New Executive Director of Karin Dom has been appointed in October 2024 Antoaneta Boncheva Ivanova ‘is a well-known person in the field of social services and policies for children, an advocate for children’s rights and health care in Bulgaria. She is an activist, volunteer, social worker. One of the first volunteers on the ground during […]
Ann Richardson Donation 2019
A generous donation from the Executors of the estate of Ann Richardson specifically for the Social Services Complex St. Mina in Pordim near Pleven was transferred by Friends of Bulgaria to the Complex Director. The Social Services Complex St Mina administered by the Pordim Municipality (Pleven) provides 24 hour care for 14 children and adolescents […]
ZOV expanding – 2017 Christmas Appeal: Mentoring Project in Vratsa
Vratsa Project This is the first project to roll out childcare services provided by ZOV in Veliko Turnovo outside the region. The project aims to benefit a large institution in Vratsa catering for 45 children aged 7 to 18 deprived of parental care. The Child Protection Agency reports children suffering from a high level of […]
Friends of Bulgaria supported Summer Camps 2017
A record number of summer camps welcomed children from distant towns in Bulgaria to the heart of the Balkan Mountains: from Sofia, Star of Hope’s regular summer camp from Veliko Turnovo, ZOV increased the number of successive camps to 6 from Kichevo, Varna, the first summer camp from the Center for Faith, Hope and Love
Karin Dom – Improving the quality of life and social integration of children in foster care, 2017
Karin Dom Foundation, Varna Center for Social Rehabilitation and Integration (CSRI) Karin Dom New Project 2019 Karin Dom – Early Childhood (Special Needs) Development Outreach Course: Therapy programmes tailored for pre-school children with special needs and their parental carers selected from municipalities throughout Bulgaria attending Karin Dom in Varna. Project 2017 Improving the quality of […]
Kichevo Summer Camp 2017
A group of from the Family Center for Faith, Hope and Love in Kichevo, near Varna enjoyed a week-long Summer Camp for the first time in the Balkans near Troyan. The Centre at Kichevo is supported by Bulgarisch-Deutsches Sozialwerk and the Summer Camp was initiated by the Kirill Georgieff Stiftung/Foundation in collaboration with Friends of […]
Nezabravka, Stara Zagora
Music and Drama classes for the children at the Nezabravka home in Stara Zagora
Mountaineering Club, Stara Zagora
Some pictures from last year's trips organised by the Mountaineering Club at the Balgarka children's home in Stara Zagora.
Troyan, Dalbok Dol Centre for Social Rehabilitation and Integration 2005-2013
Friends of Bulgaria supported projects and facilities at the Centre for Social Rehabilitation and Integration at Dalbok Dol since it opened in 2005, one of two social centres administered by the non-governmental organisation Society for All managed by Director Rumiana Kraleva. In the rural village of Dalbok Dol, Municipality of Troyan, District Council of Lovec, […]
Lovec, Paraskeva Neikova Dom 2011-2014
In 2011, Friends of Bulgaria received a proposal directed by Bishop Gavril of Lovec for funding a project of activities at the Paraskeva Neikova Dom (Home) drawn up by the Director, Valeria Baramova. The Paraskeva Neikova Dom was then a Family Centre in Lovec catering for 27 children and adolescents (7-18 yrs. 16 girls, 11 […]