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The second, improved version of our unprecedented Charity Bazaar in the Complex for Social Services for Children and Families raised 1006.65 leva and lots of supporters and friends
A motley gang of over 30 employees, friends and partners of Equilibrium took part as volunteers to raise funds for the summer programme for the young clients of the clients of the complex.
Attracted by the cause, lots of people came to the Charity Bazaar and went home smiling and happy with… Continue reading
Mainly as a result of its activities in Teteven leading to the closure of the baby home, Equilibrium has developed a strong relationship with the social services network in the small town of Cherven Bryag where experts from the Ruse complex have provided both training and technical support for the development of new services (Centre of Social Support).
Cherven Bryag has a day centre for disabled children and young adults and the director requested a combination of ‘professional supervision’ (one-on-one… Continue reading
On 22nd May, 2012, David Bisset and Elitsa Velikova represented Equilibrium during the closing stages of a conference on autism held in the prestigious Tokuda Hospital in Sofia.
The event had actually started on 20th May and was convened by Step Foundation for Bulgaria’s Invisible Children, Tacitus Association and the National Association of Resource Teachers. It was designed to explore international best practice in childcare and special education from a human rights perspective and the key speakers during the first… Continue reading
Under the motto “Growing stronger together” young clients and school volunteers from the Complex of Social Services for Children and Families “travelled” through Europe
Despite the lack of electricity caused by a failure in the neighbourhood network, the youngsters managed to celebrate Europe Day – 9 May 2012 – with lots of creativity and improvisation.
The event was totally planned and organized by students from the city’s schools of European languages, tourism and catering and fashion and design. This followed… Continue reading
Traditionally we have offered an intensive programme, during the spring holidays, for the children who are clients of the Complex for Social Services and this year was no exception. The accent was on novelty and variety.
An exciting new addition to the programme was made possible because of our equestrian project ‘Children Meet Their New Friends – the Horses’ in which EQ collaborates with BTB – Ruse, and Ruse’s Open Society Club. Daily visits to the stables operated by BTB… Continue reading
On April, 17, 2012, we took part in an event at the Culture Hall of Ruse Municipality that gave us the opportunity to share our experience from the project Children Meet Their New Friends – the Horses and explain the positive impact on the young participants.
Over a period of 7 months, 25 children from Ruse had the opportunity to participate in the programme that included both therapeutic and recreational contact with horses. There were two target groups – children… Continue reading
Equilibrium’s annual conference took place on 23rd March 2012 in the Battenberg Hall of the Ruse Regional History Museum.
Guests included representatives of the Child Protection Department, Social Assistance Directorate, municipal and regional administration and the new director of the municipal Humanitarian Activities Department – Irena Petrova. We were also joined by our official partners from Ruse’s Open Society Club (OSC) and the UK organization, Hope and Homes for Children (HHC).
The event was facilitated by Lora Sarkisian from OSC… Continue reading
On 4th April, 2012 David Bisset and Elitsa Velikova joined other members of Ruse’s social welfare community and representatives of the business community in an event organised by the Foundation for Social Change and Inclusion (FSCI).
Representatives of the foundation provided information about their programme in Gabrovo that provides accommodation and mentoring support for young adults who are socially vulnerable because of their upbringing in an institution. They described their desire to replicate the model in Ruse.
This model entails… Continue reading
On 21st March, 2012, we were lucky enough to be visited by our good friends from the British organization, Frontline, who introduced us to Paul Bamlett, the director of Actability, a theatre company that specializes in providing opportunities to those with learning disabilities to participate in the performing arts.
Equipped with a multi-coloured parachute and a vivid imagination, Paul led a session of boisterous play in which several of our staff participated as did six of the children from our… Continue reading
Between 12th and 14th March 2012, the Karin Dom Foundation hosted a final conference for those organizations working on the project Development of the Early Intervention Service for Children with Special Needs in the Local Communities.
The conference was attended by the following organizations: NGO Equilibrium – Ruse, RALIZ – Ruse, Hand for Help Foundation – Dobrich, NGO St. Mina – Dobrich, Samaritans – Stara Zagora, NGO Alternative 55 – Stara Zagora, National Alliance for Working with Volunteers – Plovdiv,… Continue reading