| Youth Activities - SOCIAL ACTIVITIES |
As a priority BRCY develops different social welfare activities, responding in this way to the needs of the society. All the work in this field is carried out in cooperation with other Departments in the National Society and in accordance with the Social Policy of the Bulgarian Red Cross. It works in the field of social welfare has two aspects. First, to provide the most vulnerable children with food and clothes and, second, to put emphasis on their socialization and reintegration in the society.
In relation to these and due to a good bilateral cooperation with the Swiss Red Cross Youth, an interesting project was accomplished: 300 young volunteers were trained in special courses for working with disabled children and orphans and for establishing regular contacts with them. Children from social institutions were provided with clothes and toys with the financial assistance of the Netherlands Red Cross, Association ”Silvie Vartan”, etc.
A joint project with Netherlands’ Red Cross had been successfully implemented for feeding homeless children in Burgas, with duration of one year.
BYRC volunteers are willing to work with the so called “street children” and 30 volunteers from Sofia were involved in distributing food and clothes among homeless children in the city for a five month period.
Every year BYRC organizes a national camp for physically and mentally handicapped children from all over the country. Youngsters take very active part in the organization and different activities in the course of the camp. |
