József wants to be an architect.
Certainly, first he has to finish his studies at the secondary school, he has to pass the final examination, and after that he can aim the architect or static faculty of the Budapest University of Technology.

Several months were missing from József’s studies due to his illness but he is about to compensate the time lost and the missing the school-work. He has already passed many exams because he doesn’t want to repeat the school year.

He really needs a well-functioning laptop for his studies, so it was evident that he would ask for a laptop. Beside this he will also have different computer science exams, exatly seven times...

Luckily a nice sponsor appeared very soon to fulfill his wish, so we had to arrange only the personal meeting.
His father, also József told us, that they had medical examinations in the hospital only once in every two months and the last one was a few weeks ago, so the next trip to Budapest is due in July. When he found out why we had asked it, he told us that they would come to Budapest with pleasure at one of the weekends as it would not be possible on weekdays due to the exams.

We were looking forward to the date of our meeting. The sponsor of the wish was represented by Zsuzsa and Zoltán. We met at the Szamos Confectionary to have some nice cakes and to fulfill the wish.

Józsi was very happy to get the laptop, and he specially liked its silver-grey colour. He was talking about his plans and his hobby which is folk dance.
The time was flying quickly, we were talking for almost two hours.

We hope that the laptop will be a great help in his studies and his forthcoming exams. We wish Józsi a speedy recovery.

Many thanks the Head of Unit, UNHCR Global Service Centre for their support
and for the presence of Mr. Zoltán Scrivener at the fulfillment of the wish!

Gergely’s desire was to get a really good telephone. When we asked him about his wish, he answered that he would need it in order to keep in touch with his mother, his family and his friends.

Geri had no idea about the surprise that was prepared for him by the students and teachers of the Britannica International School. His mother, Szilvia told him that they would go to visit a school, but she didn’t say anything else.

The usual weekly meeting for students and directors began with an interesting announcement, namely that a new student would come for a short time.
The students handed over the much awaited telephone to Geri and he was greeted with applause. The boy couldn’t say any words but his smile and shiny eyes showed that he was touched.

We wish you to get well soon and have lots of friends by using your new phone.

We thank for the support of the students, their parents and teachers of the Britannica International School on behalf of Geri, too.

Eszter asked for a toy pony-bike from the Magic Lamp. She was waiting for the present exited because she would like to ride it in her room.

She was invited with her parents to the Britannica International School for their weekly meeting on May 09. 2014, where she was met by about 200 students...
At first she thought that she will only be shown around the school but when she heard her name she felt that all this might be something else...

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Then a few uniformed girls and boys pushed in a big box.
The students helped Eszti to unpack the box and it turned out that the pony-bike was hidden in it.
The toy pony whinnied joyfully when it saw her new keeper. Eszti began to ride at that moment very happily.

We hope this present help her to recover fast.

Thanks to the students, teachers and parents of the Britannica International School of Budapest for helping to fulfill Eszti’s wish.

Our small team, Bence, Janka, Kati, their accompanying parents and we (two representatives of the Magic Lamp Foundation) met at the airport in the morning of 24th April 2014. It could be seen from the first moment that we would create a good team, and it was proved by the four eventful days that we spent together. Even the flight and the accommodation at a hotel were a great and new experience for the youngest girl, but the lively bustle of the Charles De Gaulle Airport after a pleasant flight was amaizing for the others too. We stayed at Hotel Pavillon Nationale.
After a quick lunch we set off to explore the wonderful sights of Paris. It was a new and exciting experience for all of us to discover the “underground” world of Paris, namely to find the way among the 14 metro and the 5 RER lines.
The most outstanding event of the first day was a cruise on the Seine river to see the main monuments of the city center. (Notre Dame, Musée d' Orsay, Petit Palais, Grand Palais), then we looked at the Arch in the Étoile Square.

