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Sebastian aged 5, spent his days in the Clinic without his parents. We became friends when he was half way through his treatment.

After listing many wishes, he decided to ask for a pedal go-car. To his surprise he received it right away on Monday. He was very touched when he sat in and promised that he lets his brothers to sit in as well.


Thank you for Andrea Safranek and her family for their donation.

During her stay in the hospital Martina always zapped between the channels until she found a film about the nature and the life of the oceans.

This gave her the idea to pick up shells on a beautiful seaside.
Thanks to the Csodalámpa Alapítvány Martina’s dream came true and she could visit Corfu with here family.

She could collect shells and stones from the beautiful Ion sea.

Her medical state allowed her to swim in the water. She returned from the world of the sea full with adventures, sun tented and with a huge smile on her face.


We would like to express our thanks to Csodalámpa Alapítvány for this unique week we spent on Corfu.

The great football fan Levente’s wish was a real wooden table soccer. He was going home with his parents, when suddenly they decided to have a coffee.

In the pastry shop there was a big football shaped cake and a big box waiting for Levente.

Levi has got two brothers, so they will have lots of fun with the soccer. After 5 months spent in the hospital, they are together again, and they can play with it any time.

After the transplantation Levente is not allowed to go to public places, that is why it is important that table soccer will provide entertainment for him.

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In Hungarian we use frequently the phrase: I don't find words or I don't find my words to how great our surprise is.
That was the right phrase to use in case of David who came to visit us, the Csodalámpa Alapítvány- on his wheelchair to receive his new computer.

He was so surprised and happy about his new computer that we could not hear his voice.
Finally we could get know that he likes the computer games and he knows all of them which can be played on the computer. These games give him a chance to kill time. His recent computer was too old and he could not play on it anymore. That was the reason why he asked a new from us.

In our office Dávid decided that in the future he is only going to win, and not only with the games...

The real miracle!

Szabina’s wish was to spend a weekend in a wellness hotel with her family. The wish came true in the middle of June by the help of Szalajka Liget Hotel in Szilvásvárad.

How interesting what we do. Our primary objective is making the children forget their illness. It happened like this also now…

On Saturday at noon I went out to the hotel. I met a very smiling little girl who without any shamefacedness promptly started talking about her experiences and she was just talking and talking.

Szabina was always relieved of physical education but now she was riding a bicycle and playing squash. She didn’t seem to be ill. I didn’t spend too much time with her, I saw she was extremely happy and I let her do what she wants.
We said goodbye…

They went walking and I was watching them. I had that good feeling again when a dream comes true and a smile stays with us.

Johanna wished to get a trumpet.
As we found out she has been learning to play for a year now.

There was no doubt that our task was to make this peculiar wish come true. After getting know what kind of trumpet she wishes to get we found some helping hand. The students of the American school wanted to make a surprise to Johanna with this super instrument. They gave a little concert for Johanna on 2nd of June at the year closing ceremony.

Johanna was so surprise that she found no words. She received a small bouquet with the instrument.

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She said thanks in quite and sat down. As the ceremony ended she opened her present and took it into her hands. For our biggest happiness she started to play on it.

We asked her whether she would visit the American school with us next year to play music, she said yes without hesitation.

We wish that this meeting would come true next year!

We would like to say thanks to the students of the American School to help us making magic.

23.05.2008

In the very early morning when even the birds are sleeping we were already at the airport.
We met with Balázs and Lilla, checked in and said goodbye to the boys (Father and Balázs). Lilla and me already experienced flying with a plane however it was the first time for my mother, so she felt quite sick, she didní1t even eat, although the food was really delicious.

After a two hour flight we arrived to Paris. We had to travel to another airport. We missed the bus which came every half an hour so when we arrived to the airport we were already late for the check in, but thanks to Lilla who spoke with the French they let us on the plane.

When we woke up we saw the sea under us. It was wonderful! When we get off a pack of palm trees and Chantall were waiting for us. We get in her car and she took us to our hotel for that day.

Before we got used to our new place we went on to the St. Paul church, where a lot of people already waited for us with cameras. After the interviews and pictures we were finally able to get inside to see the altar.
The mass was really different than what we see in Hungary. The priests, the alter-servers, and even the people were more direct. The altar was much closer to the audience, the inner place was not that monumental, but we felt more closer to God like this. In the church there were a cross which they brought back from the bones and artifacts of St. Philomena a while ago. This is the biggest relic of the church which is on the altar for the whole mass, and after it all the believers can kiss it. The people of Perpignan pray for this cross, and through this to St.Philomena.
I was the first pilgrim here, which was a really great honor for me.

