I was very excited waking up on 1st April because I knew: that day was the day. The day when my dream came true. My wish was to have the opportunity to watch a Manchester United derby and to visit London. Csodalámpa Foundation has provided it; we went to London to watch the West Ham United – Manchester United game in April.

After the early departure from Budapest we arrived to London at 8 o’clock in the morning and almost immediately went to our first programme for a stadium tour in the famous Wembley Stadium. Fortunately we were finally able to visit one of the world’s greatest stadiums. In the afternoon we got onto the London’s Eye to look at the amazing view over this beautiful city which we got to know closer in the next few days.

On the second day of our trip my biggest wish came true: we were going to the West Ham United - Manchester United derby which took place in the stadium of West Ham called Upton Park. I was a little desperate at half time because my favourite club was 2-0 down but Man Utd turned the match in their favour in the second half and got the right result, 4-2 thanks to Rooney’s outstanding performance and to his great hat-trick.

In the next two days we visited London’s most famous and most beautiful places; the Tower of London, Big Ben, St Paul’s Cathedral, Tower Bridge, Westminster Abbey, Hyde Park etc. Apart from going to the basic sights and places we took long walks in the heart of the city as well. On the very last day we even had the chance to take several photographs with lots of famous people in Madame Tussaud’s (obviously only with their wax figures unfortunately).

During our trip in London we made ourselves good experts of national cuisines in London. Although the British national cuisine doesn’t excel we found the Indian and other national cuisines very delicious. We got home really tired but full of great experiences.

I am really thankful for getting the chance to experience this unforgettable trip and want to thank Csodalámpa Foundation for making my dream come true.

I would like to especially thank Gábor from Csodalámpa for smoothly coordinating this trip owing to his excellent language and organizing skills.

..... Bálint
2011. 04.05.

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Sabina and Gergő wished to visit Paris to see all sights. Four of us have left to Paris on a Monday afternoon. The flight was a big pleasure for the children. We landed in Paris safely and drived to the hotel by taxi.

On Tuesday morning we started our visit at Eiffel tower. We had a beautiful view from the tower. We made lots and lots of photos. We travelled from here to Concorde square first, afterwards to Tellurian Gardens and then to Louvre. We had no time to visit the museum, but it was nice to walk around in the beautiful gardens.

On Friday morning we travelled to Triumph Bogen first. Unfortunately the cccc was closed that day, so we could walk around only instead. After that we went to Notre Dame by metro. We visited the cathedral. Gergő liked Seine and the walk at Seine a lot. We took a cruise boat and looked Paris from it. Sabina was a bit tired. Gergő however was very enthusiastic and made lots of photos.

On Saturday morning we travelled to Versailles. It took quite a long to get into the castle. We liked the big rooms very much. Gergő liked the park where he could run between Brunnen und Buschen. Sabina told it is one of the most beautiful places during our travel. We agreed as it is not often you can visit such a nice gardens. At the evening we were quite tired when we arrived at our hotel. We had our dinner together.

At Sunday evening we were a bit tired and sad to leave back to Hungary.

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I believe we had wonderful days together. We succeeded visiting all the important and nice places in Paris. The time went very quickly as we had a very good company.

I hope Gergő and Sabina will remember this beautiful travel.

Thank you for the support of and

Fanni turned to the Genie of the foundation with a special request. In the village where they live, more horses are kept. She always walks with her parents to the horses, to caress them. She likes the horses very much, and she would have liked to have a pony. She asked for one, who is gentle, on whom one can seat and if they go to walk, pony also can be taken.

Her wish was fulfilled, Fanni became the owner of Tobias – a very gentle and friendly black and white coloured pony. There was a big surprise when the pony arrived. There were many of us in the garden, among the others István Kiss and László Pézsok, who represented our sponsor. Fanni was a little bit awe-stucked, nevertheless she patted the horse, but at that time, she did not want to sit on. When the family were left alone, she was releived and did not only patted, but she sat on the pony, as well.

We wish you little Fanny, that you would be the owner of Tobi for a long time, in good strength and health.

We fulfilled the wish with the backup of . We thank you also in Fanny’s name!

Bianka came from Eger to Budapest to meet with the famous singer, Éder Krisztián, alias SP. The teen star was very open to the idea, he said yes right away, that he would gladly talk to Bianka before his concert. The girl was very excited as we waited before the show, and when the concert crew started preparing, we knew the man himself would arrive at any minute. We of course had hotline connection with SP, so we knew where to stand to be the first ones to see him enter the VIP room. Then, for half an hour, it was all about Bianka. The two of them started talking like they knew each other forever. SP was very kind and polite, he knew that he was making a dream come true. Bianka told him that his poster is on her bedroom wall and that her friends are very jealous that she got to meet him face-to-face. She told him she loves his music, the way he looks and the way he dances. In turn, SP told her about his plans of getting a diploma, and doing photoshoots beside his music and dancing, because that’s another area he wants to explore. Bianka gave him the little present she brought, then we sat down to watch his concert. She even made some new friends at the show, and she told them that she met the singer personally. She was very proud and she smiled and smiled.

András is living in Sopron in Fapiac Street. He wished to have a joy „War of stars“ We tried our best to fulfill his wish. His family would not be able to buy it. Unfortunately he had bee non treatments when Wonder lamp visited the family and delivered the gift. It was on the day before Christmas.
The package was taken by the family. We hope that András was happy to receive it on Christmas day.

Thank you for the support of

On Sunday, after some driving we stopped around 10 before one of the houses in the outskirts of Csány, a small village in Heves county. Tomi the „wonderlamp” child lives here and we came to grant his wish at last.

