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Throughout 2015, an EQ team has been working with families in two Roma districts in the context of the project “Confident Parents of Successful Children” funded by the Trust for Social Alternative.
We took the opportunity to stage festive parties complete with Christmas trees, varied entertainment and games. The important thing was to bring three generations together in a context that allowed the children and young parents to reveal what they have learned during the project….with a big accent on… Continue reading
This beautiful winter image, created by young adults with special needs and their teachers, can be seen on both the EQ wrapping paper and as the background on the front of the EQ Christmas card.
The card has a 3-D effect and the composition and lay-out was created by students from the school of fashion and design
We encourage you to keep the binder that comes with the paper and attach it to the parcel you wrap. It contains a special message that we’d like you to help us share.
To design the wrapping paper we asked young people that EQ cares for to create a Christmas picture. These youngsters have significant special needs and this explains why we care for them in small-group homes known as “Love” and “Hope”. However, a large part of the support… Continue reading
The Christmas fundraising campaign for 2015 illustrates both the scale and the depth of our local support. Without this support we would be a very different organisation and we would lack the impact that we currently have. Our supporters help us sustain our motivation and help shape our commitment to children and families.
We are proud of the relationships we have with local schools and, most especially, the ways in which groups of students design and carry out their own… Continue reading
This was EQ’s ninth consecutive Christmas bazaar and like the preceding eight is provoked many public gestures of generosity and commitment to supporting children and families at risk.
Once again, Mall Rousse provided the venue and we were active between 20th and 23rd December with dynamic support from a broad variety of volunteers – students, foster parents, friends and colleagues.
Having taken over management of the small-group homes Hope and Love during the year, it was a very… Continue reading
A group from the Ruse centre for street children visited the regional training centre for civil protection to learn what to do if a natural disaster strikes.
They watched a multimedia presentation that covered a broad variety of natural hazards and provided the basic rules for protection and survival. The youngsters learned simple but vital steps about the smart ways to act in electrical storms, floods, earthquakes and fires. More exotic hazards were also featured – tsunamis and earthquakes –… Continue reading
This is the second season of the culinary competition “On the tip of a knife” and Valeria Nikolova, a social worker from the Ruse complex was a competitor on Saturday at The Balkan folk restaurant.
Valeria was invited to participate by the event organizers – the vocational school for tourism and catering, the Chef’s Club and the proprietor of the Balkan restaurant.
Eight amateur chefs from Ruse and Veliko Tarnevo were paired with students from the school and, together with… Continue reading
EQ’s ninth Christmas Charity Bazaar
From 20 to December 23
Mall Rousse
December 20th
11:00 – Opening of the Christmas Charity Bazaar
Thanks to the funds raised from our Easter bazaar at the mall, EQ has undertaken a successful campaign on the theme of positive parenting.
Here we introduce the campaign literature and guide you through it
11:00 to 13:30. – Opens Doors workshop “Childhood Memories”
Artist Ognian Balkanjiev helps parents and grandparents recollect their childhood memories… Continue reading
A press conference was hosted recently to publicize the campaign in local kindergartens. Participants provided a highly positive appraisal of the venture.
We were especially happy to invite the directors of the Rusalka and Pinocchio kindergartens to take part in the press conference as these were the facilities where we piloted the initiative. They reported significant and unexpected changes in the attitudes of parents and teachers and this transformation was corroborated by other guests and working partners who commented on… Continue reading