About the Alliance
The Alliance for Children and Youth was founded in September 2002
by the Free and Democratic Bulgaria Foundation, the Sofia
Municipality and the Bulgarian Red Cross. Her Royal Highness
Princess Maria-Luisa of Bulgaria is the Alliance's Honorary
Chairperson.
The Alliance aims to protect children's fundamental rights in
accordance with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and
Bulgaria's Child Protection Act.
The organization implements its programs in the Faith, Hope and
Love Center for Street Children and the 16+ Youth Day Care Center in
Sofia and other centers of its choosing on the territory of the
capital. These programs are funded both through projects under
international programs and donations from individuals and
corporations.
From January 2005 the Faith, Hope and Love
Center for Street Children is under the direct jurisdiction of The
Sofia Municipality and is named a Home for temporary accommodation
for children aged between 3-18.
Founders
The Free and Democratic Bulgaria Foundation is a private
and totally independent non-profit organization. It was
founded on June 14, 1991, by Yvonne and John Dimitry Panitza.
The purpose of the Foundation is to facilitate the process of
democratization of Bulgarian society based on pluralism, free
press, free market, tolerance, educated youth and open
dialogue.
The Sofia Municipality is represented by the Mayor, his six
Deputy Mayors and the Sofia City Council. There are over
30,000 municipal employees and an annual budget of around $100
million.
The Bulgarian Red Cross was founded in 1878. This makes the
BRC the oldest public organization in Bulgaria. The society
has 28 regional committees, 269 municipal committees and 3,868
local units. |
Structure of the Alliance for Children and YouthBoard:
President:
Dimitar Panitza - Free and Democratic Bulgaria Foundation
Members:
Hristo Grigorov - Bulgarian Red
Cross
Boryana Dimitrova – “Communities 2002” Foundation
Aneta Georgieva - Sofia Municipality
Executive Director: Mariana Pisarska
16+ Day Care Center
The "16+" Day Care Center is unique in Bulgaria with its 10 years
of experience. All of specialists who work in it are with
humanitarian education and master's degree of psychology, pedagogy
and social activities, as well outside consultants and volunteers.
They perform multidisciplinary work on solving any particular case
of children and youngsters from the street visiting the Centre. The
work is based on partnership with a number of similar non-government
organizations and representatives of state and municipal
authorities.
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