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The Social Workshop Dreams Unlimited started in 2012 with boys and girls from Bulgarian minorities and from socially disadvantaged families. The main goal of the project is to integrate children from various vulnerable groups and prepare them for the professional life. Dreams Unlimited partners with schools, but also relies on of personal contacts with children from the suburb neighbourhoods. Работилничката Мечти без граници съществува от 2012 година Нейни участници са деца и юноши в район Искър на Столична община (обхваща крайните квартали Дружба-1 и Дружба-2). Дейностите се провеждат ежеседмично и са насочени основно към социална интеграция на деца от различни уязвими групи (от малцинствени групи и социално слаби семейства, с затруднения в училище, застрашени от отпадане от образователната система, с противообществени прояви и др.) и към подготовка на младите хора за активна трудова заетост. Проектът работи в партньорство с училищата в района, но също и чрез директни контакти с децата от квартала. One of the major problems preventing social integration is the fact that the social contact of those kids are highly […]

Very recently, one of our Free Sofia Tour guides Kiril Zahariev had the opportunity to participate in Balkan let’s get up!. The volunteer organization has as prime goals forging the better understanding among the youth on the Balkans and help them put in practice their own ideas with The Balkan Peninsula Project – Solidarity in ACTion. They provide a frame, in which participants can answer their own questions about their motivation and self-determined action ideas and need. It is achieved by: International exchange of ideas on the topics that lay the participants heavy on their hearts Provision of project management tools Promotion of low-budget projects Advice and support for the volunteer project work. 20 people between 18 and 27 from Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria and Romania take part annually. Within one year they participate in two seminars and an advanced training, implement their own project and receive active support. Trainers with expertise, volunteer experience and understanding for the lives of young people in the Balkans are ready […]

End of September Free Sofia Tour took part in the event The Running Wonder. It is a Youth charitable steeplechase in support of the elderly people. It has been organized with the support of Sofia municipality and aims to gather funds for elderly, lonely and sick people. The participants are children and youth from different educational institutions in Sofia and other volunteers. The idea is that every participant has to find a sponsor before the event and this sponsor has to donate 1 BGN for every lap. The project aims to promote physical activity, creativeness and social engagement amongst the youth. Of course FST couldn’t have missed their opportunity to make a run for a social cause. So 5 of our teammates gathered at the early morning on the 29th of September and prepared themselves to make a run for it. We gathered for a warm up and when everybody was ready we lined up for the start. When the pistol was shot and the official start was given, we […]