist, the previous major moved out and take his belongings that were exhibited in the house. The main objective of the project is to renovate the folk house and make it become to a community place. The project promoter will realize an interactive, community based website that makes the local communities able to introduce their cultural values. The volunteers will help with collecting local, historical equipment and making interviews and realize an exhibition. The expected number of the visitors of the folk house is 100 people during the project period. The target group includes the local adults (70 persons) and children (13 ps.). The Norwegian partner, STELLA POLARIS OPPLEVELSER AS will be responsible of involving the local children and realize a common performance that will popularize the project in different programs.
Summary of project results
People's livelihood in Lukafa is uncertain. The villagers of diverse social, cultural and national background are not willing to cooperate. They have one thing in common: their village. An association operating the folk house emptied it and has left the village recently. The village is famous for the celebration of Saint Wendelin's Day from which the locals do not really benefit. The aim of the project was to raise the villagers’ awareness to their togetherness and to establish conditions for their cooperation. The direct target group was the permanent inhabitants, while indirect target groups was composed of the temporary inhabitants, inhabitants of the neighboring villages and visitors. Through an interactive webpage the project promoter collected memories about the village, and in order to reveal the common past of the villagers the folk house was re-eqipped with objects collected together in the village. People of Lukafa including the ones living abroad jointly volunteered in the renovation of the house, creating a room of which may finally function as a workshop. Partners were the Norwegian Stella Polaris Life Theatre company which made the local children aware of the importance of cooperation and togetherness. They cooperated with the Virágóra Foundation from Vásárosbéc who took part in the development of the local history community website. Municipiality of Magyarlukafa also cooperated in the project by taking part in the organization of the reconstruction of the folk house and undertakes its maintenance. As a result of the project the cohesion of local community was significantly strengthened, and the neighbouring settlement launched a similar process after observing the positive impact of the project. The project implementers were requested to support this process.
Summary of bilateral results