As you walk through the Fakulteta neighborhood, the morning sound of children’s laughter and chatter may lead you to a very special place, behind whose doors you will find colorful drawings, small tables with pencils, learning materials, and toys. This is our Early Childhood Development Center “Svetogled”. Over the past 11 years, with exceptional dedication […]
When young people who grew up without parental care come of age and leave social institutions, they quickly face the choice – staying on the street or trying to manage their lives on their own as adults. Unfortunately, however, they very often have no knowledge and skills for a dignified and fulfilling life. The Program […]
If you know Todor, you will know why we like him so much! He is one of the reasons that keep us going on. Humble, grateful, and eager to learn. Toshko came to us at the age of 18. He knew from the start what he wanted to be – an athlete. After five years, […]
You can visit our new address! We offer: catering hot lunch food hall and events deliveries to the “Sofia City Court” area special offers for celebrations When you buy the delicious food, prepared with the support of the young people from the House Opportunity Programme, you are supporting the Programmes for social integration of Foundation for […]
This year’s charity tournament of Murphy’s Misfits turned into a real sports holiday. The financial result is 2 350 leva, which will cover the costs for rent of the “House of Opportunity” observed home in Ruse for half a year. Many of the participants played touch rugby for the first time, following the instructuions of the […]
18 October is European Anti-Trafficking Day – a day to raise awareness about the issue of human trafficking and ways how to fight it. Sadly, thousands of vulnerable children and young people throughout Southeast Europe fall prey to human traffickers every year, who exploit them through forced prostitution or labour. Imagine growing up with a […]
Once again, our Svetogled Support Centre in the Roma community of Fakulteta, Sofia, opened its doors for local children and their families. With flowers, toys, smiles, a little impatience and a few tears, a group of fifteen children aged between 3 and 5 years old gathered for the first time in the new school year. […]
Foundation for Social Change and Inclusion organised its “Football at the Correctional Institution” camp for a sixth consecutive year with the support of Sofia Municipality and private donors. This project brings together two groups of marginalised young people: young men in the correctional institution at Boychinovtsi and participants in the […]
This year the team of the “Foundation for Social Change and Inclusion” sent four final year students to prom. Dimana, Plamen, Vesko and Toshko who are part of the “House of Opportunity” programme and live at the organisation’s observed homes walked out the door of the houses as high-school students for the last time. All […]
Valya* is not the most successful young woman in the history of the House of Opportunity. Hers is a story of trial and error, about making choices and facing the possible consequences, a story about stubbornness and perseverance in an attempt to save one human’s destiny; to save Valya from getting lost among the statistics of young […]
