UniCredit Foundation

The Real Pearl Foundation has worked since 1999 in one of Hungary’s most disadvantaged areas, focusing on education and talent development for Roma children.

Its art school supports 600 students yearly -70% from disadvantaged families - and its unique approach combines visual education, social skill-building, and inclusion.

The Foundation also empowers families and communities through long-term, holistic support.

The Foundation’s strategy integrates education, family care, and community development.

Programs include after-school tutoring, scholarships, and family-focused initiatives. It launched social enterprises like the “Szuno” craft and “Amari” food programs, fostering self-sufficiency and inclusion.

Starting in Told, this model now inspires projects in over 20 settlements and has gained international recognition for its community-based innovations.

The Real Pearl Foundation has worked since 1999 in one of Hungary’s most disadvantaged areas, focusing on education and talent development for Roma children.

Its art school supports 600 students yearly -70% from disadvantaged families - and its unique approach combines visual education, social skill-building, and inclusion.

The Foundation also empowers families and communities through long-term, holistic support.

The Foundation’s strategy integrates education, family care, and community development.

Programs include after-school tutoring, scholarships, and family-focused initiatives. It launched social enterprises like the “Szuno” craft and “Amari” food programs, fostering self-sufficiency and inclusion.

Starting in Told, this model now inspires projects in over 20 settlements and has gained international recognition for its community-based innovations.

The “From School to Work” programme develops the skills of children living in generational poverty, strengthening basic and social competencies often neglected by a segregated school system.

The Foundation’s strategy integrates education, family care, and community development. Programs include after-school tutoring, scholarships, and family-focused initiatives.

It launched social enterprises like the “Szuno” craft and “Amari” food programs, fostering self-sufficiency and inclusion.

Starting in Told, this model now inspires projects in over 20 settlements and has gained international recognition for its community-based innovations.Through after-school activities (Tanoda), 30 students improve their math and reading skills, with active involvement from their families.

Group workshops teach planning, teamwork, and small-scale budget management. The program also offers work experience: youth over the age of 15 can be employed during the summer in the Igazgyöngy social enterprise (in agriculture and crafts).