Bulgarian Youth Red Cross began
Voluntary national information campaign to promote foster care
Radio "Focus" newspaper – Good morning, Bulgaria
7 September 2011
Atanas Flower, Director of the Bulgarian Youth Red Cross
Leading: Bulgarian Youth Red Cross launched a national voluntary information campaign to promote foster care in Burgas. More about the project will learn from Atanas Flower, Director of the Bulgarian Red Cross Youth. Good morning, Mr. Cvetarski.
Atanas Flower: Good morning.
Leading: What campaign will launch today?
Atanas Flower: The campaign will start with one flashmod, music, which is organized by volunteers of the Bulgarian Red Cross Youth. Our idea is to privlchem awareness… It is not a problem, but this is a solution to a very big problem, have any children at home. Will start right around 12.30 time of the square in front of the municipality of Burgas, so I turn to you all, audience, who wishes, can be ordered.
Leading: The campaign started in Burgas, but how remains?
Atanas Flower: The campaign will continue 81 municipalities in Bulgaria, all 28 area. Organized entirely by volunteers and will be conducted by volunteers. Tova is an enabled Malcolm Campania, in which the driving force young people, entirely voluntary.
Leading: Does increased interest in foster care in Bulgaria?
Atanas Flower: Yes. I mean, I said, that increases. But there are still many people, who do not know exactly what foster care. Recently, much talk, for various television, Foster care. But really, when planning this campaign and initiative, and when they decide Youth Red Cross to be included to help organizations foster care and we realized and research, our, showed attitudes, that people do not know exactly what foster care, it is often confused with the adoption. And for that reason we decided Youth Red Cross to support the efforts of over 90 Organization, providing foster care services. As our volunteers inform more people about what foster care as a service and what does foster care for children, who are in homes.
Leading: What activities provide campaign, also, which will start today?
Atanas Flower: Various initiatives are in each municipality, for each city, for each location. Our volunteers, depending on the specific area, in which they live, local peculiarities are planning various activities - concerts, Discussion, roundtables, Learning, Information hepaningi in central areas of cities. In addition there will be volunteers, which will be in the Bureau of Labour people, who are unemployed also give them the opportunity to work as professional foster parents.
Leading: How long will your campaign?
Atanas Flower: The campaign will continue in September. In effect, a decision of the volunteers, then people can, koito you have an interest, also be connected with the national medical center and get more information, if there willing to foster parents. But the main campaign and its events will be of 1 to 30 September.
Leading: By saying, that many volunteers involved in your campaign, how they are? And increases the person you are interested to cooperate with voluntary organizations like Red Cross?
Atanas Flower: S, I think it increases. At least in the Youth Red Cross has a tendency in recent 6-7 years of constant growth of our volunteers. Perhaps young people begin to realize, not doing anything in their free time does not bear any new knowledge, no new sensations, nor any joy. And maybe that's why prefer to fill their free time with something meaningful. With respect to volunteer for this campaign, around 1 300, be included. But otherwise the whole Red Cross Youth has about 6 000 volunteers in almost all municipalities in Bulgaria.
Leading: And to finish our conversation with the subject of this campaign - foster care. In your, Does it outlines a fundamental solution for children and young people, leaving social institutions in Bulgaria?
Atanas Flower: Not, I would not say. I think, към настоящия момент, this is the best solution. And you have to really mobilize, order out until a better option, that for these children pogrižim. Because every day, spent in the institution, Costa lot of theses kids. Ott tazi point, към настоящия момент, a good solution, no. So people conjure, koito are interesuvat, koito iskat to help a child, simply contact the nearest Directorate "Social Assistance", suppcurrently the "Foster Care" and get more information. Or if you meet our volunteers, the streets in your city, also ask them.
Hristo Grigorov, Chairman of the Bulgarian Red Cross
Radio "Focus" newspaper – Good morning, Bulgaria
2 September 2011
Leading: Today in the Black Sea resort of "St. Vlas" opens "the Academy of volunteers," the Bulgarian Youth Red Cross. This year it is dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the Bulgarian Youth Red Cross and it will be attended by the most dedicated, most enterprising volunteers from all areas in Bulgaria. Good morning, say on air in Radio "Focus" the President of the Bulgarian Red Cross Hristo Grigorov.
Hristo Grigorov: Good morning vsichki.
Leading: As quick to ask what is the essence of this academy and what goals it sets itself?
Hristo Grigorov: A lot of good kazahte, Th tazi Godin on the case 90 years of the Bulgarian Youth Red Cross, which was established in 1921 year organized another Academy of volunteers. The purpose of this academy, during these four days, because it starts today, These young people, they will be 120 this year, can exchange information, to learn /…/ and how to work with the community. Because being a volunteer is required qualities, requires a big heart, requires a desire to help people. Така, that this will be the main objective of these young people, collected this year, This is already the fourth year in a row. Interestingly, that at the time of this collection will be launched in two national campaigns. A national campaign is "All we care '. This is a national campaign, which is to remove the public issue of these young people, Sat koito left, who are lonely, who are in nursing homes. Because these children need love, need to be involved with us. This campaign will begin in 28 regional centers in the country. are included 81 Municipalities across Bulgaria. Cast around 1 300 volunteers of the Bulgarian Youth Red Cross. Така, that is one part of national campaign, which will open. The other is 8 September in Varna, in case 90 years of the Bulgarian Youth Red Cross opens another campaign, National. And it is 90 thousands of children, students, give Mon 1 lion, order to gather 90 thousand. With this money we want 4 thousands of children from poor families, abandoned children, who have good social status, be fed 90 days in the country during the school year. Така, that the objectives, we set this year are exactly two. These 120 children to gain experience and to launch these two national campaigns. /…/So
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