Second day our team was divided into two parts. Janka, Bence and their parents went to discover the attractions of Euro Disney, so the children’s great dream came true during the all day journey when they could meet characters and heroes of fairy tales, play with interesting and exciting games, and admire the special attractions of the park, as the famous Castle.
Kati, her mother and I went to discover the beauties of Versailles. We were not only impressed by the beautifully furnished rooms of the palace, the fountains and sculptures of the park, but also by the Little Trianon Palace, and Marie Antoinette's world.

On the third day many sights were still waiting for us. During our walk we visited the Notre Dame, the Sainte Chapelle, we went up to the Eiffel Tower by elevator, from where - despite the drizzling rain – beautiful view of Paris could be seen. In the afternoon we visited the Louvre, we were walking in the Tuileries Garden and in the Place de la Concorde.

We had already got a lot of beautiful and unforgettable experience by the morning of the fourth day when we were waiting for departure and waving goodbye to the French capital.

We thank for the help of our sponsors E.ON Hungária Zrt. and Morgan Stanley Magyarország Elemző Kft. to make the dream of Kati come true.

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Éva Batári and Erika Ugrai
wish Coordinators
Paris April 27, 2014

Our small team, Bence, Janka, Kati, their accompanying parents and we (two representatives of the Magic Lamp Foundation) met at the airport in the morning of 24th April 2014. It could be seen from the first moment that we would create a good team, and it was proved by the four eventful days that we spent together. Even the flight and the accommodation at a hotel were a great and new experience for the youngest girl, but the lively bustle of the Charles De Gaulle Airport after a pleasant flight was amaizing for the others too. We stayed at Hotel Pavillon Nationale.
After a quick lunch we set off to explore the wonderful sights of Paris. It was a new and exciting experience for all of us to discover the “underground” world of Paris, namely to find the way among the 14 metro and the 5 RER lines.
The most outstanding event of the first day was a cruise on the Seine river to see the main monuments of the city center. (Notre Dame, Musée d' Orsay, Petit Palais, Grand Palais), then we looked at the Arch in the Étoile Square.

Second day our team was divided into two parts. Janka, Bence and their parents went to discover the attractions of Euro Disney, so the children’s great dream came true during the all day journey when they could meet characters and heroes of fairy tales, play with interesting and exciting games, and admire the special attractions of the park, as the famous Castle.
Kati, her mother and I went to discover the beauties of Versailles. We were not only impressed by the beautifully furnished rooms of the palace, the fountains and sculptures of the park, but also by the Little Trianon Palace, and Marie Antoinette's world.

On the third day many sights were still waiting for us. During our walk we visited the Notre Dame, the Sainte Chapelle, we went up to the Eiffel Tower by elevator, from where - despite the drizzling rain – beautiful view of Paris could be seen. In the afternoon we visited the Louvre, we were walking in the Tuileries Garden and in the Place de la Concorde.

We had already got a lot of beautiful and unforgettable experience by the morning of the fourth day when we were waiting for departure and waving goodbye to the French capital.

We thank for the help of our sponsors Eurodisney, a FGSZ Zrt. and the a Deutsche Wirtschaftsklub Budapest (DWC) to make the dream of Janka come true.

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Our small team, Bence, Janka, Kati, their accompanying parents and we (two representatives of the Magic Lamp Foundation) met at the airport in the morning of 24th April 2014. It could be seen from the first moment that we would create a good team, and it was proved by the four eventful days that we spent together. Even the flight and the accommodation at a hotel were a great and new experience for the youngest girl, but the lively bustle of the Charles De Gaulle Airport after a pleasant flight was amaizing for the others too. We stayed at Hotel Pavillon Nationale.
After a quick lunch we set off to explore the wonderful sights of Paris. It was a new and exciting experience for all of us to discover the “underground” world of Paris, namely to find the way among the 14 metro and the 5 RER lines.
The most outstanding event of the first day was a cruise on the Seine river to see the main monuments of the city center. (Notre Dame, Musée d' Orsay, Petit Palais, Grand Palais), then we looked at the Arch in the Étoile Square.

