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Our little Sunbeams
The family-type accommodation centre for children with severe disabilities and in need of constant medical care is one of eight social services entrusted to the Equilibrium Association by the Municipality of Ruse.
But this place is much more than a social service.
It is a home. A home where children with serious diagnoses and difficult prognoses live—children whom the system often says have little chance of a long and fulfilling life.
However, we believe otherwise.
We believe… Continue reading
TO
MS NATALIA EFREMOVA
DEPUTY MINISTER OF LABOUR AND SOCIAL POLICY AND NATIONAL COORDINATOR OF
THE EUROPEAN CHILD GUARANTEE AND
MEMBERS OF THE PERMANENT EXPERT WORKING GROUP FOR SUPPORTING
COORDINATION AND MONITORING OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ACTION PLAN ON THE EUROPEAN CHILD GUARANTEE
STATEMENT
by the Childhood 2025 Coalition
on the draft Report on the implementation of Council Recommendation (EU) 2021/1004 on establishing a European Child Guarantee in Bulgaria for the period March 2024 – February 2026.… Continue reading
Eurochild launches new resources to help civil society advocate for national and EU reforms, ensuring funds reach the children most in need, featuring a practical toolkit, new evidence from Bulgaria, and a call to fix broken rules.
Civil society organisations (CSOs) working with and for children are closest to the families who need support, yet too often they’re last in line when EU resources are allocated. That’s why Eurochild, together with Bulgarian partners and members, has published new tools to… Continue reading
On June 26, 2025, Galya Bisset, Executive Director of Equilibrium, participated in the AccessibleEU Bulgaria: Capacity Development and Training for Accessibility event at the invitation of the Institute for Community Social Services.
The main highlights of Equilibrium’s presentation ‘Creative Parenting – How to make early childhood learning and development accessible’ were:
– Presentation of Equilibrium’s film ‘Creative Parenting’
– Model of Playgroups in Roma neighbourhoods – accessibility in time, place, content and finances
– Training through joint interactive activities… Continue reading
Activity Impact Study
of Hope and Homes for Children – Branch Bulgaria
“We felt confident that we would make it, that we were not alone!
They gave us strength for life, courage! Tomorrow is another day!”
Steli Peteva Ph.D., Violina Ananieva
Sofia, 2023
Summary
In 11 years the child grows, the family strengthens, the community comes together!
What everyone needs is to live together!
- For the purpose and the authors of… Continue reading
Equilibrium Association is a member of the newly formed Permanent Expert Working Group (PEWG) by order of the MLSP RD-02-55/12.04.2023, which held its first meeting on 16.05.2023. The Working Group is tasked with developing the first two-year operational plan for the implementation of the Action Plan, in line with Council Recommendation (EU) 2021/2024 on the establishment of a European Child Guarantee, as well as developing bi-annual reports on the progress and results of the implementation of the planned measures and… Continue reading
The ReFaB project aims to provide evidence-based (developed through rigorous academic research) resources for experts, policy-makers, social workers and foster parents to contribute to the development of foster care for children with disabilities.
Outputs from this project you can read, in addition to this report, include:
- Easy-to-read infographics
- An accessible findings video
- A podcast episode on the topic of care for children with disabilities in Bulgaria
- A recorded webinar, and
- An animation about the role of foster families in… Continue reading