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This is the second year in which Equilibrium has taken part in the ecological festival that is staged dramatically in alpine meadows high above the city of Gabrovo.
The festival attracts all sort of participants – NGOs, performance artists and commercial businesses – whose operations are to a greater or lesser extent dedicated to nature conservation, ecological practices / education or conservancy.
This provides Equilibrium with two opportunities – fundraising and public relations / communication.
Our team arrived in Uzana… Continue reading
On 29th and 30th July, Equilibrium’s chairman. David Bisset, attended a meeting of the steering committee of ChildPact convened at the Romanian government’s Olympic training facility on the banks of Lake Snagov.
ChildPact is a regional coalition for child protection in the wider Black Sea areas and the members are drawn from national coalitions. The countries that are currently represented are Albania, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Serbia, Romania, Moldova and Kosovo.
The participants attended to formal matters relating to the… Continue reading
A specialized unit – blue room – has been installed to permit the sensitive interviewing of child victims and / or witnesses of violence.
It was officially opened by the district governor and mayor of Ruse, supported by their deputies and the president of the city council, the director of social services and representatives of the local and regional child protection bodies.
The opening was attended by many official guests – representatives of childcare organizations and institutions.
Installation of the… Continue reading
For the second consecutive year, our team demonstrated the medieval decorative art of quilling to dozens of participants during Children’s Night at the Museum.
This event was held on National Children’s Day – June 1st – as part of the 9th such festival organized by the association “Friends of Ruse Museum with the financial support of the city’s cultural department and implemented within the framework of the campaign “Ruse – candidate for European Capital of Culture 2019 “. Equilibrium was… Continue reading
The Ruse branch of the Red Cross is the contractor of the project “Programme for the provision of services and support to children and young people leaving social institutions.”
The project involves training in safety and first aid for foster parents. At the invitation of Equilibrium and the foster care team of the Ruse Municipality project “I have a family,” the Red Cross young volunteers supported the first aid training by organising action packed activities with the foster children while… Continue reading
David Bisset, chairman of the Ruse-based organization, Equilibrium, spent 14-15th May in the Irish capital, Dublin, representing Bulgaria’s NGO community and childcare service providers at an international conference organized by the European Social Network.
Equilibrium manages services and provides extensive support to the development of new services in various Bulgarian cities. Additionally, David serves on the managing board of the NMD, a network representing Bulgarian non-profit organizations that work with or on behalf of children. The NMD is affiliated to… Continue reading
Equilibrium hosts a visit by the Sаuchastie Association from Varna.
The visit took place on 10th May 2013 at Ruse social services complex and we should start by congratulating our Varna colleagues on winning an award from the Dutch Tulip Foundation for 2012 project of the year. It was earned on the basis of tireless effort and hard –won results.
The Sаuchastie and Equilibrium teams spent an afternoon discussing common difficulties with foster care, the prevention of abandonment and reintegration… Continue reading
A number of years ago, Equilibrium’s chairman, David Bisset, was browsing through a book by the Scottish journalist and broadcaster, Cameron McNeish.
He gave accounts of famous trekking routes in the Scottish mountains replete with folklore and local legend. One such account provided detail of a complex mélange of pagan and Christian practice associated with a natural spring where the water was believed to have magical / curative properties. Numerous details were identical to rituals associated with Sveshtari in Bulgaria.… Continue reading
On 6 February 2013 a team from Equilibrium, the Complex for Social Services for Children and Families and Hope and Homes for Children – Bulgaria gave a joint presentation to medical staff from Ruse Hospital.
The presentation was with informational and educational and was organized by Ruse Regional Health Inspectorate, together with the local coordinator of the Health Ministry’s deinstiutionalization project ‘DIRECTION: Family’.
Milena Vlahova, the operational director of the complex, talked to representatives of the hospital’s maternity and neonatal… Continue reading
Equilibrium believes in the power of networking. It is a way in which human and material resources can be accessed and brought together in different combinations to make big things happen.
As an organization, EQ has the capability of working creatively with its partners to provide facilities, vehicles, equipment, media coverage, professional expertise and enthusiasm in support of teenage initiatives.
Our work with teenagers has revealed a common source of discontent – youth club activity at school or in the… Continue reading