Second day our team was divided into two parts. Janka, Bence and their parents went to discover the attractions of Euro Disney, so the children’s great dream came true during the all day journey when they could meet characters and heroes of fairy tales, play with interesting and exciting games, and admire the special attractions of the park, as the famous Castle.
Kati, her mother and I went to discover the beauties of Versailles. We were not only impressed by the beautifully furnished rooms of the palace, the fountains and sculptures of the park, but also by the Little Trianon Palace, and Marie Antoinette's world.

On the third day many sights were still waiting for us. During our walk we visited the Notre Dame, the Sainte Chapelle, we went up to the Eiffel Tower by elevator, from where - despite the drizzling rain – beautiful view of Paris could be seen. In the afternoon we visited the Louvre, we were walking in the Tuileries Garden and in the Place de la Concorde.

We had already got a lot of beautiful and unforgettable experience by the morning of the fourth day when we were waiting for departure and waving goodbye to the French capital.

We thank for the help of our sponsors Eurodisney, E.ON Hungária Zrt. and the Hungarian National Bank to make the dream of Bence come true.

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I though I would allow writing the riport of this wish-fulfillment to the most competent person in order to hear the story from his aspect.
My task is only to thank the students of Thomas Mann German School for providing the cat equipment and buying other useful things for the pet.

Alex used to live the busy life of teenagers, and exercised regularly, but his illness put an end to all of it, and instead came a series of endless hospital treatments. He won’t be able to go to school for a while, so he is trying to keep up with his school work through home-schooling. To make studying easier he wished for a laptop from Csodalámpa (Magic Lamp).

As usual, we needed a sponsor to help us granting Alex’s wish. Help came from an unexpected source: organizers, sponsors and participants of a conference joined forces to make Alex’s dream come true. We asked Alex’s parents to bring him to the conference so we can give him the laptop right there.

Alex’s mother did an excellent job keeping him in the dark, thus Alex was totally surprised when they arrived at the conference, sat down in the audience, and suddenly he saw Csodalámpa’s film running on the screen, and he was called up on stage. Not only he was suprised but moved to tears. He was fighting back his tears as he stood on stage holding his brand new laptop, and thanked the people in the room for their kindness.

We would like to express our deep and hearfelt gratitude to the Professional Women's Association and the Corinthia Hotel Budapest for organizing the conference and providing the venue, and to the participants and sponsors of the conference for making Alex’s dream come true.

Marta Felkai
Budapest, March 13, 2014

Marci is a very special young man. Although due to his illness it is not easy for him to keep up with his classmates in school, he still managed to achieve 82 per cent on his high school entry exam. That was almost double of the average score!
Fantastic! So we weren't surprised at all when he gave us a detailed description of the laptop he wanted. He wished for a laptop so he can surf the Internet and and learn more about the things he is interested in.

We had bought a special SW for for the brand new laptop too, and we had some trouble installing it .. so this wish granting did not go smoothly.
Luckily the managing director and her colleague were present, and quickly phoned for help. Soon the problem was solved and the laptop finally started up.
From that point Marci took over and soon the machine came alive. Magic happened once again, and the world suddenly opened up as he was finally surfing the net.

We would like to thank the Váci utcai Bevásárlónegyed Nonprofit Kft. for for organizing a fundraising campaign to collect the money for the laptop. We would also like extend our gratitude to Michael Carroll, managing director of the Váci utcai Bevásárlónegyed Nonprofit KFT and Viktória Figuly for their presence at the wish granting.

Tisztelt Csodalámpa Alapítvány!

Köszönetünket szeretnénk kifejezni Önök felé, hogy teljesítették kisfiam, Norbi kívánságát. Igaz nagyon nehezen tudta eldönteni, hogy igazából mit is szeretne, több vágya is volt, de úgy látom, hogy a táblagéppel igazán nagy örömet tudtak neki szerezni. Valóban nagy meglepetés volt, hiszen úgy tudta, hogy vizsgálatra kell mennünk a kórházba, csak amikor Zsuzsika néni mosolyát megpillantotta, akkor vált világossá előtte, hogy valójában most jött el a "Nagy Nap"! Határtalan örömmel fogadta a meglepetést, rögtön ki is próbálta és úgy vette birtokba, mintha mindig is ezt csinálta volna. Az örömét még fokozza az is, hogy nem kell otthon kompromisszumot kötni a tesóval, ha játszani akar.

