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On 20 November 35 years ago, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted (the world united around the idea that children’s human rights should be protected in a more special way).
Today, Equilibrium received recognition from the highest level of government for its 20 years of active civil society work in protecting children’s rights, in the person of its Executive Director, Galya Bisset.
35 experts – professionals working in the civil sector received honorary awards and… Continue reading
Between 22nd and 24th October, Sofia’s Grand Millenium Hotel hosted the 2024 international conference of the International Step by Step Association (ISSA).
The event brought together professionals from over 50 countries as well as government representatives from 13 countries to focus on systemic change impacting on early childhood development – speaking / advocating for change, how to move in the right direction and how to respond to global challenges.
Equilibrium’s contribution included sharing lessons learned from its work in support… Continue reading
On July 18th Ruse hosted a Regional Meeting of Social Services on the topic “Current challenges in the development of social services”.
The meeting was organized by Ruse Municipality and National Alliance for Social Responsibility.
The “Battenberg” Hall of the Regional Historical Museum gathered over 50 participants, representatives of social service providers from Ruse and the region, “Social Assistance” directorates, representatives of the Ruse Municipality, RSPB and the Agency for Quality of Social Services.
At the beginning a welcome speech… Continue reading
If the young residents of the two small-group homes could talk for on their own behalf and on the part of the care teams, they would tell you a 10-year story filled with many difficulties, but also much love; many challenges, but also many successes; many changes that stressed them, but also much care that calmed them, many crises, but also much hope and concerted efforts to make them happy.
Ten years ago, to the day, on 14.05.2014, they stepped… Continue reading
David Bisset participated in a conference held at the University of Bucharest on 22nd & 23rd April, 2024. Indeed, he gave a short presentation showcasing aspects of Equilibrium’s work and, specifically, the way that the methods and techniques used during the project ‘The Voice of Adversity’ represented the creative adaptation of a variety of models encountered over a period of almost 15 years. The Ruse family centre acted as an “incubator” for the development of ideas.
The Bucharest conference was… Continue reading
On 30th November, Ani Popova from Ruse University ‘Angel Kunchev’ visited the social services complex accompanied by two representatives of the Polytechnic University of Bucharest – University Centre, Pitešti, Romania – Doctors Diana Radu and Lucia Neagoe. The visit was hosted by Galina and David Bisset.
Prior to touring the facility together, the group chatted extensively about the provision of services for children and families in both Bulgaria and Romania. It was noteworthy that the Romanian visitors had… Continue reading
On 12.10.2023 at a special ceremony “Equilibrium” won the third prize from the NGO portal for the most read article in 2022, namely the article about the opening of the innovative playground in the “Brothers Grimm” kindergarten in Sofia. The playground was designed by Equilibrium in cooperation with Via College – , Aaarhus, Denmark. We initiated the modernization of Bulgarian early childhood education “Reform of Early Childhood Education in Eastern Europe – Bulgaria”. Two kindergartens – “Snezhanka” – Ruse and… Continue reading
At the invitation of the Minister of Labour and Social Policy, Mrs. Ivanka Shalapatova, Equilibrium is a member of the central expert advisory unit to the newly established Council to support the process of removal of the children placed in the last 4 homes for medical and social care in the country (in Stara Zagora, Kardzhali, Pleven and Varna) and ending the entrance to them. The main objective of the Council is to identify the difficulties in completing the process… Continue reading
Rumi is already the proud owner of a number of certificates and diplomas from various competitions and events in Ruse.
It is a transformation that makes us proud of her and the team at ‘Love’ House, where she was placed after her removal from for a home for children and young adults with intellectual disabilities back in 2014.
These successes were impossible for Rumi then because she had been a regular patient in psychiatry for most of the… Continue reading
Foodstuffs worth 1500 BGN was provided to the social services managed by Equilibrium.
The donation was made possible through the organization’s registration on the NGO Infobanka platform, created by the Bulgarian Donors’ Forum.
The food products were distributed proportionally to eight social services.
We express our sincere gratitude for the charitable gesture of the Vivacom team!