I am delighted to report that the interior and decor of the Centre is now being designed by three young graduates of the Sofia University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy. Lyndmil Konakchiev, Diana Nikolova and Stanimir Georgiev are giving their time and expertise free to plan the finishes for walls, ceilings and floors, lighting […]
A child called Kinche from one of the orphanages in Berkovitsa disappeared a few months ago. She was a Roma girl who had 11 brothers and sisters and was abandoned by her parents very early in life. It was known she had lived with an older man somewhere in northern Bulgaria, but the school authorities […]
Bulgarian Partners Trust supporter Julia Philpott completed a skydive on Saturday 10th October to raise much-needed money and awareness for people living in poverty in Bulgaria.
A Musical Evening with a Bulgarian Flavour, which took place at Upton House, in Tetbury, Gloucestershire on Saturday, raised more than 2,500 pounds to go towards the building of the new medical, educational and training centre in Sofia . Commenting on the successful evening, Geoff Wallis, honorary secretary of Bulgarian Partners Trust, said that in […]
The Grand Auction, hosted by Bulgarian Partners Trust and Fair Investment Company in Bristol last week, has raised more than 5,000 pounds to help people living in poverty in Bulgaria. BBC Points West presenter Dave Harvey (pictured with Fair Investment Company directors James and David), did a great job as auctioneer, inciting several tense bidding […]
Summer is on the horizon and the Social, Medical and Training Centre in Sofia is really starting to take shape. The air-conditioning, insulation and weathering of the roof is being finalised, while work on the interior is well underway. A team of young Roma people are helping with the plastering after Sofia Baptist Church received […]
“When the children are little they are exploited for labour, later when they grow up they are forced to prostitute, and when they become unusable, if still alive they are used as donors of organs” said Mrs. Pushkarova form the foundation “Risk monitoring”, answering a question about the fate of the girls trafficked out of […]
Vaska started walking to the church as soon as she was able to wander on her own, at about the age of three. No-one cared much where or how far she went, being one of 7 children, all with different fathers, living in a temporary hovel near the Church.
After a well-earned lie in, we gathered at Sofia Baptist Church to share worship with the children, see pictures of Geoff’s fundraising skydive, and think about the issues around giving ourselves and our resources. A guided tour of the new social, media and training centre in the afternoon made us realise just how big this […]
Today at the Museum of Sofia we were treated to a high-speed tour by a knowledgeable guide who introduced us to almost all the exhibits in 1 and a half hours! Items on display dated from 3,000 BC and included some exquisite gold and silverware. The Rila monastery, high on wooded mountain slopes south of […]