Még egyszer nagyon köszönjük mindenkinek, aki hozzájárult kisfiam boldogságához!Munkájukhoz erőt, egészséget és kitartást kívánunk, hogy még sok rászoruló gyermeknek szerethessenek ilyen örömteli pillanatot.

Köszönettel: a T*** család

Máté is a sure footed „young man”, who is planning his future. In order to work out his plan he wanted to get a specific camera from the Magic Lamp. He would like to make fantastic photos about the nature.

We could fulfil his wish from the help of one of our givers. It can be seen in the photos how happy Máté was when he opened the parcel, in which his present was. We wish you dear Máté to make beautiful pictures with your new camera.




Thank you Mr. Endre Frankl and Mr. Alexander Hemingway for your help!

Dr. Jenei Tiborné
wish-coordinator
Budapest, 06.02.2014

Áron is a very friendly boy who always played football with his elder brother since his childhood. Unfortunately he has been suffering from a terrible illness since last year as a result of this illness he cannot move.

Thanks to the medical treatments and Áron’s positive attitude and the much training his condition is getting to be better and better. His wish was an electrical bike in order with its help to go by it to the playing field and to have training at home, as well.

We wish you dear Áron to get healthy in a short time and will be able to play again football!!




Áron’ wish was fulfilled with the support of FIRSTMED-FMC KFT.






An extra thank to the workmates for the technical help of Velox Kft. in Székesfehérvár .

Ágota Veress
Wish coordinator
Várvölgy, 09.02.2014.

Georgina wishes for an electric piano from the Magic Lamp. Gina has been studying music for a while, but now she would like to take her studies more seriously and learn to play the piano.

Gina and her little sister had been waiting for us with a great excitement. When we arrived with the huge box, they happily danced around us, then enthusiastically helped to unpack the piano. After the piano was put to its place in Gina room and plugged in, she sat down quickly to try it out.
After that the two girls entertained us with an impromptu concert of their favourite songs.

We wish Georgina to find great enjoyment in her new piano.

Many thanks to Mr. Bruce Marshall for his donation given on the
Budapest Bonfire Night Party for Charity

and to the Kalmár Sport Kft. and the Dancing Queen Group for their support
that made possible to grant Georgina's wish.

Barbara wished for a professional camera from Csodalámpa. Although she wants to be a dentist, she also loves taking pictures and would like to become a nature photographer. Barbi had been eagerly waiting for her camera. We wanted to surprise her and we showed up unexpectedly in the Tűzoltó utca hospital but of course we could not fool Barbara. She knew right away why we had come. Her eyes lit up that her dream finally had come through.

She excitedly opened the box, turned on the machine right away, and soon the first pictures were taken. We wish Barbi lots of success with her future endeavor as a photographer, and hope that in a few year we can see her photos at an exhibition.

We would like to say a special thank you to the leaders and members of XpatLoop, the largest Hungarian expat community for organizing the Budapest Bonfire Night Party for Charity and with the money raised at the event making Barbara's wish come true.

Bence wished to get a laptop, and thanks to the help of our supporters his wish could be fulfilled just before Christmas.

Bence has a dialysis treatment twice a week at the SE 1. Pediatric Clinic in Bókay Street. We love surprises… so we thought that during the few hours long treatment Bence’s joy would be even greater.

Bence was very happy when he saw the laptop. He didn’t expect to get such a large screen and in all respect a gorgeous model.
Earlier Bence and we were talking a lot about his wish. First he wanted a drum kit but later on he thought that a laptop would be more useful because of his illness.