The first room of our first night was a bit smoky, so within 5 minutes we changed a whole floor to reach our new rooms.
After the switching of rooms we were invited to a dinner by the Femmes Internationales Murs Brisés. There we got to know a lot of kind people.

At half past ten, for our request they took us to the sea side.
Ours was the only footprint on the shore till the great waves of the sea. This was my first time seeing the sea. We were running in the sand like small kids with Lilla towards the shores and the only thing that stopped us was the fact that Lilla fell over while running. :)
We trod on the waves for a while, we draw pictures in the sand, but after a while Mother became impatient and we had to leave, but I really would like to see the dawn here...

24.05. 2008.

On Saturday morning we started out with an empty stomach.

After 5 hours of travel between mountains, forests and water we finally arrived to Lourdes. Jérome and Magali brought the bigger bags with car after us. When we meet at the station in Lourdes they took us to our lodgement which looked like a sanatorium or a hospital, but it was visited by none other than Pope Jean-Paul 2nd in 2003. This was the closest place to the shrine.

In the city there was a Military Meeting too. Those units participated here who has to go to war soon however desires peace. We meet with Hungarian soldiers too who went through the Cross's Way, with a big cross on their back in respect for Jesus.

After a few minutes wait in a queue we were able to drink from the healing water thanks to the approximately 30 taps and the patience of the people there. After this we lighted a candle for those loved people in the family who has also some kind of illness. Later we discovered the other parts of the shrine and went to see some bazaars.

At night we had dinner with the Spanish delegation and nuns and then went to sleep.

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25.05.2008.

Today the rain was falling nearly for the whole day, however this was not able to stop us from visiting the cave where St. Bernadette first saw the Virgin Mary, and where the spring starts.

Sadly we weren't able to bath in the spring because we should have wait around two hours in the cold and we didn't want to catch a cold. We squeezed ourselves into the basilica which was full with people, and after we have a look we get out with the lead of Jérome.
To tell the truth Mother was a bit late because of the bags she was carrying. We went on to see the other chapel. I can't even describe with word the beauty of these places. Then we wanted to go the an English mass from 11 however it turned out that a pack of people reserved it for themselves, so in the end we went back to have lunch.
There we had a guest. A priest from the basilica, who told lots of tales about St. Bernadette. We may think that they were friends if we do not know that there are 150 years between them. After the filling lunch we went to see the house of Bernadette. It was a small place called a Chapot (it means dungeon).

I got a statue of St. Philomena from Jérome. Magali and Jérome also surprised me with a "tenth ring". Even without this we were already really grateful for them. We suprised Lilla with a small heart shaped keychain and also get some souvenirs for our family.

26.05.2008.

Early in Tuesday morning we were having breakfast and then hurried to the car. With hard hearts we have a last sight on the beautiful surrounding that we should leave behind soon.

We said goodbye to our guides at the train station and then we started again a 7 hours traveling. It goes without saying but the first class of TGV still much more better than the Hungarian trains, so Go on Hungarians! :)))

We started to stretch ourselves by a quick shopping for french cheese for the father of Lilla, we had an idea. Why not visit the Eiffel tower in our remaining time here?
We didn't have the time to climb it but we made some pictures and bought some small Eiffel towers. :) After some traveling with metro in Paris we finally arrived to the airport.

We have arrived to Hungary around 11 at night. There my Father and Sister and Balázs waited for us. Everyone hung to the neck of one other and then we said goodbye to each other, and went home.

But we still know: We won't ever forget each other!

We would like to thank sincerely the leaders and members of the Associaton Femmes International Murs Brisés, who has done everything possible to realise Anna's wish.

Bence's days and nights are about LEGO. It was obvious that he asked from Csodalámpa to visit LEGOLAND.

As we heard Bence did not believe that his wish would come true, but as the car arrived on Friday morning he asked with bright eyes

- When shall we start at last?

The journey was exciting. Bence ate well at our first stop at the McDonalds in Bábolna. Getting know that Bence never saw a real airplane we went to the airport of Schwechat (Austria) after crossing the border where we did not see lots of planes but the construction site was very interesting.

The journey took a whole day but Bence didn't care as we offered him lots of snacks and drinks. Moreover he received small presents like books, colour pencils and soft toys not to get bored on the trip. As there was a DVD player in the car we watched Sponge Bob and Vuk.

