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About RIK
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What Is RIK?
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RIK Youth Services Incorporated is a non-profit organisation that seeks to exist
for the Hungarian youth community in Australia and is based at the Hungarian
Community Centre in Melbourne (Melbourne-i Magyar Ház). RIK began operations as
the Rákóczi Ifjúsági Klub (RIK), over 10 years ago, and it still maintains the
same name in Hungarian.
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Here are a couple of pictures of the Magyar Haz where RIK is situated.
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RIK exists to serve two very important purposes. Firstly, we try to help the
Hungarian youth community to grow in strength and number and to create unity among
the Hungarian youth all over Australia. We try and preserve the Hungarian culture
in Australia by providing services that attempt to bring together young Hungarians
in a safe and friendly environment. This growth and unity will result in a youth
community that is able to sustain itself to eventually support the next generation
of Australian-Hungarians. The second purpose that RIK fulfils is to provide help
to those young people that really need impartial and non-judgmental assistance to
get them through the hardest parts of life.
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The Magyar Haz surroundings and buildings really are something to admire.
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The success that we have in achieving our goals depends a lot on the participation
of the community and the support that we receive. It is crucial for the community
to believe in the importance of our goals and to believe in the ability that RIK
has to achieve those goals. It is equally important that we reach as much of the
community as possible, so we can represent the voice and concerns of as many of
the Hungarian youth as possible.
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How Does RIK Operate?
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RIK is run entirely by volunteers, who donate their time to work at RIK and the
functions that RIK organise. That means that every cent that RIK raises goes back
towards helping the Hungarian youth community. We receive pure satisfaction in
seeing fellow Hungarians enjoy themselves and telling us about their great
experiences at the events. All the proceeds from the functions that we hold
ultimately get returned to the community, in facilities that members can use, like
the RIK Club Room.
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RIK is managed and run, on a day-to-day basis, by the volunteers of the
Executive Committee. In addition,
the Executive Committee is supported by a large number of volunteers that make up
the Honoured Committee.
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| RIK Committee Members and helpers hard at work setting up for our events |
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RIK currently maintains several service entities that provide various services to
the Hungarian youth, primarily in Melbourne but also throughout Australia. These
include YoungHuns,
the Australian-Hungarian youth website,
RIK Táncosai (RIK-T), a modern
dance group and the
Táncdalfesztivál Working
Group, which help organise and coordinate the nationwide song festival.
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