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 Youth
Board:
President: Dimitar Panitza - Free and Democratic Bulgaria Foundation
Members:
Hristo Grigorov - Bulgarian Red Cross
Aneta Georgieva
Mina Vladimirova - 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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