We are pleased to inform the readers of our website that our volunteers, the architect Nóra Bordás-Varga, designer of the hospital and the engineer József Geiger, have safely returned home from their assignment to the Congo. Thanks to the grant obtained though the National Cooperation Fund / NEA / tender, the most important initial step for the hospital construction project has been made possible, namely the design of the hospital and the acceptance of the plans by the authorities. The trip has surpassed all our expectations: the St. Raphael Ophthalmologic Centre has received its building permit!

Thanks are due to architect Nóra Bordás-Varga, who travelled to the Congo with meticulously prepared blueprints worked out to the minutest detail with highest professional skill; to engineer József Geiger for his part in the work through his construction experience gained in the Congo; to Pál Paulin, staff member of Arcade Studio Kft. for the for digitization and digital visualization of the plans that can also be seen on the relevant leaflets.

Last but not least, thanks to Ferenc Kocsis for the beautiful scale model that is a great success.

Below is a brief photo report of the laying of the foundation stone and other major events:

The hospital's scale model by Ferenc Kocsis.

The completed stage, on it the banner taken to the Congo by our volunteers.

Festive address. Oration by Mgr Bernard Kasanda. Blessing of the cross that will be placed in the foundation stone. Consecration of the foundation stone's site.

Placing the capsule in the foundation stone. Placing of the last stone. One Mary medal each was buried in the four corners of the block.

The staff of the Ophthalmic Centre admiring the scale model.

Talks with Mgr Bernard Kasanda the day before the laying of the foundation stone.