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Project Partners of CVS-Bulgaria
ArtMovement KRUG
Krug, NGO, brings the culture from the edge to the centre of public interest and, for us, it is more determining for creating new visions, approaches and effects of regional Growth Strategies than any political or economical reasons are. Since 1998 we have worked together with Dutch, Macedonian, Japanese, Swiss, Italian, German, Czech, Greek, and Turkish organizations and individual young artists and culture research-workers.

National scout organization of Bulgaria
The National scout organization of Bulgaria is a non-government youth organization. Scouting began in Bulgaria in 1911-1913. In 1923, a national Scout organization was created. The following year, it became a member of the World Bureau. Scouting reached 60,000 members in the beginning of World War II. In 1940, due to the political situation, Scouting stopped its activities in Bulgaria. When the war ended, communists dominated the country and prevented Scouting from starting up again. With the advent of Communism, Scouting was outlawed and the resources of the Scout organizations were plundered and redistributed to the newly formed Communist youth organizations. After the fall of the Berlin wall, Scouting was reborn again in 1989. Because of the bad experience with the Communist youth organizations, the Scouting Movement in Bulgaria is having a slow rebirth. The Scout organization has now 1,200 members in the 15 largest cities and towns in the country. Every 4 years, Bulgarian Scouts organize a national Jamboree. Bulgarian Scouts take part in community development activities in their country. They receive good press and tv coverage.

Social home for neglected children Gutzal

Social center for children in Borovci village
The social home “Zakrila” (“Protection”) was established 55 years ago. It is a governmental institution for neglected or abandoned children and semi - orphants. They are between 7 and 18 years old, from all over the country. The aim of the institution is to give an oportunity the children to get normal education, to create the atmosphere of the missing family, to develop children’s abilities to live independently. The children go to nine different schools – in the village of Borovtsi, in Montana and in Bercovitsa (the nearest towns).

Social center for children in Lik village
The social center in Lik village is a governmental institution from the second type. Its aim is to prevent criminal behavior of neglected or abandoned children or who are coming from bad social communities, the so called “chidren in risk”. The institution is for children in school age, which means between 7 and 18 years old. The children in this type of institutions are placed from the Local Commission for Fight Against the Anti-social Acts. Within the institution the children live and go to school. In this school are studying also the local children.
 
Social Center for Prevention of Criminal Attitude in Stoikite village
The social center in Stoikite village is a governmental institution for so called “chidren in risk” that means neglected or abandoned children that have attitudes towards criminal behavior or are coming from bad social communities. Some of them committed small crime, as stealing, vagrancy, they are begging, escaping from school. As a main reason for such behavior from the workers point of view is that these children are deprived of parent’s care and love. They are between 7 and 16 years old. The placement period is 2-3 years and even more, which will be changed in the future, according the governmental plan for decreasing the number of the children in the institutions. The aim of this institution is to prevent the criminal behavior, to educate the children and to develop their abilities to live independently. The children in this type of institutions are placed from the Local Commission for Fight Against the Anti-social Acts. Within the institution the children live and go to school. In this school are studying also the local children – up to 15 from the village.

Strandzha Natural Park