Ambulance buses were the hallmark of a Charity March concert recently held at BM Dunapalota in Budapest where four of the eighteen buses were stationed and expected to be driven to five West African countries on 23rd March 2009 in a joint project being undertaking by more than twenty Hungarian businessmen who are currently working and residing in Africa.

Although the vehicles are second hand Mercedes from 1997, they are said to be in good condition and well equipped for the long trip to the sub-Sahara countries in an effort to improve medical treatment in the region. "The buses may be old but well equipped and in good condition," said Welsz Tamás, the brain behind the project, adding that he felt happy about the Charity March.

The aim of the March, according to the organisers, is to gather those vehicles and dispatch them to places where it could be useful instead of destroying them due to EU (European Union) strict stipulations on second hand vehicles.

The event which is to be held every year will accompany all kinds of donations like medicine, vaccine, bandage and so on for the benefit of Africans in great need, especially children who are starving everyday without any possibility of going to school. The five African countries intended to visit are Bissau Guinea, Conakry, Senegal, Cape de Verde and Mauritania.

Bartók Andrea, the Project Coordinator, explained the reason why a Charity March to five particular West African countries is being organised. "The founders consider Africa as their second home and would like to give something back to a place they have been working for 10 years," she said, adding that most of them work in agriculture, mines, stocks and other businesses.

The Charity March is a joint project with Foundation for Africa, another Charity organisation led by France Mutumbo, an African campaigning for the public awareness to the plight of Congo children in Hungary. Mutumbo said that he passionately believed the Charity March will definitely bring public awareness to the problems as well as the image of Africa in Hungary .

Explaining further, Mutumbo asserted that the concert was a stepping stone to the next year campaign which will involve many projects like building orphanage home and schools in Ethiopia. When asked why Africa so much depend on foreign help, Mutumbo said, "This is because Africa's problem is not only for Africa; it has greater consequence on the world in general".

Although the Honorary Consul of Ethiopia, Dr. Ashaber Wanna who was the guest speaker, supported the idea of foreign help, he strongly believed it could only be temporary saying, "Africans should organise ourselves so as not to depend on foreign help". Wanna appealed to African rulers to embrace peace which he considered very important for development.

A Hungarian Jazz group and Ghanaian SANKOFA cultural group based in Hungary entertained the audience.