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Budapest, September 4, 2007

Magyar Telekom handed over donation with the value of 2.5 million HUF to the Fund for Full Value Life (Teljes Értékű Életért Alapítvány) dealing with children in cumulatively disadvantageous position. The fund purchases audiphone equipment of advanced technology from the donation for the children of defective hearing who live under bad social conditions or being under state care.

The aim of Fund for Full Value Life is to subsidize handicapped children being under state care or living under bad social conditions, provide them with training tools and facilities of ability development.
The Pedagogical Development Center of Kaposvár is attended by children of nursery and school age who learn there, and if necessary live in the colleges. The experts, tutors and the group of teachers of the institution ensure for the children the curriculum-based education, the opportunities for free-time activities, holiday programs and camps, sports and other activities and programs that contribute to a full-value life and special attention is devoted to identification and special treatment of children of outstanding talents. Up to this point there is nothing special about it. Nevertheless, this institution is attended by children of serious hearing impairment and speech defect. Children whose development – and even existence – requires special conditions, as their limited communication abilities may restrict their opportunities.
Audiphone is a pre-requisite of rehabilitation of those with defective hearing. Technical development is unstoppable in this field, too, and new models of digital equipment are launched in the market day by day.
„The National Health Insurance Fund provides for financing of a large variety of audiphone but –naturally,- they are not able to keep up with the development. A vast number of the equipmet are obsolete, old models, which – unfortunately – bring disadvantage in these day to those of defective hearing.” – Dr. László Totth chairman of the Fund for Full Value Life told.
The Fund purchased 15 pcs of audiphone equipment of advanced technology from the fund provided by Magyar Telekom. It provides long-term solution to the improvement of the quality of life for the children of defective hearing.

About the social responsibility of Magyar Telekom

Social responsibility makes an integral part of the corporate culture of Magyar Telekom. The company operates and supports through its own fund a number of educational and cultural institutions, needy private persons, among others the Symphonic Orchestra of Magyar Telekom, Puskás Tivadar Telecom High School, and the Fund of „Telephone for Needy People” aiming to provide assistance to physically disabled, blind and visually impaired people in acquiring and maintenance of a telephone line.
The versatile donation program of the company is realized in the frame of the „Magyar Telekom Gives Back” program. As the core task of its supporting strategy the company aims the solution of serious health problems, , e.g. provision of the conditions for filtration and curing of tumorous diseases, treatment of cardio-vascular diseases, and treatment of children’s health and social problems. As a telecom company it assigns special importance within the donation portfolio to the support of those facing communication difficulties due to their physical disabilities and to the initiatives aiming to narrow the „digital gap” and at last but not least, environmental protection.
The Board of trustees of „Magyar Telekom Gives Back” program distributes more than 100 million Forints each year among the funds and associations.