Bagázs Nonprofit Association

we believe that we all deserve the same chances in life - even if you were born in a geographically and socially segregated, deeply poor roma settlement. we envision a society where roma people can reach their goals too. we, a group of young criminal law professionals, sociologists and social workers founded bagázs 5 years ago. our aim is to bring significant change to the roma settlement of bag (a town near budapest, hungary) via implementing and organizing intensive and genuine social inclusion program. from the first day on, we build on our ground beliefs: partnerships with locals instead of aiding, improving abilities to reach goals and real empowerment. local inhabitants have played an active and important role in the work of bagázs ever since. bagázs’s staff consists of 15 employees (4 of them are inhabitants of the settlement) and an additional 160 volunteers per year are involved in our various activities. we became one of the most well-known hungarian ngos, functioning as a mo