Foster care is the focus of the advocacy work of Coalition Childhood 2025 because of serious risks to its development for the successful implementation of the Deinstitutionalisation process, namely as an opportunity to support biological parents...
The Know-How Center for Alternative Care for Children (KHC) started a joint research with the Childhood 2025 Coalition on the experience of the Coalition member organisations in their work on cases of separation prevention of children...
Through the EU funding, over the last 12 years, more than 40 million BGN have been invested in foster care, but its development continued to be accepted only as a project activity, without the existence of...
In 2021 in Bulgaria 27% of the total number of children in alternative care live in residential services. At the same time, data show that one in three of them is a child with disability. There...
On March 23, 2023, a conference of Hope and Homes for Children – Bulgaria (HHC) took place entitled "Eleven years in support of children and families". The conference reviewed the achievements of the organization and presented...
"My name is Christian, but my friends call me Chris. Oh yes, I already have many friends and the people from Cedar Foundation are part of them. Since they have been supporting me my life has...
"A child like this requires a lot of care" are some of the first words Teddy's mother hears after the birth of her child diagnosed with Down Syndrome. In the maternity ward, the midwives lament the...
Our Early Intervention Programme was approached by a partner association in relation to a child at risk placed with a foster family. Nellie was born in the 28th week weighing less than 1000g and with associated...
Milena was born in 1993. The doctors told her parents the hard news that she was disabled and they would not be able to take care of her. The family agreed to leave the child. Milena...
When Boryana became pregnant 4 years ago, it never crossed her mind that her life would turn 180 degrees around and that the long-awaited Nasko would need her 24-hour support and full attention. Not just to...
We are in a home for mentally handicapped children and young adults. Bobby is 25 years old. According to the staff, the only relative who has kept in touch with the young man is his grandfather,...
"Aneta smiles a lot, she is friendly and interacts with others. She often repeats words she has heard (echolalic speech). She gets fed pureed food by the staff. Does not allow her right hand to be...
