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The Child Guarantee: Phase III – “Testing the Child Guarante
UNICEF pilots innovative approaches aimed at breaking the cycle of child poverty and social exclusion
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More than 1 in 5 children live in poverty in 40 of the world’s richest countries
Sofia, 6 December 2023, – Some of the world’s richest countries experienced sharp rises in child poverty between 2014 and 2021, according to data published today by UNICEF Innocenti – Global Office of Research and Foresight. Report Card 18: Child Poverty in the Midst of Wealth – the latest in the series looking at...
News note
Two-thirds of global goals for children’s rights and well-being off-pace to meet 2030 target - UNICEF
NEW YORK, 18 September 2023 –, At the halfway mark towards the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), two-thirds of child-related indicators are off-pace to meet their targets, according to a new UNICEF report released today. Progress on Children's Well-Being: Centring child rights in the 2030 Agenda warns tha...
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Life weighing 900 g – the story of the little Corteza
The little Corteza was born prematurely, in the sixth month. She took her first breath at the hospital in Sliven but due to her extremely low body weight, the baby girl was admitted to the Home for Medical and Social Care for Children in the city of Stara Zagora. “When I woke up, I didn’t know whether she was ...
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The Sliven mobile team – a bridge between two worlds
A rainy day. Dirt roads. Grey clouds swallow up the smoke from the hundreds of chimneys of the houses, merging into one. Children’s laughter can be heard from somewhere in the Nadezhda District. A small motley group of smiling faces with curious eyes peeks out from behind the fence of a yard, past which “outsiders...
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Carried until recently in his parents’ arms or on their back, now Gero enjoys his first wheelchair
The slow-moving car we are riding in enters the Iztok (East) neighbourhood of the town of Tvarditsa, tucked in the folds of the Balkan mountain. This is where the town’s Roma population lives. And like most such neighbourhoods in Bulgaria, it is located on a sunny hillside with a nice view of the plain on one side...
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Interim report on the Pilot Project "European guarantee for the child in Bulgaria"
., For the period October 2020 - March 2022, within the pilot project "European Child Guarantee" in Bulgaria, 13,180 children and 5,357 parents were supported, and 768 specialists from various sectors with increased capacity. The project is funded by the European Commission and implemented with the support of UNIC...
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Un/Equal Childhood: Deep Dive in Child Poverty and Social Exclusion in Bulgaria
Highlights UNICEF ECARO has been working since July 2020 with national and local governments from seven EU Member States (Bulgaria, Croatia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, and Spain) and key national and local stakeholders in these countries. Part of this support has included the development of 'policy deep di...
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Mobile Teams bring social services home
A total of 1,638 children and 1,223 parents from marginalized communities have received social service coverage in the period from April to December 2021 from 7 mobile teams supporting disadvantaged communities. The teams were established within the European Child Guarantee Pilot Project in Bulgaria, which is fund...
Photo essay
Let’s study together: supporting educational inclusion of Roma children
- Do you like to study?! - YEEES! - Are we going to study together again? - YEEES! Some thirty children between the ages of 5 and 12 shout out loud joyously, showing what they have written, coloured, drawn and learned today. They have gathered in a small cafe in the Grancharya area near the town of Tsarevo, lo...
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Working together as a Team for Alex
EU Child Guarantee In the glare of the Bulgarian sunshine 5 year old Alex walks alongside his mother on their way to the beach. Alex looks like any 5 year old might, curious and playful, sometimes running ahead of his mother as they make their way along the pier between the umbrellas laid out for today’s sunbathe...
Press release
Christina de Bruin: Bulgaria can become a leader in addressing child poverty and social exclusionане
EU Child Guarantee “The European Child Guarantee is a comprehensive initiative with the potential to overcome obstacles to the social inclusion of the most disadvantaged children in the European Union. As one of the seven pilot member states implementing a European Child Guarantee pilot programme, Bulgaria can bec...
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The National Coordination and Monitoring Council under the pilot project for testing the "European Child Guarantee" in Bulgaria held its first meeting
SOFIA, 12 , April 2021 , "Working to address the underlying causes of child poverty and deprivation through the examination of policies needed to accelerate change and the modeling of innovative approaches is of critical importance for ensuring that the most vulnerable children can break the cycle of poverty ...