Foster care institutions are badly understaffed and operate on the lowest expected standards in terms of human resources in Hungary. In many cases, child protection personnel working with children in foster care do not have the necessary qualifications, and even those that do are often so overloaded with tasks that they cannot routinely engage in meaningful social interactions with the children. This paper introduces a unique and easily adaptable model of volunteer ,,work in university settings that aims to improve the situation of children in foster care. The Students for Children Volunteer Programme was founded in 2010 in the Faculty of Law at the University of Pécs, Hungary, and is now part of the curriculum there both as an elective course and as a cross-faculty programme. From the outset, the primary goal of this initiative has been to improve the situation of children in foster care through student mentoring by empowering them to manage everyday challenges and develop meaningful perspectives on their futures. Other equally important objectives are to enhance students’ social sensitivity and skills and to shape their thinking through this challenging work. Since its inception, the programme has been operating with unbroken success and, over the years, nearly 400 volunteers have completed the programme. The long-term plan is that through this model a country-wide network of similar volunteer programmes can be developed to improve the situation of children in need. Although aspects of the Students for Children programme still need to be refined, our experience with it shows that it has invaluable social, educational, and psychological effects on both the children and the future law professionals.

中文翻译：

---

“学生为儿童”：大学志愿者计划模型，用于支持寄养儿童

匈牙利的寄养机构人手严重不足，而且在人力资源方面的预期标准最低。在许多情况下，与寄养儿童一起工作的儿童保护人员没有必要的资格，即使是那些有资格的人员，他们也经常因任务繁重而无法定期与儿童进行有意义的社会互动。本文介绍了一种独特且易于适应的志愿者模式，在大学环境中工作，旨在改善寄养儿童的状况。儿童志愿者计划于 2010 年在匈牙利佩奇大学法学院成立，现在作为选修课程和跨学院课程的一部分。从一开始，该倡议的主要目标是通过学生指导改善寄养儿童的状况，使他们能够应对日常挑战并就他们的未来发展有意义的观点。其他同样重要的目标是提高学生的社会敏感性和技能，并通过这项具有挑战性的工作来塑造他们的思维。自启动以来，该计划一直取得成功，多年来，近 400 名志愿者完成了该计划。长期计划是，通过这种模式，可以在全国范围内建立类似的志愿者计划网络，以改善有需要的儿童的状况。尽管儿童学生计划的某些方面仍需完善，但我们的经验表明，它具有宝贵的社会、教育、