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Rewarding Excellent Pupils
10 children from our center in Lozenets were rewarded on 22 June for their excellent results during the school year. The evaluation criteria were the scores that the students have collected. On the podium were: Rumyana Ivanova (first one), Alyosha Iliev (second) and Yordan Iliev (third). A special prize was also for Stefka Setfanova for fastest gathering of points.
An artical about the rewarding in the newspaper "Starozagorski Novini" ("Stara Zagora News")
А Festive Finishing the School Year in the Roma District
Jesus, a student
With a celebration was closed the school year in our center in the Roma district on 15 June. Our students and volunteers performed a show in the center of the district, for their friends. With songs, juggling, break, modern ballet they entertained the public.
Marketa Obrucova - Czech volunteer. Performs a Bulgarian folk song
Monika Petruhova - Czech volunteer
The students learned all these things from the leaders of the foundation, several volunteers from the city and the two Czech volunteers – Monika Petruhova and Marketa Obrucova, who are here for the EVS project „For a better chance“.
Andrey Mihov, Illusionist
Special guest at the ceremony was the illusionist Andrew Mihov from Sofia, who the previous day entertained with magic tricks the kids from two of the small group houses in Stara Zagora, where our foundation helps in education.
This event aimed to encourage our students for their results and to show their friends and neighbors that the motivation for development is always fruitful.
A Magic Show in the Small Group Houses in Stara Zagora
On the 14-th of July for second consecutive year the illusionist Andrey Mihov performed a magic show for the children from two of the small group houses in Stara Zagora. He was invited by the Don Bosco Bulgaria Foundation which works with three of the Small group houses in the city. Andrey is a winner of the special prize from the National Review of the Bulgarian Magic 2011 – a competition of most of the illusionist from the country.
On the next day Andrey entertained with his tricks also the children from the Roma district in Stara Zagora ot the Festive Finishing the School Year in the Roma district.
Olympics “Bulgarian Words“ Organized by Czech Volunteers in the Roma District
Olympics for our kids from the Roma district of Stara Zagora organized in the Czech volunteers Markéta Obručová and Monika Petruhová for the Day of the Cyrilic alphabet on the 24-th of May. 27 kids participated. They had 12 disciplines – competitive games, in which they gained Cyrillic letters.Their final task was to create as much Bulgarian words as possible with those letters.
The winner was the 14 years old Isus Asenov. There was a gift for every competitor. The volunteers who organized the event are here for the European project „For a better chance“ with sending organization Salesian Association of Don Bosco, SADBA and hosting organization – Don Bosko Bulgaria Foundation.
Charity Arts Bazaar
A charity arts bazaar was organized by our foundation from 19 do 20 april in Park-Mall Stara Zagora.
The participants were included in weaving in rattan baskets, bracelets, painting Easter eggs etc. For the youngest participants in the event, there were things for coloring. The main creating people were about 20 kids from the foundation and their tutors. Spontaneously for about 5 hours a group of young people joyned. They were from 5 countries and 3 continents.
The gathered amount during the work is about $100, but the rest of the creations will be sold in the mall untill the end of the week. The funds will be used for materials for the workshops that we perform in the Roma district of the city.
More pictures could be seen HERE.
Winter camp for girls „Abraham and Sarah“
On 11-13 February our foundation perfofmed a winter camp for Roma girls from the Center for Rehabilitation and Social Integration in Starza Zagora. Tha place was the center for childen and youths “Oasis” in Kazanlak. The topic was “Abraham and Sarah” – two Biblical heroes, who inspired us for the stage game during the camp.
12 girls came to the place of the camp. They were welcomed by 3 girls, who seemed to be form Israel. After the dinner, unexpected guest came – the Biblical patriarch Abraham. All of the girls were put into the role of Sarah. Abraham wanted to marry Sarah, but he had some conditions for her before the marriage. In a game, the girls had to mill flour from grains, to knit a little blanket and to make clothes from textile pieces. Then Abraham came to see the results. He realized that they had managed well and there would be a marriage.
The girls also enjoyed a little excursion to the “Koprinka” dam. When they went back, Abraham told them that they will have important guests and Sarah must prepare the dinner. The girls were separated to three teams. Each team had to make a stake, a salad and a desert. The guests really came for the dinner. Arter the dinner there was a game with all the places were Abraham and Sarah moved to. There were also many other games connected with the history. The goal was both fun and the girls to learn some skills.
Winter Camp for Roma Boys
Kidnapped by slave merchants
Enslaved
- Put into dungeon. Sold to the Pharaoh
- Serving the Pharaoh
Since the arrival of the boys, they were put into trouble like the Biblical hero Joseph. Some warriors surrounded the incoming bus. Then they were taken captive by slave merchants and sold to the Egyptian pharaoh 
As his slaves, they had to keep strict discipline – to wake up early, to prepare food, even to feed pharaoh’s animals and to fulfill other pharaoh’s commandments. They were even put into a prison.
- The Pharaoh
- Again free… and feasting
One night the pharaoh had a dream, which made him upset. The young slaves had the possibility to give the explanation of this dream. They did it, succeeding to reveal a mysterious code. As a gratitude, the pharaoh set them free.
The goal of this stage game was we to teach the boys some valuable skills and to show them that like the biblical hero Joseph, we can advance, despite our present social condition. The boys had a great fun during all their slavery and gained some new skills.
Entertainment from French Scouts
On 31th December a group of scouts from France came to our Parish in Kazanlak after the Liturgy in the morning to entertain us. They were 8 people. At the afternoon the French guests came to our youth center in the Roma District in Stara Zagora. There we had a mutual performance. They showed us their plays and our children showed them some of their songs.
Christmas Celebration in the Village of Kalitinovo
On 27th December we accepted invitation to come with the children from our center to the community center of the village of Kalitinovo in the Stara Zagora Region. There we performed a play, some songs, break and other things that we prepared for our celebration on the 23th. We took about 30 children from our center and together with the others we were about 100 people in the hall. The children from Kalitinovo showed us some of their traditional dances and cooking customs. At the end, Santa Claus gave some presents for the children from Kalitinovo.
Christmas Celebration
This year we organized our consecutive Christmas celebration for parents of the children from our center. It was on 22th December and drew about 70 people. There were guests from Kazanlak, who were very impressed by the advance of the children, compared to last year. For first time they played a synthesizer and a flute.
There was a very well prepared Christmas play. The boys showed us their new break skills. At the end Santa Claus came with gifts for every child.
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