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Showing its green credentials, Equilibrium raised funds by participating in “Fruits of the Earth” in Muzeyko, an event organized by Slow Food – Bulgaria. It was part of the very first “Terra Madre, Bulgaria” that focused on diversity in organic agriculture.
The EQ initiative was called “Herbs with a Mission” and it attracted the attention of guests and participants from throughout Bulgaria and from overseas.
The herbs are cultivated and gathered by young clients of EQ and this includes those… Continue reading
The final event summarized the results of advocacy campaigns, focus groups and surveys in several cities in the country, one of which was Ruse.
Over a period of 2 months (April – May, 2015). EQ organized an advocacy campaign relating to the development of a family policy to safeguard the welfare of children in Ruse. During the campaign, we held interactive sessions with members of the Roma community during which we explored the difficulties with existing practices in support of… Continue reading
On March 23rd EQ representatives attended the Tulip awards ceremony in Sofia and accepted the award from famous novelist Georgi Gospodinov and Mrs. Violina Marinova, CEO of DSK Bank.
In the tenth year of the competition, judges considered 30 projects nominated from all parts of Bulgaria.
EQ was nominated by Association European Space for its Ruse project that focused on improving the quality of social services through developing our interface with the community – fundraising, community participation and mobilization… Continue reading
ISPCAN stands for International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect. The Bucharest conference (27th-30th September, 2015) brought together over 400 delegates from 52 countries under the banner Children First! Collaborative & Inter-sectorial Responses to Child Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation.
David Bisset represented EQ for the purpose of learning and forming new relationships. Additionally, he gave a presentation to a working group concerned with the issue of child protection systems.
He explained EQ’s findings deriving… Continue reading
EQ mobile teams have been working in the neighbourhoods of Selemetya and Sredna Kula in the context of a project funded by the Trust for Social Achievement. The focus is on parenting practice but these celebrations brought together three generations to enjoy the fun and games.
The events were promoted and supported by EQ but designed and staged by members of the two communities for the benefit of friends, neighbours but especially the children and the emphasis as on… Continue reading
EQ took over management of two family-type homes for young adults with disabilities earlier this year meaning that our team has increased in size to almost 70 people.
The entire gang came together for lunch, fun and games on Friday, 10th July at the Ovcharska Luka complex outside of Ruse. Newer members of the team joined the “veterans” to share a light-hearted look at EQ past, present and future.
Galya and Elena led to games after David thanked the… Continue reading
Within the project of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy (MLSP) “Transnational network to support children and families and the deinstitutionalization of childcare” EQ was selected as one of 15 organisations (out of 50) that exhibit best practices in prevention of child abandonment and early intervention for children with developmental problems.
The project was undertaken in collaboration with organizations and institutions from Italy that are engaged in policy development for children and the final conference took place in… Continue reading
The project is implemented by Equilibrium (EQ) in the Ruse district and is funded by the Trust for social Achievement.
Project activity began on January 5th, 2015 and will continue for 3 years. The total budget is 287 162.44 leva or 126,620 Euro.
The project is innovative because it offers a completely new model and fresh approaches to work in the Roma community based on 10 years of experience, observation and analysis drawn from working with different groups of… Continue reading
Since July, 2013 an Equilibrium team supported administratively by Open society Club – Ruse and given technical support by Professor Tony Ghaye from the UK and Dr. Vesselina Bossilkova from Bulgaria has been engaged with the question of how to improve the evaluation of services for children and families.
The project was formally named External / Self -evaluation in Childcare & Family-Support Services as a Means of Capacity-building and was supported by generous funding provided by the Bulgarian-Swiss Cooperation… Continue reading
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