The boy is treated at the same pediatric clinic and department, where my daughter was treated a few years before, we went as a family. At that time Csodalámpa has fulfilled the wish of my daughter, Lilla, so she wanted to come and bring joy to her peer.

Tomi has been playing in their yard upon our arrival. He had not the slightest idea, what could be hidden in the huge box, delivered two days before to his home, so his surprise was total.

Seeing the – officially „sit-in, battery driven child-vehicle” – jeep turn up from the box, a shy smile could be seen on his face.
First he just caressed the bright red car, then we urged him to sit in and he touched the steering wheel… Like he was floating in a pleasant dream, and was afraid that a careless move would wake him up…

Then I explained him how to drive his car: where is the accelerator, the gear shift, how strong he has to hold and turn the steering wheel… he started to drive in circles around us, more and more bravely and skilfully.
Sure a few times we had to jump away, but all in all he has learned to drive his car really fast.

While the boy practiced - almost - off-road driving on the small mounds, we have been chatting with his parents over some sweets and refreshments. We were able to see the children joyfully running around the jeepster and could see that the warm hearted driver, Tomi gave a lift to the more brave.

Although Tomi has earlier thanked for the jeep, when he saw us packing he asked us with a note of fear in his voice:

Oh, no Tom, this car is yours for ever, and we hope that you will be so happy with it, that we were this day, seeing your happiness.
Get well the soonest!

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Dóri is a big Megasztár fan, she followed the entire show, her number one favourite is Enikő Eszenyi, but she also likes "Uncle Pici", "Uncle Fridi" and Tomi as well and made drawings for all of them.

Her big wish was to meet Enikő in person once. Knowing that the actress was rehearsing Romeo and Juliet for Saturday's premiere she/we did not even dare to hope that this meeting can take place so soon. Dóri could not believe when she was told that they have got an invitation to Vígszínház on Thursday with her father. There was an exited preparation before the meeting. Dóri did not have any sleep the previous night, she prepared presents on Thursday morning and of course she paid attention to the make-up and the dress too.

In the late afternoon it was a real lady who got out of the cab and got along so naturally with the army of actors and theatre workers surrounding her. She, as a VIP guest, entered through the actors’ entrance and smiled to everyone from the start, but Enikő got the biggest smile. After visiting the changing rooms and got through the labyrinth of corridors we were led to the stage. It wasn’t an everyday experience to see the theatre from the „other” side of the auditorium, to see the covered seats as the room flooded in a mysterious light. It was Romeo (Kálmán Varjú) who waited for us when we entered and then the rehearsal continued.

Dóri did not miss a word from the director's instructions, requests; she listened and watched anxiously how the actors test the new ideas of Enikő, how they follow the technical and projecting instructions of the colleagues. Suddenly, Dóri sat on the laps of Enikő to have a better view and in order to tell as co-director her opinion on the upcoming play. There was a moment when she/we thought that the lights were playing with us when it turned out that the nice man walking towards us on the stage was Gábor Presser, „Uncle Pici”. If you the joy could be multiplied, well this was in this moment. It was not only Dóri's eyes and her face that were shining, but the whole girl.

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Rebekka’s wish was to receive a laptop because her computer does not work at home any more. Her wish was very practical, as she can use a laptop also in the clinic during her treatment as well.

She has been waiting for this present for some time. Her dream has come tue at last. We have already had the laptop but we had to wait for a better weather in order to go to Mezőkovácsháza where Rebeka lives.

Then the family came to Budapest for an unexpected control and we used this opportunity to give her the present.

Rebekka was very happy seeing the computer, as she received it just before Christmas and the winter holiday.

Many thanks for the students and teachers of the The British International School of Budapest for their support and the joy they have given to Rebekka.

Rita could not say a word when we arrived with the present. She went to hospital only „ for a blood test” so they went home immediately after the control and Rita could watch programms on her TV that day. (Her grandparents did not believe that Rita’ wish would be fulfilled. We said them we always did our best to fulfill the wishes. )

Thanks to "Media Mark" of Szombathely for their support. We hope Rita can enjoy the TV programs for a long time.

Many thanks to the kind students of The British International School of Budapest for the great pleasure they gave to Rita.

Bendegúz is a teenager whose hobby is music. He decided to learn to play the guitar.

But he did not think his dream would become true in a short time. This present is due to the family Márkus who is one of our supporters.

They got the guitar nearly in one day and they undertook the long trip to Nagykanizsa before Christmas time.

The guitar was a really great surprise for the boy who had had fever for a long time.
„Do you like the guitar?”- I asked him. He answered rapidly:
„ It is much better than I wanted”

Máté had been wishing for a railway model. This wish was easy to fulfil thanks for the offer of a kind person.

I saw how happy he was when I met him in the hospital. He said he was going to build the table himself. He received the train and the accessories with great joy.

We wish Máté all the best. Enjoy every minute with your model train, Máté.

Dávid’s hobbies are the cars and the computer games.

When we arrived in Hajdúhadház he had been playing computer games. He showed us his wonderful wonder-bed, which is a huge red car. He received it from the Budapest Bank supporter.

The happy boy switched on us the lamps of his car-bed.

Dear Dávid! We wish you beautiful dreams in your fantastic new bed.

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Laci is a 12-year-old cheerful friendly boy. He knows the world of technique very well. That is why he decided on a “clever” mobile phone.

He was deeply touched because he didn’t count on this phone this year. He was very surprised when he could keep the wished phone in his hands. We recognized in short time that he is skilled in phones.

He talked to us of course with pleasure. We met his mother and brother naturally and we talked to them cheerfully.

We hope this present gives Laci more strength and further jollity especially before Christmas.