On Saturday morning Bence was our alarm clock asking the time when we get started from 6 o'clock every 5 minutes. We explained him many times that Legoland opened only at 10 o'clock and we would be there on time.

Well... we were the first who arrived. We did not know what to do first whether we should see the mini cities or the harbour or better to try some other attractions?

We decided to start from the beginning and go on one by one as we were going to stay for the whole day.

The pictures should tell you more about how much Bence enjoyed the trip:

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Before closing we visited the LEGO shop.
It wasn't easy to decide which LEGO to choose. Bence was really happy and running with his new toys when though we could hardly walk from tiredness. Bence suddenly got sad in the car just before leaving:

- I forgot the most important - Indiana Jones!

The park was already closed and everyone else would have started to convince Bence that it was not a big deal, next time... but not us.

It's a fact that Legoland was already closed. But it wasn't a problem for us. We jumped out from a car, run to see a German lady at the gate and convinced her within 1 minute to open the gates and to help us to make a wish come true. Bence counts on her, on us. We got through the gate and we rushed into the shop and we succeeded! We even got an Indiana Jones key holder!

It was easier to go out. The barriers opened and we could slowly walk out, catching our breath.
You should have seen Bence's face!

At the hotel we thought he would fall sleep immediately. But no... We had some rest while he was assembling his newest LEGO toy. He slept with Indiana Jones and they became really good friends.

Sunday morning it was Bence again who woke us up. We thought to give him a suprise as it was Children's day in Hungary.
In LEGOLAND Bence loved the castle of Neuschwanstein, which was built by 6 men during 6 months from 300.000 LEGO pieces. So we took him to the real castle on the way home.

We took a ride up to the castle in a horsecart. We visited lots of rooms and we listened to the history of the castle of Luis the 2nd (called also Louis the Fool).
This castle looks exactly the same as the one at the beginning of the Walt Disney films with lots of towers.

On the way home Bence was happily playing and talking about his adventure. He only missed the rollercoaster, but we are going to have a ride on it in Hungary someday.

At end he said: "Thank you a lot for bringing me here" and he gave us a hug. We only could thank him for bringing us here.

We would like to say thank to the students of The American International School of Budapest, Pappas Auto Magyarország Kft-nek and the team of Legoland in Grünzburg (Germany) for helping us to make this wish come true.

Tamás came for a medical check up and he was sitting in front of the surgery knowing nothing.Then the door opened and I was standing there with a synthesizer he had been longing for so much in my hand.He couldn't even stand up when he realized what it was , he was just repeating:'Mum, look at that-look at that!'

Minutes passed until he came up to me and checked his present saying 'It can't be true!' He was so happy.

He had been attending a music school and he needed the instrument a lot. His parents eyes were filled with tears of happiness and affection.His little brother was dancing around him, they were ready to leave for home immediately to try it. We hope Tamás will be satisfied with his instrument and will forget the suffering caused by his illness.

This wish has been granted with the generous support of .

The young boy wished to have a PC wheel and he received it as a present because he likes to play racing games.

To make his wish come true H-Multimédia Kft. provided discounted purchase possibilities and they even offered a headphone as a present to Dániel. We would like to thank to the company for their help and wish all the best for Dániel.

The wish was fulfilled with the support of the pupils and teachers of The British International School, Budapest. Thank you in the name of Dániel as well!

Bence wished to have a huge drum-set. We and her mum decided to make it a surprise and we presented it to him in the Rockschool in Debrecen.

Bence was really pleased with his present, we hope he will not disturb the neighbours too mouch when practising.

Bence, we hope you will enjoy playing your new instrument for a long time and you will find a lot of pleasure in it!


We are most grateful for the support and contribution of Hangszerarzenál (Vajda Péter/ Sóder) and the IBD Club.

Tímea Kiss
wish-coordinator
Debrecen

This wish has been granted with the support of .
Many thanks in the name of Bence too!

On 5th of April 2008 the 11 years old boy came to Budapest with his parents to have his wish come true.

As they arrived earlier than arranged they had time to walk around the Castle of Budapest.

We met at the Museum for Hungarian Military History with the family where we had the opportunity to visit an exhibition of WW I and II. As we got know from his mother Dani is very interested in this topic, he has seen lots of films and documentaries about it.