Warm wishes for a speedy recovery and we hope that the brand new laptop will bring you lots of joy and happiness.

Thanks to the members and leaders of XpatLoop, the leading expat media in Hungary for fulfilling Bence's wish with funds raised at the Budapest Bonfire Night Party for Charity.

Abris heard from his treating doctor about a magic lamp that exists not only in fairy tales: if he really wished something, it could became real without even rubbing the lamp.
Just a few days before Christmas, the old tale became reality for Ábris...

The pictures tell more than any word could about that happy evening.

Many thanks to those kind people, who made it possible for Ábris to live a real miracle.
And thanks to Magic Lamp, that I could be there and see Ábris' smile.

We would like to thank also in the name of Ábris the managements of HVG-ORAC Publications Ltd. and Marriott Hotel Budapest for their support.

Zsófi travelled all the way from Kalocsa to Nagykovácsi so that the students of the American International School of Budapest could grant her wish that she had asked Csodalámpa Alapítvány for.

On the stage stood a friendly young lady (Zsófi) who had asked for a laptop as she was in a special IT class and could perform the tasks better on a laptop. Furthermore, keeping in touch with her friens and having fun is much more simple with it.

The students greeted her warmly in the cafeteria and guided her round the school. They showed her the theater hall last, where they presented her with her gift as part of a short show.

Zsófi and her dad very much liked the school and were really satisfied with the organisation of the event. They would like to thank all students, teachers and our staff for granting her wish this way.

Many thanks goes to the students, their parents and teachers of the American International School of Budapest in the name of Zsófi too.

The biggest dream of the 14 years old soma was a real, ACER Aspire laptop. Soma had been wantig this machine for quiet a long tome, since it would ease his studies and would also help him to keep in touch with his friends and school.

When he got an invitation from the students of the American International School of Budapest to their meeting on the 20th of November 2013., he didn`t suspect what was the real reason of the invitation.
He tought that the students only wanted to meet him to get to know him, and to find out why he`d wished for a laptop.

Soma is a very nice, interested and open-minded guy. His self-consciousness at the begining was soon gone, when he saw the tons of smiling faces. Mr. Marc Lavoie and the representatives of the students council warmly welcomed him, and he watched the entire ceremony from the stage.

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The highlight of the get-together was the couple of minutes, when in the name of older students three of them handed over the magnificent laptop, and as the students watched Soma`s joyful smile, they all stood up whit their hands forming a heart, as an expression of their love. After the ceremony we were given delicious meal and pastries, and then Soma immediately started to operate the machine. He could hardly be seperated from it.

We hope that the laptop will provide you many joyful hours!

Many thanks go to the students, teachers and parents of the American International School of Budapest for their support in granting Soma's wish.

Benjamin's wish was an X-box, which was given by the students of the American International School of Budapest. It could be realized by the annual Wish the Walk event. Three students of the school had the privilage to meet Benjamin.

He was surprised but very glad to see that so many people came. During the conversation, children put the X-Box together and they also configured it, so Benjamin could test it in the evening. A short documentary film about the handover was shot by the kids.

We hope that this meeting will remain an everlasting experience for Benjamin as well as for the students.

We wish Benjamin good health and happiness.

Beorgina Beregi
wish-coordinator
Budapest, Nov. 19, 2013

Many thanks goes to the students, their parents and teachers of American International School of Budapest for their support in the name of Benjamin too.

Our meeting with the 7-year old Sanyika wasn’t so easy at the beginning. He was too excited to attend to us. The reason of it could be our unexpected visit. Suddenly many people bustled around him so his peaceful world was disturbed. His mother helped us to choose the gift as she exactly knew that her only child would need the right furniture matching his age. The new cupboard will make studying as well as playing much easier.

We were sorry that due to Sanyika’s shyness we couldn’t see the happy moment when he took possession of the new furniture but we are sure that he needs it very much and we hope that he will find a lot of joy in it.

Many thanks for the support of the American International School of Budapest.