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This year, we raised the sum of 3410 leva in pre-Christmas fundraising that both reflected our birthday mood and commemorated 10 years dedicated to providing children with a better start in life with a focus on the sanctity of the family.
This success would not have been possible without the support of targeted grants and the generosity of many partners and friends of Equilibrium. The managers of Ruse Mall provided space. Excellent organizational support and publicity and we owe a… Continue reading
Facebook provides a clue about how to gain meaningful feedback from beneficiaries.
The accumulation of small details about the clientele of a service distributed across time and space may be far more revealing and authentic than isolated, formal requests for feedback.
In the context of a project sponsored under the Bulgarian-Swiss Cooperation Programme, our colleagues from De Pasarel hosted a conference in Sofia at the European commission Information Centre.
The conference was broken into three sections each with a specific… Continue reading
Support for foster care is a significant part of the work we do at the Ruse complex.
Members of the EQ team recently supported an initiative of the city’s student council and a group from the School of Fashion and Design. Students interviewed an experienced professional foster parent, Mrs. Iva Nikolova. Discussion groups convened on November 21, the day of the Christian family and the International Day for Tolerance – 16 November – focused on the challenges faced by foster… Continue reading
EQ has been recognised by the NNC as being among 5 Bulgarian organisations demonstrating best practice in child / youth participation.
For this reason, we hosted a visit on 23-24th October by members of the NNC secretariat and organisations eager to share experience in this field.
Guests were introduced to regional policies for children and young people by municipal representatives – Mariela Licheva – Director of Health and Social Assistance and Irena Petrova – Director of Culture and Education. The… Continue reading
Scary, funny and very entertaining 9th halloween in the ruse social services complex!
On Friday Oct. 10th, the Ruse complex celebrated the 9th anniversary of its inception and used the occasion to formally open the new playground under the banner of “Adventures for brave young lions”.
The title alludes to the fact that the opportunity to create the new facility arose because of a generous donation from the four Lions Clubs in the city.
We celebrated outdoors amid the newly painted fixtures so as to show off the work of our busy volunteers… Continue reading
On 2nd October, 2014, on the basis of an invitation from the circus management, 17 children attended a circus performance. The group included clients of the centre for street children, those in foster care and disabled youngsters from the Pink House.
The performance was full of joyous surprises -jugglers, acrobats, exotic animals and of course clowns and funny motor cars.
A big Thank You to the managers and performers of Circus “Balkan” for providing the opportunity for children to experience… Continue reading
Alf Persson is one of the most sought-after experts in assessing the quality of social services and social projects in Europe.
Accompanied by his wife, Natalie, he visited the Ruse complex in early September.
Having enjoyed a comprehensive tour of the facilities at the complex and our small group home for disabled children – the Pink House – Alf spent a considerable amount of time in conversation with David on those aspects of managing integrated social services that ensure high… Continue reading
This was the first time the initiative has been undertaken in Bulgaria and the idea of designating 26 September as a point of focus on adoption came from the Bulgarian Association for Adoption and Adoptive Parents and the National Network for Children.
On the day in question, those who wanted to adopt a child or had already done sohad the opportunity to visit any of 15 host facilities spread across the country.
The team at the complex has provided comprehensive… Continue reading
On September 28, 2014 we hosted the fifth annual meeting of “Friends of Adoption and Foster Care” that was attended many adopted children, adoptive parents, prospective adoptive parents, foster parents and foster children, their family and friends.
We were honoured to welcome a special guest, the authoress, Desislava Bozhkova.
The group has expanded and developed over the years having originated from an idea broached by a number of prospective adoptive parents who were our clients. It provides an opportunity to… Continue reading