Thanks to the director of the museum and his colleagues a guide joined us who could answer all Dani's questions.
After the guided tour the family spent some free time in the museum.

We wish all the best to you Dani! Good luck with your studies back with your classmates!

We would like to express our sincere thanks to the director of the Museum, Dr. József Holló and to all his colleagues.

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Ádám, aged 8, has just started to learn how to speak due to his different health problems but he can make himself understood by his parents and sisters.

His favourite toy is Thomas, the tank-engine and it's no wonder it was the present he asked for from Csodalámpa.

He had to come for a medical check-up to Budapest on 11 February so we arranged it with his parents to come a day earlier. We had been working on the surprise for a while, we wanted to provide him with the present at Szamos Marcipán Café in the Corinthia Budapest Hotel and we had ordered a Thomas-cake as well.

The wish was fulfilled by Mr Marc Lavoie, a teacher of The American International School of Budapest. He had wanted to give Tamás the presents together with his little son, Benjamin, but unfortunately he became ill and he couldn't come.

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Ádám was not disturbed by it, he was amazed by the presents and it took half an hour for him to open the boxes and see the engine-friends, paintbooks and other things.

He didn't even care about the cake, he was so pleased with the toys. We didn't mind it, we put it into a box so that they could eat it at home, the whole family.

On behalf of Ádám we would like to say thanks to Mr Marc Lavoie for his help and we are extremely grateful to the owners and the employees of
the Royal Café SzamosMarzipan Confectionery for their kindness and the cake.

Karolina had to travel to the capital with his parents and brothers for a medical check up on this special day, but this time she was happy to come as she knew her wish would come true thanks to Csodalámpa association. She was very exited the day before; she tidied her room to make place for the big present.
After the medical check up we went to choose the wished home movie system. The friendly but calm little girl after analyzing what she saw and heard about the different products decided the one to choose. She could hardly wait to arrive home and to try the equipment after putting it together.
Though she had to go to school the next day she convinced her parents to let her watching the cartoon on this special present.

I wish all the best, health and lots of fun with the home movie system.

This wish could make come true with the help of the Neo Interactive Kft. We would like to say thanks to them on behalf of Karolina.

The present - a Samsung digital camera - was a real surprise for Juli .
When she arrived at the hospital for the usual control treatment, she got the camera, which she longed very much.
She likes travelling and as she already gets the last of the treatments, in a short time Julia will have more spare time for travelling. She can go into the country, whose life she likes very much and she can now take as many photos, as she can and as she wants.

The wish was fulfilled with the support of the pupils and teachers of The British International School, Budapest. Thank you in the name of Julianna as well!

Thanks to the sponsors of "Wonderlamp" Chrismas Eve arrived 2 days earlier into the home of 3 boys living in Borsod county.

Gyula, Viktor and Zoltán wouldn't think that this Eve would have such a surprise for them: on the evening of 22nd their wish came true. Each of them received a PSP or an X-Box consol. Each of the presents were big surprise as only the parents knew that their wish would come true within 2-3 days.

We would like to thank to Neo Interactive Kft who helped us again to make again "some kind of magic".

Daniel has wished and got a PC steering wheel, as he likes video racing games. H-Multimedia Ltd. assured a discounted shopping opportunity to grant the boy's wish, and they gave as a present a headphone to Daniel as a bonus.

We wish Daniel many-many exciting racing contests and to get well soon.

This wish has been fulfilled with the support of the pupils and staff of The British International School, Budapest. Thank you!

The greatest wish of the 16 years old Klaudia from Zalaapáti was to be able to learn. When we saw this wish for the first time we could not believe to our eyes but the sincere eyes of the Kaludia convinced us that this was really her greatest wish.

The young lady can't go among people because her desease so she can learn only at home. Until now she was learning at home thanks to the Internet but she wanted to have real exams and to prove that she can pass her A level exams. With her parents she decided to pass a higher exam from computer sciences, which she likes specially and she could imagine to work in this field.

As there are only a few high schools close to Zalaapáti with Mr. Szántó - the responsible for the Educational Office at the Mayor's Office of Hévíz - we visited the head of Bibó College Mr. Boldizsár Nagy at Hévíz and ask for his help. Mr. Nagy was very helpful and the day after our meeting he called me back and told us that most of the teachers agreed to visit Klaudia to teach her.

Here is a part from Klaudia's letter:

We wish to say thanks to the Director of the Bibó College and his collages and to Neo Interactive Kft company, who finance Klaudia's studies.