A New Center in the Village of Kalitinovo
On June 15th there was an official opening of the center for children and youths in the village in Kalitionovo, near Stara Zagora. About 40-50 people came to the opening.
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A Summer Camp for the Youngest Ones
The Summer Camp for the youngest kids, visiting our center in the Roma district in Stara Zagora was in June 21st in Kazanlak. The story throughout the camp was about Adam and Eve.
After we arrived in Kazanlak and had a breakfast, we walked on the Tracian sanctuary and observatory “Tyulbeto”, where the kids met Adam and Eve. There we played a game and went back to the parish to have a lunch.
The Summer Camp for the youngest kids, visiting our center in the Roma district in Stara Zagora was in June 21st in Kazanlak. The story throughout the camp was about Adam and Eve. After we arrived in Kazanlak and had a breakfast, we walked on the Tracian sanctuary and observatory “Tyulbeto”, where the kids met Adam and Eve. There we played a game and went back to the parish to have a lunch. During the afternoon father Jaroslaf Fogl read the story about Adam and Eve to the kids. During this time, the kids drew pictures about the story. After an interesting game at “Tyulbeto”, we went back to Stara Zagora.
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in the Facebook album.
Football Tournament for Youths
On 26th June for a third consecutive year was performed the football tournament for youths 16-19 years old from the schools in Kazanlak. The event is part of the Municipal youth calendar. It has been organized by Don Bosko Bulgaria Foundation – Kazanlak, together with the Youth Development Center “Mutual Aid”, Kazanlak.
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Visiting the Fire Station in Stara Zagora
With the youngest participants in our foundation – kids in first and second school year – we could acquire better knowledge for one useful profession – fireman.
On July 13th we visited the fire station in Stara Zagora. The firefighters took us around. They shown us the fire trucks and their training ground, and demonstrated us how they use it. This was very impressive for the kids.
The profession of firefighter is a prestige job and a good example of being useful for the society. These are two things that we wish to develop in the students we work with.
Bukviada
„Bukviada” (from Bulgarian „bukvi“ = „letter0s“) – Olympics with letters games rushed about 30 Roma kids from the Roma district of Stara Zagora on 24 May. This event was organized by Don Bosko Bulgaria Foundation.
24 May is Saints Cyril and Methodius’ Day. In Bulgaria it is celebrated as the „Bulgarian Education and Culture, and Slavonic Literature Day“ and it is usually connected with the development of the Cyrillic alphabet in the First Bulgarian Empire.
Before the competition, Cyril and Methodius – dressed workers for the foundation – explained to the kids the meaning of the feast.
The competition was in different disciplines – creative, logic and sport. The success was measured not in points, but in letters.
In the newspaper "Starozagorski novini", 100 (4784), 30-th May 2014
Most of the games includes tasks connected with Cyrillic. At the end all of the Bukviada players were rewarded according to their own choice. There was a shop where the kids bought different things, trading with their letters.
The Bukviada was organized for forth consecutive year. The aim is in a fun way the kids form the Roma district to learn something about the development of our alphabet. It is interesting that this competition devoted to the Cyrilic alphabet was organized by volunteers from Moravia, Czech, where the disciples of Cyril and Methodius came from. The volunteers this year were Magdalena Braunerowa nad Jana Petruchova.
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Masked Ball
On April 21st, a day after Easter, we had a masked ball with the children from the Don Bosko Center, organized by the EVS volunteers Magdalena Braunerova and Jana Petruhova. The masks were made by the kids themselves. There were dances, competitions, awards, treat and many smiles.
Spring Holiday
For the spring holiday the EVS volunteers Jana and Magdalena organized a series of entertaining and educative events for the kids from the Don Bosco Center in the Roma district of Stara Zagora. The first one was a zoo on April 2nd. During the next two days we visited the Regional Museum of History and had time for games in the “Ayazmoto” park in Stara Zagora.
An Excursion to Sofia
As an encouragement for the interest and the achievements of several of the children attending the Don Bosko Center, we brought them to an excursion to Sofia. It was organized by the EVS volunteer Jana Petruhova. We visited many places which were interesting for the kids.
Football Tournament meeting of the teams of Kazanlak and Kalitinovo
On March 30th There was a football meeting in Kazanlak. The competitors were the teams of the Roma boys with whom the Salesians work in Kazanlak and in the village of Kalitinovo.
We took nine boys from Kalitinovo for the match. The final result was 6:0 for Kazanlak.
On the Palm Sunday there was a rematch, but the team of Kazanlak won again, this time 4:0.
Soon there will be a similar tournament, this time the competitors will be three – the teams of Kazanlak, Kalitinovo and Stara Zagora.
Animators’ Meeting for Planning the Summer Camps
On March 14th-16th we had a meeting for planning the summer camps in 2014. About 15 animators gathered in Kazanlak.
The camps will have as a headline “Family”. The animators prepared the whole program – the talks, games, responsibilities, etc.
Part of the meeting was a tour to the ancient Tracian sanctuary and observatory Megalita near Kazanlak.
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