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1130 lv. was collected from EQ’s Christmas bazaars in December 2012.
EQ has a tradition of running Christmas bazaars and this year our efforts were supported by the city’s municipal authority that provided a stall in its ‘Christmas Village’ and the management of Ruse Mall that allowed our team to ‘set up shop’ in the downstairs foyer.
Our policy is to sell handmade Christmas cards, decorations and other bits and pieces and this entails gargantuan effort from staff, clients and… Continue reading
Annemarie Hoogewys, Patricia Van Ham and Griet Van de Velde from the University of Ghent, Belgium visited the Complex for Social Services for Children and Families.
The main interest of Belgian academics was the provision of perinatal care to women from marginalized and disadvantaged communities. They were aware of the experience of working with this particular target group accumulated by the personnel at the complex over a period of seven years. What were the keys to success?
This interest was… Continue reading
Implementation period: September 2011 – April 2012
Source of funding: Trust for Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe and Open Society – Sofia
Role of the organization: in a consortium partnership with “Open Society Club – Ruse” and Equestrian Club BTB – Ruse (lead)
Precis
Hippotherapy involves the use of horse riding as a therapeutic / rehabilitative treatment that improves coordination, balance, and strength. It also provides the opportunity for children, parents and professional carers to mix in an… Continue reading
An event to celebrate the 7th birthday of the Complex brought together invited guests, working partners and friends in Battenberg Hall of the Regional History Museum.
The Battenburg Hall is one of our favourite venues and we are grateful for the generosity and support of the director and staff of the museum over the years.
The complex was opened in October, 2005 and, in recognition of seven years of serving the community, Dr. Andrian Raykov – the deputy governor of… Continue reading
The boys and the girls in the Complex for Social Services in Ruse marked the end of the 2012 Summer Programme with a holiday concert
Ruse social services complex has a tradition of providing young clients with a comprehensive programme for the duration of their summer break from school. We also include a number of children from the neighbourhood.
When asked to provide their impressions of the 2012 programme, the young participants provided a torrent of different impressions. For some,… Continue reading
EQ’s chairman, David Bisset, recently represented Bulgaria in an event organized by the international NGO, World Vision.
The meeting took place in Busteni, Romania and was hosted by the branch of World Vision in that country. Besides Bulgaria, the other country’s represented were Albania, Serbia, Kosovo, Moldova, Cyprus, Italy, Armenia, Azerbejan and Lebanon.
The event had two purposes. Although most participants were experienced in advocacy and high-level negotiation in the field of child rights, they took part in a rigorous… Continue reading
The EQ team that included children and volunteers was acknowledged as one of the most active and interesting participants in the second Uzana Festival.
The charity stand called “EKOtvoritelnost” and associated workshops for products from waste and natural materials were among the most visited attractions on the meadow. Dozens of children, participants and guests of the festival created their own products under the guidance of the staff and volunteers, while others simply left contribution in the donations box and took… Continue reading
The Complex for Social Services for Children and Families Brought Together Friends of Foster Care in July, 2012.
Equilibrium is included in the pilot group for training of candidate foster and adoptive parents under the PRIDE programme of FICE – Bulgaria. This is based on a tried-and-tested American model and the aim is the foster children to be brought up in competent foster families who both understand and are able to respond professionally to their needs.
Since April 2012, the… Continue reading
The 2012 summer camp for 15 young clients of the Ruse social services centre took place between the 9th and 12th July.
The children were accompanied to the Kireka Complex near Madera by two teenage animators (Annie and Pipi), an ex-client and his mother, Evgeni Georgiev (a volunteer guide with intimate knowledge of the area), and staff from the Ruse complex.
Madara is in the district of Shoumen – an area blessed with an extraordinary concentration of cultural heritage sites… Continue reading
On 6th and 7th July, 2012, EQ’s “ЕКсперт” programme got under way with the package Interactive Training and Alternative Therapy: Different Ways of Working with Vulnerable Children and Young People.
The programme includes 2 training modules tailored to the needs of those working in the spheres of social services sphere and education (formal and informal).
The programme provides access to the extensive experience of EQ experts whose work has been acknowledged nationally and internationally as best practice.
The first trainees… Continue reading