{"id":5394,"date":"2025-06-10T11:02:53","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T11:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=5394"},"modified":"2025-06-10T11:02:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T11:02:53","slug":"hungarian-minority-party-launches-donation-platform-to-support-romanias-flood-hit-praid-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=5394","title":{"rendered":"Hungarian minority party launches donation platform to support Romania\u2019s flood-hit Praid community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR) has launched a public appeal for donations to support the community of Praid, where devastating flooding recently forced the closure of the area\u2019s salt mine and brought tourism to a standstill.<\/p>\n<p>Flooding completely disrupted operations at the Praid salt mine, a major economic driver in the region. Although a full ecological disaster may still be avoided, reconstruction is expected to take years. In the meantime, 45 homes have been evacuated, and dozens of residents have lost their livelihoods overnight.<\/p>\n<p>In a message published on Monday, UDMR president Kelemen Hunor said his party had already facilitated government aid and contributed to the emergency response but now seeks broader public involvement through a newly launched donation platform, <a href=\"https:\/\/ajutapraidul.ro\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ajutapraidul.ro<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the time to help in other ways too: by promoting donation campaigns,\u201d Kelemen said. \u201cWhether you are Hungarian from across or within the border, or Romanian friends &#8211; everyone can find out how and where they can contribute. There is no such thing as &#8216;too little&#8217; &#8211; every leu or euro counts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The platform provides detailed information on how to donate and outlines three areas of need: support for displaced families through food, medicine, heating and income compensation; financial aid for locals who depend on tourism; and efforts to relaunch Praid\u2019s tourist appeal after the disaster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s not leave Praid alone,&#8221; Kelemen urged, adding that the campaign is about solidarity and mutual support.<\/p>\n<p>UDMR clarified that it is handling only the organization and promotion of the initiative and will not collect or store donor data.<\/p>\n\n<p>irina.marica@romania-insider.com<\/p>\n<p>(Photo source: Inquam Photos\/Alex Nicodim)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR) has launched a public appeal for donations to support the community of Praid, where devastating flooding recently forced the closure of the area\u2019s salt mine and brought tourism to a standstill. Flooding completely disrupted operations at the Praid salt mine, a major economic driver in the region. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5394\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}